Casper Ruud’s win over Carlos Alcaraz at the Nitto ATP Finals was shocking. While Alcaraz is currently dealing with an illness, he was a -1700 moneyline favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook. Alcaraz had also never lost to Ruud in his career, but the Spaniard didn’t have his best stuff on Monday.

SINGAPORE (AP) Maria Sharapova hasn't played a whole match since Wimbledon but the Russian believes she's healthy enough to compete Sunday at the season-ending WTA Finals. ''It's a big step for me to be here and feel that I am healthy,'' Sharapova said. ''It will be a bigger step that

A look at Day 5 of Wimbledon on Friday: Weather: Rain. High 64 degrees (18 Celsius). Schedule: Eight matches were suspended in progress and nine were postponed entirely. Men's seeded winners in the second round: No. 10 Tomas Berdych, No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 15 Nick Kyrgios, No. 18 John

BEIJING(AP) Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4, and Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Peng broke Sharapova twice in the first set, and then again in the sixth game

NEW YORK(AP) Caroline Wozniacki had just finished knocking off two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova when the inevitable question came: What will it be like to play 17-year-old American Melanie Oudin at the American Grand Slam tournament? Hopefully,'' Wozniacki said,someone from the crowd will cheer for me.'' The No. 9-seeded

Dinara Safina has retired at 5-4 and set point down against Maria Kirilenko in the ofurth round of the Australian Open after experiencing a recurrence of the back injury that plagued her last fall. "My back again. It suddenly hit me. It was getting worse and worse," said Safina. "It's

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) John Isner of the United States lost to Ricardo Mello 6-4, 7-6 (4) Tuesday in the first round of the Serbia Open. Fernando Gonzalez of Chile defeated qualifier Martin Klizan 6-2, 6-4 in his return from an eight-month injury layoff because of hip surgery. The big-serving Isner

PARIS (AP) Scott Lipsky has struggled to make a living while toiling on the minor tennis tours. Now the 29-year-old American is a Grand Slam champion. Lipsky, of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Casey Dellacqua of Australia beat the defending champions and top-seeded Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Katarina Srebotnik of

Holger Rune and Novak Djokovic may have competed on opposite sides of the net Wednesday, but the two were united in taking on chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani. Rune ultimately took the pair’s Rome quarterfinal, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, in a clash that saw plenty of tension directed towards one of the

Madison Keys has 100 reasons to smile after her latest day at the office. Playing her third-round match at the US Open, the American rallied past Liudmila Samsonova, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, after two hours and eight minutes to celebrate the 100th major match win of her career. “It's amazing,” Keys

Who will be the king and queen of Queens? DraftKings lets you decide every day, for free—and offers $25,000 in total prizes along the way. The rules are simple: pick six players each day (three men, three women) whose total salaries amount to no more than $50,000. You want Novak

It was one of the most lasting images of the first week of this year’s Australian Open: Serena Williams consoling Dayana Yastremska at the net after their third-round match, which the 23-time Grand Slam champion won easily. Whatever Williams said to the Ukrainian appears to have inspired her as she

In a decade to remember, 2019 didn't disappoint as the closing act. Click here to review the Top 10 moments from the final season of the 2010s. It was 12-12 in the fifth set of the men's final at Wimbledon, and the sport was about to see something it had

The Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) wants to hold the ATP and WTA events in Rome during the season, preferably before the newly rescheduled French Open. The ATP Masters 1000/WTA Premier 5 event was among the many suspended by the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected Italy more than any European country.

Halep would seem to have a very good shot at reaching the semis. She and Madison Keys are each 1-1 in matches and 2-2 in sets, but on Thursday Halep gets the last-place Cibulkova, while Keys has to deal with the top seed, Angelique Kerber. But the Romanian isn’t out

It has been an unusual clay-court campaign for 11-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who has lost three consecutive semifinals. Novak Djokovic, who had been struggling since winning his 15th Grand Slam in January, suddenly came alive in Madrid. On the women’s side, Kiki Bertens quietly emerged as the last

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from Wimbledon on Wednesday because of a foot injury, leaving the women’s field more wide open. The Belgian, who was seeded No. 2 Wednesday, said she had to pull out of the grass-court Grand Slam after injuring her right foot at the

Reading between the lines: TENNIS.com's Monday morning quarterback recaps last week's pro tennis action—and offers his reaction. Last Week's Tournaments

Normally when people are asked to share "interesting" facts about themselves, the facts end up being super boring, like, "I was born in Montana." But Sloane Stephens, when tasked with sharing some facts with the WTA, came with absolute mindblowers, ranging in oddness from weird to spooky. Here's a side

When you're a famous tennis star, expect to be asked to do commercials—a lot. In Roger Federer's case, his commercials happen to be some of the funniest, and most unique, advertisements around. While the 36-year-old has appeared on TV too many times to count, these are five of the best