MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams was only two points from her 500th career match win when she tumbled to the court in the second round of the Australian Open. It's OK, she thought, it's the good ankle. After sitting and watching Barbora Zahlavova Strycova's shot float out to end the

PARIS (AP) Rafael Nadal has played 52 matches at Roland Garros and walked off the court a winner all but once. Three of those wins have come against Novak Djokovic, who hasn't so much as taken a set off the king of the clay. A mismatch? Try a must-see match

LONDON -- Novak Djokovic capped off his season by defending his ATP World Tour Finals title with an impressive 6-3, 6-4 win over Rafael Nadal on Monday night. There's no doubt Djokovic is the man to beat on indoor hard courts. And just for the record, his 22 consecutive wins

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Roddick is not ready for retirement just yet. A day after surprisingly announcing the U.S. Open will be the last tournament of his career, Roddick dominated Australian teenager Bernard Tomic from start to finish Friday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium and reached the third round

Click here for more on the other working moms on tour. ** Just over seven months ago, Lindsay Davenport announced that she was stepping away from the game of professional tennis to pursue another career: motherhood. But now, just weeks after giving birth to her first baby, the three-time Grand

Okay, it’s finally over. The much-hyped exhibition between Pete Sampras and Roger Federer was good fun, though I’m probably in the minority for thinking that the tennis was just ho-hum. But the New York fans ate it up, and if there’s one thing that this exo proved, other than the

Whatever your opinion of the French Open—the most compelling major or most boring slog—there’s no argument about French players. They are almost without exception, and seemingly always have been, the most stylish and, as such, the most entertaining around. There must be something in the Evian. Let’s start with the

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road. Where does Venus draw the line? At Grand Slam championships. The sisters face each other again in a

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—John Isner is confident the United States can perform well in the Davis Cup this year despite the absence of No. 7 Andy Roddick and No. 45 James Blake. ``We'll be underdogs, but I think we could have a shot,'' said Isner, the second-highest American in the rankings

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Israeli player Shahar Peer has grown accustomed to the worlds of politics and tennis colliding on her court. Going into her first-round match at the Australian Open on Wednesday she wasn't aware of media reports about protests planned against her. But she figured that's why all the TV

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Serena Williams saved some family pride Wednesday at the Australian Open. After her older sister Venus' upset loss in the previous match on Rod Laver Arena, four-time champion Serena was down a set and 4-0 in the second before she rebounded for a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. The top-seeded Bryans picked up their eighth Grand Slam title in doubles. They faced two break points in the ninth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP)—Melanie Oudin had emotion and a hometown-flavored crowd on her side. Those advantages just took some time to kick in. Oudin beat Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday after slow starts in both sets. Then Russia’s Elena Dementieva evened up the Fed Cup semifinals matchup with a 6-4,

PARIS(AP) It took Jurgen Melzer 32 Grand Slam tournaments over an 11-year span to reach a quarterfinal. The amiable Austrian made it Monday. Following the advice of good friend Andy Roddick, Melzer beat qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili in the fourth round of the French Open 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. At

Men to watch at Wimbledon, which begins Monday (statistics through Thursday; seedings in parentheses): ROGER FEDERER (1) Age: 28 Country: Switzerland 2010 Match Record: 27-8 2010 Singles Titles: 1 Career Singles Titles: 62 Major Titles: 16 - Wimbledon ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '09), U.S. Open ('04, '05, '06, '07,

If Wimbledon is the truest test in men’s tennis—and based on the last few finals at the All England Club, it’s hard to argue otherwise—then this year’s Championships may reaffirm the stature of the ATP tour’s “Big Four.” "May" is the operative word, because Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic

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,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Naomi Osaka didn't make it to a much-anticipated fourth-round contest against top-ranked Ash Barty at the Australian Open. Amanda Anisimova, a 20-year-old American ranked 60th in the world, ensured that so-called final-before-the-final won't happen when she beat the four-time major champion 4-6, 6-3, 7-6

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty’s career resume has been growing and growing over the last few years, and now it’s kicking into overdrive—here are just 15 of the things the 2019 Roland Garros, 2021 Wimbledon and 2022 Australian Open champion achieved at her home major this year: She's the first

MATCH POINT: Garbine Muguruza defeats Katerina Siniakova in a first-round rollercoaster at the 2022 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.