PARIS (AP)—She gingerly flexed her right wrist, pulled on her ponytail in frustration, argued with the umpire and left the court with remnants of a big, orange blob of clay pasted to the back of her soaking shirt. Yes, Maria Sharapova had to get down in the dirt for her

“I think this is one of the best sets of tennis I’ve seen Pliskova play,” Chris Evert said as Karolina Pliskova took a 4-2 lead in the third set over Caroline Wozniacki in Toronto on Friday. It was hard, at that moment, to argue. Pliskova, the WTA’s current No. 1,

There's nothing like Paris in the springtime, they say. As these 10 epics—the 10 most memorable French Open matches of the Open Era—show, there's also nothing quite as stirring or sensation as tennis in Paris at this time of year. “You need to love the game.” That's what an exhausted,

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Two unexpected champions embraced their first Rookwood championship trophies, concluding a week that brought more questions than clarity to the upcoming U.S. Open. Who's going to be healthy on the women's side? Will stumbles in the men's bracket at the Western & Southern Open carry over

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Serena Williams will be playing for two Wimbledon titles on Saturday after she teamed with sister Venus to reach the doubles final. The Williams sisters struggled with their serves in the first set Friday but recovered to beat American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, 2-6,

MOSCOW(AP) Fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia easily advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup, beating teenager Yana Buchina 6-2, 6-0 on Monday. In the men's first round, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, also of Russia, defeated Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-1, 7-6 (5). The 17th-ranked Petrova had little trouble against

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Defending champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked women's player Dinara Safina were seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednesday. There were no big surprises when the All England Club announced the seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, which opens Monday. The draw will be released Friday. The top-ranked

Samantha Stosur has knocked out Justine Henin 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the fourth round of the French Open, ending Henin's 24-match winning streak at the event. "I just wanted so much that the adventure could keep going," said Henin, who won the event in 2007 was returning for the first

WATCH: Murray and Nadal last played an ATP match in 2016, when Murray upset the Spaniard in Madrid on clay.

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Rafael Nadal’s triumphant two weeks in Paris didn’t just earn him a record-extending 14th Roland Garros title or a record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title—it also added 2.2 million Euros, or approximately $2.34 million, to his ever-growing career prize money total. And with that new chunk of change, Nadal not only

WATCH: Coco Gauff defeats Wang Xinyu in the 2022 Berlin second round

WATCH: Another day, another Andy Murray three-setter—this time against qualifier Roman Safiullin in Basel.

On Friday, Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Karen Khachanov in an exciting quarterfinal match-up at the Rolex Paris Masters. Tsitsipas is coming off a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over Alexander Zverev, which was a nice follow-up to the Greek star’s 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over a red-hot Felix Auger-Aliassime. Over the

Tensions had been running high throughout a jam-packed Thursday the Foro Italico, with normally even-tempered Dominic Thiem and David Goffin voicing their displeasures about decisions of tournament organizers during and after Wednesday's washout.

WATCH: Nadal was officially into his 14th Roland Garros final after Alexander Zverev was forced to retire.

A day after Jerry Shang won a four-hour marathon at the Mutua Madrid Open, two more teenagers on the ATP Tour joined the 19-year-old in the second round. Joao Fonseca celebrated his first ATP Masters 1000 win Thursday when he overcame fellow teen Alex Michelsen, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2. The 17-year-old

As players pick up more wins, they pick up more prize money, endorsements, fans and social media followings. Many pros are already well-established online with hundreds of thousands of followers (with the top stars having well over a million). But a few are still up-and-coming or are simply being overlooked

Aslan Karatsev has proven his run to the Australian Open semifinal was no fluke and that he belongs on the sport’s biggest stages. After losing to Dominic Thiem in a tight three-setter in Doha, Karatsev has suffered no major letdown, scoring rock-solid wins over Egor Gerasimov, Dan Evans and Lorenzo