MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Hsieh Su-Wei put on a show to oust top-seeded Naomi Osaka on Saturday. She needed all of her tricks and skills to pull out the 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 win. After winning the first set, Osaka made the error of easing up. Given she had won

China was a happy hunting ground for Maria Sharapova in her comeback last year and as 2018 begins that is proving no different. The 30-year-old claimed her first title since her 15-month doping suspension in October in Tianjin and she's playing some good tennis this week in Shenzhen.

2017 Los Cabos champion Sam Querrey enters his first round matchup with Brandon Nakashima as a somewhat surprising underdog. According to the oddsmakers, the No. 4 seed is +137 to win the match and projected to lose by two total games. The courts aren’t as conducive to Querrey’s game; the

Belinda Bencic has enjoyed a fantastic 2021 season, highlighted by her gold medal run in Tokyo as well as quarterfinal appearances at the US Open, Madrid and Cincinnati. Resurgent feels like the wrong word to describe someone that’s just 24, but after a disappointing and injury-riddled 2017 and 2018 seasons,

After a tough loss to Elise Mertens in the Qatar Total Open semifinals, Angelique Kerber beat Dalila Jakupovic in the round of 32 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Kerber's game abandoned her in the final set of her loss to Mertens in Doha, and she didn't quite find

HOUSTON -- John Isner apologized for his performance. Dustin Brown said it felt unbelievable. The top-seeded Isner lost to the dreadlocked Brown in the second round of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship on Wednesday night. It was Brown's first career victory against a top-10 player. The German closed out

Rafael Nadal says he was unhappy with the way he competed in the first and second sets against Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open quarterfinals. The Spaniard criticized his performance in the a 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5) loss, saying he did not hit the ball deep enough against the big-hitting

It was a memorable start for Kim Clijsters in her first year as tournament director of the BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games in Antwerp, with the retired four-time Grand Slam champion even taking the court to play an exhibition match when the singles final was not played. With Carla Suarez

This will be your match-calling and US Open "live" post for today. I want to remind those who would plan or would like to attend the Friday night, August 31st gathering (in Manattan) to RSVP to Heidi; the deadline for responding is Tuesday (tomorrow) night, 9 PM. For those of

If Maria Sharapova is nothing else, she's tenacious. Earlier this year, the five-time Grand Slam champion was handed a two-year ban after failing a drug test at the Australian Open for meldonium (a decision which she is appealing). Still, nothing has stopped her from being her A-list self. If these

ZHUHAI, China (AP) -- Top-seeded Venus Williams overpowered Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the final of the WTA Elite Trophy. Williams will face Karolina Pliskova in Sunday's final after the third-seeded Czech beat eighth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-1. Williams broke serve six times to dispatch the

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and misses on tour. GET IN (CARO)LINE Caroline Wozniacki recently partied at the annual Art Basel extravaganza in Miami alongside Boston Celtics big man David Lee and former Chicago Bulls right-hand man Scottie Pippen. Word is she may be dating

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The Latest from the Australian Open on Saturday (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Novak Djokovic provided a nice touch on Saturday shortly after Australian Dylan Alcott won the quad wheelchair singles final over David Wagner of the United States. After Alcott collected his trophy following his 6-2,

1 She may have dropped the first set against Yulia Putintseva, but Serena William’s hope for a 22nd Grand Slam title would not end on Thursday. The world No. 1 stormed back to take the match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. "I think the match was very close and very far from

Tennis brings out the best and worst in almost everyone. Like John McEnroe and his infamous tirades, some players are well-known for their outbursts and drama on court. Such is the way of rising star Nick Kyrgios. The 21-year-old Australian thrives on controversy and there seems to be a new

Before Roger Federer took to the court with, among others, philanthropist Bill Gates last night in The Match for Africa 4, the 18-time Grand Slam champion gave away something of his own: insight into his thought process about whether or not he'll play Roland Garros. In an exclusive chat with

GENOA, Italy (AP) — Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut beat Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 for France to lead Italy 2-1 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. Herbert's and Mahut's constant net rushing proved too much to handle for the Italian pair, which fell apart late

By now, most avid tennis followers know that Cruz Hewitt is following in the footsteps of dad Lleyton Hewitt. The Aussie youngster has been a familiar face in the locker room through years of hitting the road with his father, who has stayed well-connected to the sport as a Davis

It was already a sweet week for both Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals in Turin, but after receiving their prize money cheques at the season-ending event, it gets even sweeter. Sinner, who cruised to his first ATP Finals title without dropping a set—or even losing more

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz reached his 10th career Grand Slam quarterfinal, tied for the most by a man before his 22nd birthday, by advancing at the Australian Open when 15th-seeded Jack Draper stopped playing because of injury after dropping the first two sets Sunday. The No. 3-seeded Alcaraz