A year ago, Taylor Fritz was a set away from reaching the Monte Carlo final. On Sunday, he exited in the first round after being dealt a difficult opening test. Lorenzo Musetti defeated the No. 13 seed Fritz, 6-4, 6-4. The Italian capitalized on four of his five break points

Not "where I personally want to be" after nearly a year away from the game, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from this month's Australian Open. The 36-year-old hasn't played a tour-level match since winning last year's Australian Open, although she competed in last week's Abu Dhabi exhibition,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Destanee Aiava's Australian Open lasted just 92 minutes Monday while making history as the first person born in the 2000s to play in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. She took away enough experience from her 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to Mona Barthel to

MATCH POINT: Medvedev tops Ruud in the semis

In a world where it didn't really happen if it didn't make social media, fans have more access than ever to elements of their favorite players' lives. Here's what went on this week on The Social Net:

Diego Schwartzman continues to have a breakthrough year in 2020. After reaching the final of the Rome Masters, the 28-year-old reached the semifinals of Roland Garros. While he was knocked out handily by Rafael Nadal, he has now made his Top-10 debut by leaping six places to No. 8. Here

The WTA season is essentially over, with Ashleigh Barty as the champion in Shenzhen, signaling the end of the regular season. Many players ended their season with career-high rankings. Of course, on the men's side the ATP year-end No. 1 ranking is still up for grabs. Here are this week's

Baseline has been wrapping up each day with top surprises, and Week 1 has seen quite a few. 1 Cori "Coco" Gauff stole the show and became a viral internet sensation overnight. The 15-year-old is into the second week and her hype train shows no signs of slowing down.

This past weekend won't be forgotten any time soon for Ashlyn Krueger. The Texas teen booked her ticket to the US Open by staying calm on the big points to top Reese Brantmeier, 6-2, 7-6 (3), at the USTA Billie Jean King Girls 18s National Championships in San Diego. Leading

And to think, there once was a time when Roger Federer wasn’t exactly the biggest fan of Hawk-Eye. In the Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal tried one last-ditch attempt to stay in the match by challenging on match point, but it would go in Federer's favor. Like everything, though, the

Montreal has featured a ton of high-quality play this week, as evidenced by a slew of hot shots coming in from all directions. Here's a look at the week in hot-shot fashion: 1 Daniil Medvedev The Russian has been thriving during the US Open Series. He reached the Washington final,

After winning his first career title in 2018 at the Delray Beach Open, Frances Tiafoe has only stayed strong this season, keeping within the Top 50 and reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open. Here's a look at Tiafoe through his social media presence: 1. Tiafoe started

Fifteen years on the ATP World Tour will have its effects on a player. And more than 12 years after entering his first tour final, having dropped all five along the way, Gilles Muller had to start wondering: Would he ever bag a championship? He did just that on Saturday,

1 When you're tired of playing nice...

Marta Kostyuk is making history at the Australian Open and she’s doing it with a lot of personality. The 15-year-old became the youngest player to reach the third round of the Happy Slam since Martina Hingis in 1996. It’s time to get more familiar with the colorful Kostyuk: 1 She’s

Simona Halep is already a huge hero in her home country, and this week, she became an even bigger one by leading the Romanian Fed Cup team to its first semifinal. Ahead of the monumental tie against the Czech Republic in Ostrava, the 27-year-old fondly took a look back at

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Caroline Wozniacki sat down with Jon Wertheim just over a week after playing her final match. The 29-year-old Dane retired after losing in the third round of the Australian Open to Ons Jabuer. Here are five takeaways from her "exit interview": 1 Teary Farewell Wozniacki was most surprised by how

Day 6 of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown featured five matches. Here's a running scoreboard of how they played out. Dominic Thiem d. Matteo Berrettini, 11-14, 17-11, 18-13, 13-12 Thiem and Berrettini faced off in the second match of the day on Sunday. It was truly a battle that came down

Good morning. As usual, please use this space for discussing today's tennis. Earlier on, world number 80 Victor Hanescu defeated Igor Andreev in Gstaad, to claim his first ATP title. In Bastad, Tommy Robredo took the title over Tomas Berdych. In Stuttgart, Juan Martin Del Potro has just won his