by Pete Bodo What a (day and) night Down Under. Yesterday, I backed only one winner—Novak Djokovic. But what does it tell you in that learning of his straight sets win over Roger Federer, I was surprised. Conversely, when I watched and read that the women I had expected to

The main theme of the lackluster round-robin portion of this year’s ATP World Tour Finals was “blowout.” There were a number of truly impressive performances but, alas, no great matches. That changed dramatically on knockout semifinal Saturday. By the time it was over—after Roger Federer had stared down four match

LONDON (AP) — To say that Kevin Anderson won this interminable Wimbledon semifinal, and that John Isner lost it, didn't really seem fair. To Anderson, anyway. They had played on and on, through 6 1/2 hours of ho-hum hold after ho-hum hold, during the second-longest match in the history of

PARIS(AP) A slow start couldn't stop top-ranked Dinara Safina from reaching the semifinals at the French Open. Faced with a tough test for the first time in the tournament, Safina rallied to beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday. Safina, seeking her first Grand Slam title, lost only five games

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Venus Williams is a much better doubles partner for her sister Serena than she is a keeper of the score. The Williams sisters won their fourth Australian Open doubles title on Friday, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Rod Laver Arena. At

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal had comfortable wins on Wednesday at the Mexican Open and a rematch of their epic five-set final at the Australian Open appears to be on the horizon. Medvedev took another step toward top spot in the ATP rankings with a dominant

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Cameron Norrie will play in the final of the ASB Classic for the second time in four years after beating American Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-4 in a semifinal Friday. Norrie also was a finalist in 2019 when he lost the championship match to American Tennys

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An American is guaranteed to play for the Atlanta Open crown yet again, as a pair of home favorites advanced to the semifinals of the ATP 250 event on Friday. J.J. Wolf secured his place in the final four first when he dismissed Dominik Koepfer, 6-2, 6-3. The No. 8

Having barely survived Ashleigh Barty two days earlier, Serena Williams was in full flight against Julia Goerges in the third round of the French Open on Saturday, moving through to the second week of the clay-court major with an impressive 6-3, 6-4 victory over the in-form German. Her reward? A

Novak Djokovic completed a dream debut at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Sunday, beating John Millman, 6-3, 6-2, for his fourth ATP title of the year and the 76th of his career. The World No. 1 didn’t drop a set all week—he was never even pushed to a

After a Grand Slam, there's a lot of ranking shifts and career-high rankings to report. The Australian Open aftermath provided no exception with champions and contenders alike reaping the benefits of doing well in the main draw. Here are the players with the best ranking jumps this week: 1 +44

SINGAPORE—Just last night, Serena Williams said that if she won three games against Simona Halep in today’s final, she would be very pleased. Sounds strange, but remember, Halep crushed Williams in their round-robin meeting on Wednesday, giving up just two games. Today, she won only three games—Halep, that is. Williams

Toward the end of a tough year with zero Grand Slam final appearances, Roger Federer is splitting with coach Paul Annacone. Federer, who owns a record 17 Grand Slam titles, announced Saturday on his website that he will stop working with Annacone after 3½ seasons together. "After numerous conversations culminating

Amid all the stress triggered by the global pandemic, Daria Kasatkina also found it beneficial. Ranked as high as number ten in the world at the end of 2018, a year later she’d plummeted to 69. The start of 2020 was miserable, Kasatkina losing five of her first six WTA

The courtside clock looked in need of a calendar, as a long day's journey into night churned on with no finish line in sight. Then Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bounced off the court to create closure with a final flick of the wrist. Slipping behind the baseline, Tsonga regained his balance, looped

Tennis was an undercover operation on a drizzly day in Monte Carlo. Passing showers prompted the grounds crew to blanket Court Central with a green tarp during a pair of rain delays totaling 90 minutes. When play finally resumed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga weathered two set points and five break points in

The No. 3 Alexander Zverev says that players are getting taller and hitting harder, and he's been leading the way. The German, who just won Madrid to capture his third Masters title, is now into the final of Rome, where he will play No.2 Rafael Nadal. The top 10 players

LONDON (AP) — Kei Nishikori hit a backhand so good it threw Roger Federer off his game as the 20-time Grand Slam champion earned a code violation before capitulating in a surprise defeat at the ATP Finals on Sunday. Two points away from losing the opening set and on the

CINCINNATI—After applauding Gael Monfils’ comprehensive victory over newly crowned Montreal champion Alexei Popyrin, the crowd on Stadium 3 let out a roar when they learned his next opponent would be world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz. Four-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic silver medalist Alcaraz hasn’t played a hard-court match since