LONDON -- Seven-time champion Roger Federer was stunned by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in 10 years. The 27-year-old Ukrainian outplayed Federer on Centre Court, serving and volleying his way to a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5),

LONDON (AP)—As the sun set on the opening week of Wimbledon, just about the only seeding that truly signified something was No. 1. That's the number beside the names of Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, who turned in nearly perfect performances back-to-back Saturday on Centre Court to cap nearly perfect

Chak by Pete Bodo Rolling into Dubai as the newly demoted world No. 2, Caroline Wozniacki reacted to her situation in what seems more and more like typical Wozniacki fashion, explaining: "At least I won't get this question over and over again: 'How does it feel to be No. 1

At 32, former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on Wednesday. Here are 32 things to know about the Russian’s standout career. She’s a five-time Grand Slam champion. Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008, the

Time is running out on my Wimbledon. That’s a bit of an understatement, to be honest. This is my last day here, but I didn’t want to have to come out and say it. What have I not gotten enough of this week? Tennis matches, of all things. I kept

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) On and on and on, and on some more, they played - longer than anyone ever had before. And still there was no winner. John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set at Wimbledon after exactly 10 hours

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest at the Australian Open on Sunday (all times local): 3:10 a.m (Monday) Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have offered their congratulations to Rafael Nadal for breaking their three-way tie atop the men's Grand Slam standings and becoming the first member of the trio to

WATCH: In contrast to the growing picture of ATP rage, Davidovich Fokina brings a lighter energy that is no less competitive through his run in Monte Carlo.

The 2018 French Open ended with a Demolition Party: Tournament officials gave the media souvenir hard hats and let us graffiti the walls of the press rooms. They’ll be coming down, along with much of the rest of Roland Garros, over the next 12 months. Judging by the plans, something

“Gorgo” was what Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver called their fellow pro Pancho Gonzalez. It was short for “gorgonzola”—i.e., the Big Cheese. The young Aussies, who dominated the barnstorming pro tours for much of the 1960s, resented the fact that the moody and mercurial American always got the lion’s share

WATCH: Medvedev becomes just third Russian man to win a Grand Slam singles title

“That caught him by surprise,” the TV commentator said as Dominic Thiem shanked a backhand high and wide of the court. “I think Thiem has just been over-pressing a little all match,” the same commentator said after the next point, in which the 21-year-old Austrian launched a forehand 10 feet

As of 9:00 this morning, it was one of those perfect late-summer days in New York City. I walked out my front door and was seriously tempted to turn in the opposite direction from my normal route to work and just start walking—who knows, maybe never to return. But we’re

When we left Rod Laver Arena after midnight, there was a huge, three-quarter moon hanging right over the skyscrapers of downtown Melbourne. One half expected to see Roger Federer’s face on it. But he is not a three quarter sort of guy. What we had seen from the Swiss maestro

Over the course of his sterling career, Rafael Nadal has won 19 major titles, reached 27 Grand Slam finals, established himself as the mightiest competitor the game has yet known, and demonstrated a singularity of purpose in how he practices his craft. His combination of supreme physicality and incomparable mental

Two years ago at Indian Wells, I felt like I saw Ivan Ljubicic everywhere I went. One late afternoon I spotted him on a far practice court, with no other players or fans in sight, making his laborious way through serve after serve, his famous bald dome bent forward and

Andy Murray appeared to be on the verge of vindication at this year’s Australian Open. Two months earlier, he had been dismantled by Roger Federer, 6-0, 6-1, in front of his home audience in London at the World Tour Finals; the loss had been embarrassing enough that Murray felt compelled

WATCH: Roger Federer's revealing press conference after a second-round loss in Halle.

I can see by your replies to my last post that this idea of catching up with folks is, well, catching. I'm definitely going to be doing it on a regular basis, especially during "slow" periods. Theoretically, this is not a slow period; as Kamakshi pointed out this morning, the

Soler Power Patience is a virtue, but defiance was vital to Silvia Soler-Espinosa's comeback in Strasbourg today. The stubborn Spanish qualifier saved a match point in the a second-set tiebreaker before winning four of the final five games of her 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3 victory over American Christina McHale. The