WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Serena Williams is back, and she looks almost as good as ever. The 30-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon title Saturday on Centre Court, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her 14th major championship. After hitting a backhand winner on match point, she

ROME—After losing to Rafael Nadal in the Monte Carlo final two weeks ago, world No. 3 Novak Djokovic decided he needed a change. In the hopes of winning a second career major title at Roland Garros or Wimbledon, the 2008 Australian Open champion knows that improved endurance is necessary if

PARIS(AP) Asked if there's a real favorite for this year's French Open, Serena Williams shot back a quick answer. Yeah,'' she replied,I definitely think Nadal is probably a big-time favorite.'' Well, yes, Serena, you're right, four-time champion Rafael Nadal surely is the man to beat. But what about the

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Serena Williams walked onto Court 2 for her match Friday six minutes late. Otherwise she remained right on schedule at Wimbledon. The two-time champion became the first player to earn a spot in the second week of the tournament when she beat Roberta Vinci in the third round,

PARIS(AP) Plenty of tennis tournaments, big and small, ask Roger Federer to participate in their draw ceremonies - show up, shake some hands, pose for a few photos, lend prestige. He has a ready response. I always say, 'No,''' the 16-time major champion explained,just because I don't want to

PARIS(AP) Regarding the damp, slow conditions Thursday at the French Open, John Isner had a different perspective. Maybe that's because he's 6-foot-9. The big American hit 38 aces and reached the third round at Roland Garros for the first time by beating Marco Chiudinelli 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7),

NEW YORK (AP) A year ago at the U.S. Open, American teenager Melanie Oudin told the world to ``BELIEVE,'' with her sneakers and her play. Among those she motivated: Beatrice Capra, an 18-year-old from Ellicott City, Md., and a wild-card entry who is following in Oudin's footsteps at Flushing Meadows,

Over November 29-December 3 and December 6-10, we'll run down our Top 10 Matches of the 2021 season. No. 10 | No. 9 | No. 8 | No. 7 | No. 6

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To get an idea of just how new the whole international pro tennis thing is to Ben Shelton, the 20-year-old NCAA champion from the University of Florida about to make his Australian Open debut, consider this: He says he is using a passport for the first

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It took about a week for Novak Djokovic to go from worrying about whether he simply could play a match at all on his injured left hamstring to thinking he can win the Australian Open. And one pain-free, nearly perfect performance in the fourth round Monday

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A four-year absence of elite women's tennis in China is set to end with the Women's Tennis Association holding seven tournaments in the next six weeks as part of the tour's Asian swing. After tournaments in China were cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in 2020, the WTA suspended events

One look at the top of the WTA rankings should be enough to let anyone know that opportunity will be knocking at Wimbledon this year. World No. 1 Ash Barty is recovering from a hip injury and hasn’t played on grass this year. No. 2 Naomi Osaka withdrew from the

LONDON (AP) — Simona Halep was ready for a vacation. It's going to start a week earlier than she wanted after she gave away a big lead, wasted a match point and lost at Wimbledon, joining the procession of top women on the way out. Ranked and seeded No. 1,

“She’s just not able to win the big points,” said Roland Garros commentator Barry Cowan during Naomi Osaka’s match versus Katerina Siniakova on Saturday. If you hadn’t watched any of this third-round contest, or followed the scores, you would have assumed he was referring to Osaka. That’s what No. 1

Watch the Racquet Bracket Show on Tennis Channel on Friday, May 26 at 9 PM ET—then test your skills and play the Racquet Bracket game for the men's and women's draws. ED MCGROGAN, SENIOR EDITOR: Venus Williams It took 14 years for Venus to return to the Australian Open final,

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When Daniil Medvedev is on autopilot, is there anyone who can shut him down? We’ll find out if world No. 1 Novak Djokovic—a champion with his own zen-sational capabilities—has a yes answer come Sunday, after Medvedev reached his first Australian Open final with a 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Stefanos

This year marks the 50th anniversary of TENNIS Magazine's founding in 1965. To commemorate the occasion, we'll look back each Thursday at one of the 50 moments that have defined the last half-century in our sport. By 2014, TENNIS Magazine had been covering the sport for 50 years. That fall,

NEW YORK (AP) — There are those who think Maria Sharapova shouldn't even be in the U.S. Open via a wild-card invitation, because what dropped her ranking out of the top 100 was not an injury but a 15-month suspension for doping. "You have to work for it, you know,