Justine vs. Serena should be a classic rivalry. They’re pure opposites, right down to the way they lined up at the baselime to start a point last night: Williams wearing black, standing still, stolid, looking right into her opponent's eyes; Henin in bright orange, doing her little-step dance to the

WATCH: Rublev pulled off a veritable Houdini act in the fourth round against Rune; can he do the same against Djokovic?

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At 5-5 in the first set against Matteo Berrettini in Rome on Tuesday, Alexander Zverev had a break point. In the middle of that point, he had a look at a short backhand. Now, it seemed, the moment had finally come for the No. 4 seed to rip his favorite

Head-to-Head: Williams lead 7-1 Centre Court is not the squared circle, but Victoria Azarenka's last trip inside the lines with Serena Williams at a major left her feeling like she'd spent a few rounds on the ropes. "It's painful. To have somebody just going at you like that, it's a

MELBOURNE—After three games, it appeared that the quarterfinal between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer might never end. It took 22 minutes for the two of them to get to 2-1 in the first set. By the first changeover, Djokovic was already sucking wind. In its physicality and the length of

Rafael Nadal cinched a vintage comeback at the 2024 Nordea Open on Friday, knocking out an in-form Mariano Navone in a nearly four-hour thriller, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-5. "Without a doubt, it was very close, long, and tiring," Nadal smiled on court after the match. "There were a lot of

PARIS (AP) — Her superior serve back at its unreturnable best, Serena Williams was in full control of her French Open match — until, suddenly, that stroke wasn't as dominant and neither was she. And then, pushed to a third set by an opponent offering up all sorts of spins

NEW YORK—The fuse was lit yesterday for an explosive match between two of the more successful and promising young American women, but the spark on Arthur Ashe Stadium quickly fizzled out and the much-anticipated cross between celebration and competition turned out to be a dud. Sloane Stephens, the 20-year-old No.

PORTLAND, Oregon -- With much of the recent buzz on the PowerShares Series belonging to tour rookie James Blake, the winner of the last two tournaments, and John McEnroe, who has dazzled crowds with his inspired play and fitness at age 55, Andre Agassi made sure he was not an

NEW YORK (AP) -- Maria Sharapova's serve and her groundstrokes were abandoning her. What she had was her conditioning. The five-time major champion rallied from a set down to beat 95th-ranked Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Sharapova overcame nine double-faults

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki's New Haven winning streak ended at 20 Friday when the four-time defending champion retired from her semifinal match with Maria Kirilenko because of a knee injury. Wozniacki, who injured the right knee in her quarterfinal win Thursday, called for the trainer right after

PERTH, Australia -- John Isner withdrew from the Hopman Cup on Thursday with a right knee injury, ending the American team's chances of reaching the final of the eight-country tournament and handing a championship berth to Spain. Isner, who still hopes to compete at the Australian Open beginning Jan. 14,

MEMPHIS, Tenn.(AP) Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark rolled into the quarterfinals of the women's draw Wednesday with a 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory over Severine Bremond of France. And the 18-year-old is looking to reverse a pattern from her first three trips to this event. In the men's tournament, eighth seed

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP)—Aleksandra Wozniak and Alona Bondarenko both won in straight sets Monday at the Family Circle Cup, which is missing its typical star power because of injuries to several high-profile players. The top eight seeded players had the opening day off in the green clay-court tournament, where three

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Roger Federer will face Andy Roddick for the first time since their epic 2009 Wimbledon final after both advanced to the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors. The top-seeded Swiss and No. 4 Roddick set up the rematch by sweeping through their quarterfinals in straight sets on Friday. Federer

SYDNEY (AP) — The United States claimed the inaugural United Cup on Sunday in convincing fashion with an overpowering display over Italy in the final of the mixed teams event. No. 9-ranked Taylor Fritz gave the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup when edging former Wimbledon finalist

Barbora Krejcikova helped give the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over Ukraine in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier at Antalya, Turkey, on Friday, then announced she would be donating her prize money to help earthquake relief efforts in the country hosting the matches. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck parts

We’re not a week into 2017, but it already feels a lot like 2016 on the WTA tour—that is, nobody really has any clue as to what’s going on. Last year the calendar was dominated by a bevy of upsets and unexpected outcomes, and there’s no indication that the surprises

A day after a heartbreaking loss to Alexander Zverev in the semifinals, Novak Djokovic showed all kinds of heart after losing the first set to Pablo Carreno Busta in the bronze medal match, fighting off a match point in the second set and pushing it to a third—but in the