Leslie Nielsen passed away Sunday from complications from pneumonia. Nielsen is most famous for playing the deadpan, bumbling doctor in the disaster-movie parody Airplane! and the deadpan, bumbling detective in the Naked Gun spoofs. Before appearing in those movies, however, he was a serious character actor and a go-to guest

Despite being the hottest player on tour over the past three months, Novak Djokovic paid homage to world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Roger Federer. The Serbian has won his last 14 matches and has a chance to pass Federer in the rankings at Indian Wells. "Results are

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) Sixteenth-seeded Polona Hercog needed more than two hours to beat qualifier Natalie Grandin 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-4 on Monday in the first round at the Mercury Insurance Open. Only two seeded players saw action in a tournament hard hit by injuries. No. 2-ranked Kim Clijsters, who skipped

A Spanish superstar has withdrawn from next week's ATP 500 in Barcelona, but it's not the one tennis fans might suspect. Carlos Alcaraz, who did not compete in this week's Monte Carlo Masters due to a right arm injury, will also skip play this week, according to various reports on

Garbine Muguruza will hope to advance past the first round of a tournament for the first time since Roland Garros. But it won’t be easy for the two-time major champion, as she will face off against one of the game’s trickiest competitors in Hsieh Su-wei. Muguruza and Hsieh have met

Nick Monroe and Frances Tiafoe continued their run at the Australian Open with a 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-2 win over Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil. The American duo had started their campaign with an upset of No. 3 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.

Garbine Muguruza is taking a new approach to competition, aiming to turn around her subpar play since winning the 2016 French Open. The 23-year-old from Spain has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. It’s the first time she has won back-to-back matches at a major since her maiden Grand

Danielle Collins, a former star player for the University of Virginia, enjoyed a breakthrough 2018 season in the pros. The 25-year-old cracked the Top 40 for the first time thanks in large part to deep runs at Indian Wells in Miami; her alma mater's men's basketball team could take a

ROME (AP) — Roger Federer has added the Italian Open to his schedule. A day after his three-set loss to Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarterfinals, Federer announced his plans in an Instagram video on Saturday. Federer says, "Hello everybody. Just finished speaking to the team and happy to

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Billie Jean King Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi and current Davis Cup captain Bob Bryan will coach the U.S. tennis players at the Paris Olympics. Jon Rydberg and John Devorss will coach the country’s teams for the sport at the Paralympics. The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA)

Naomi Osaka will be back on her most dominant surface at the Miami Open this week. She enters the WTA 1000-level event on a 21-match winning streak—capturing her fourth major title at last month's Australian Open. Osaka doesn't believe in momentum, but she does believe in giving it all she's

This year's edition of the BNP Paribas Open feels a little strange and it's not just because the event is being played in the fall compared to its usual run in March. The combined ATP-WTA 1000 event is also missing a handful of top players that have graced the tournament

Nothing feels better than trolling revenge. At Roland Garros, Naomi Osaka poked fun at her mom for trying to find her perfect angle in a family mirror selfie. The result is awkward perfection, as Tamaki Osaka keeps adjusting herself, Naomi Osaka can't stop giggling and her dad Leonard simply watches

WATCH: The moment when Taylor Fritz knew something was wrong.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP)—Top-seeded Roger Federer easily beat Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4 in the first round Wednesday to sail straight into the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. Federer’s second-round opponent Mikhail Youzhny withdrew with a foot injury, giving the Swiss star a place in the last eight. The

It’s always great to see the pros put on a show for charity, but the "Hit for Haiti" exhibition at the Australian Open in January was particularly special. Thrown together by Roger Federer, the exhibition included Kim Clijsters, Novak Djokovic, Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Samantha Stosur and Serena

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)—Serena Williams is using her special injury-protected No. 1 ranking to get into the U.S. Open field. She is ranked 172nd this week, and only the top 105 players have been granted direct entry into the field for the year’s last major championship, which starts Aug. 29

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Wimbledon’s total prize money fund will rise to a record 50 million pounds (about $64 million), with the singles champions each earning 2.7 million pounds ($3.45 million), All England Club officials announced Thursday at the annual spring briefing. The total amount is 5.3 million pounds ($6.8 million) more

Venus Williams is tired of talking about her longevity. At least, that’s what she said during an interview following her first-round win over Mihaela Buzarnescu at Wimbledon. Fresh off winning only her third match this season, Venus was hoping to hear a different set of questions and wasn't in the

The singer Seal will probably go down in history as the man who delivered "Kiss From a Rose" to us all and shared love and children with Heidi Klum. On Monday night at Hotel Puente Romano in Marbella, Spain, he received intel that one Novak Djokovic was in the audience