Daniil Medvedev vs. Andrey Rublev Medvedev won’t say that Rublev is his “best friend” exactly, but he will say he’s “super close” with him. So much so that he made his countryman the godfather of his daughter. “He’s religious, so that’s important to be a godfather,” Medvedev said of Rublev.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Iga Swiatek avenged her Australian Open ouster at the hands of Linda Noskova, beating the Czech teenager 6-4, 6-0 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday. Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and third-seeded Jannik Sinner each advanced in straight sets in the men's

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Iga Swiatek is one win away from becoming queen of the desert for a second time in three years: the world No. 1 dispatched Marta Kostyuk, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the 2024 BNP Paribas Open final. "I'm proud of myself and really excited," Swiatek said after the match.

The first question to ask is: Will Federer be able to play? He was hampered by a groin injury for much of his quarterfinal win over Tennys Sandgren. Assuming he does play, the next question is: Will he be fit enough to give Djokovic a run, potentially over four or

NEW YORK (AP) A year after one of the most significant and stunning losses of Serena Williams' illustrious career, she's made it back to the same stage of the same tournament: the U.S. Open semifinals. The stakes and opponent are different. Once again, there is history in the offing. At

Fifteen-year-old American Cori “Coco” Gauff booked her spot in the main draw of the Citi Open in Washington DC on Sunday, beating Japan’s Hiroko Kuwata in the final round of qualifying, 6-1, 6-2. After needing 68 minutes to beat No. 338-ranked Maegan Manasse in the first round of qualies on

We're counting down the Top 10 matches of 2020 from Nov. 30 through Dec. 11. Click here to read each selection. “I thought that after my first big title in New York, maybe I’m going to be a little more calm,” Dominic Thiem said, with what looked like a grin

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4. Djokovic and Nadal pause the pandemic Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played a French Open semifinal so thrilling, it could almost be said it paused the pandemic. The two legendary rivals were contesting one of the most important meetings of their careers, and had just wrapped up an electrifying

PARIS (AP) — The big news in Naomi Osaka's life has nothing to do with the French Open or clay-court tennis: Her 10-month-old daughter, Shai, is taking her first steps. "Yesterday, she walked for the first time, so I was really happy about that," Osaka said at Roland Garros on

MELBOURNE—For a set, it looked as if Madison Keys had met her ultimate match in Angelique Kerber. The German specializes in retrieving shots from power players like Keys, and after watching a few of the American’s big forehands blow by her in the opening games, she started retrieving them right

Michael Chang must miss the spotlight; he began Monday by photo-bombing Roger Federer.

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"Players have been defaulted for less," said ESPN commentator Darren Cahill, as Novak Djokovic's fourth-round match with Pablo Carreno Busta came to a stunning halt. But that didn't matter, and the most bizarre US Open ever now includes one of the most bizarre happenings in tennis history: world No. 1

PARIS (AP)—Barely able to walk—let alone run—as the fifth set dragged on, Fabio Fognini figured there was no way he’d be able to pull out a victory Sunday at the French Open. “Of course,” he said, “I should have lost this match.” Somehow, though, he won. Italy’s Fognini overcame a

It tends to be the Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka figures of the tennis world who garner attention and acclaim, rightly deserved, for doubling as mothers on tour. The series titled "Interview with an Umpire" series on the WTA's website has a new installment about a chair umpire who also

The WTA hits Asia, while the men are back in action: It’s all in the latest Doubles Take. DOUBLING UP It had been a while since Japan’s No. 3-ranked player Nao Hibino experienced the thrill of holding up the first-place hardware—in singles or doubles. It looks like she was eager

8 Serena's third-round showdown with sister Venus was highly anticipated. Their 30th meeting would end up one-sided in the favor of Serena, who was just relieved it was over. "It feels good for the match to be over with," she said. Win or lose, it just feels good that that's

UNIONDALE, N.Y.—From Stefanos Tsitsipas' vlogging to Naomi Osaka's photography, there's a trend among younger players on tour of finding creative outlets to brighten up the duller parts of the pro-tennis grind and give insight into their lives. Among the most intriguing of these endeavors is Noah Rubin's Behind The Racquet,

In the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday, Kevin Anderson and John Isner held serve again, and again, and again, and again. Playing a match that looked like it might never end, it just had be something special that would make the difference. Anderson would create that turning moment when he resorted