BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP)—Germany took a commanding 2-0 lead over Slovakia in the Fed Cup first round after Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber won the opening singles on Saturday. Petkovic saved a match point to upset Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, and world No. 9 Kerber overcame

Some rust was expected when Roger Federer returned to the court for the first time in six weeks, but no one saw this coming: On Wednesday, in his first match since winning the Miami Open on April 2, the 18-time Grand Slam champion was upset by 39-year-old Tommy Haas, 2-6,

In an interview with Tennis Journal, former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic, who retired in 2012 and now coaches young Canadian Milos Raonic, says the difference between today’s top players and those who he started playing in 1998 -- like Pete Sampras, Pat Rafter, Michael Chang, Boris Becker, and Andre

More than 10 years after they first played each other, Maria Sharapova says her rivalry with Serena Williams remains as important as ever to her. Sharapova hasn't beaten Williams since 2004 and is 2-17 against the current world No. 1. Williams most recently defeated Sharapova in the Australian Open final,

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) Jack Sock clinched the United States' Davis Cup World Group playoff win over Uzbekistan with a four-set victory over Denis Istomin on Sunday. Sock, ranked No. 29, struggled at times on the clay surface in the Central Asian nation, but held his nerve in a wild fourth

The Super Bowl isn’t just a game. It’s an event, a spectacle; a production of epic proportions. On Sunday night, the Broncos upset the Panthers, 24-10, in the 50th installment of the big game. Everyone—well, pretty much everyone—tuned in to watch, and social media was abuzz with reaction. Tennis players

1 On Monday night in Rio, Serena Williams struck 36 unforced errors and was broken four times in a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Alize Cornet.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Petra Kvitova defeated Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-2 in under an hour to send the Czech Republic to the Fed Cup final with what proved to be a 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday. After Kvitova won the deciding rubber to make it 3-1, Katerina Siniakova and

Alexander Zverev is unsure whether his hamstring injury will affect his grass-court schedule. The 21-year-old German seemed to experience the injury during his quarterfinal against Dominic Thiem at the French Open, having played three five-setters coming into the encounter. Zverev, who fell in three sets in his first Grand Slam

When a berth in the final of the Davis Cup, the men’s premier international team competition, is on the line, players often rise to the occasion to put on stellar performances. Here’s a look at five of the best ties in the penultimate stage of the event. 1. 1990 U.S.

Hubert Hurkacz’s deficit against No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in Thursday’s Miami Open quarterfinals was unfavorable, but as he showed, not unmanageable to overcome. Trailing 2-6, 0-2, 15-40, the Pole never lost faith. Believing it was only a matter of time for finishing touches to go his way, the No.

It turns out the toughest loss of Tommy Paul’s career took place off the tennis court when it was revealed the American finished runner-up in the Nothing Major Podcast’s inaugural Hottie Bracket. “Toughest final of my career, for sure,” joked Paul, who lost the final to Matteo Berrettini. “Tough day,

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Top seed John Isner captured a 6-3, 6-4 win over fellow American Ryan Sweeting on Wednesday to move into the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships quarterfinals. The 11th-ranked Isner struggled through his first round win over wildcard recipient Jesse Levine on Tuesday because of the humidity, but

PARIS (AP) A day after the tournament began, the French Open is really about to get started. The opening day at Roland Garros featured 32 matches on eight courts, with three seeded players already falling by the wayside. But on Monday interest is expected to really pick up with Novak

WATCH: 2015 champion Simona Halep defeats Coco Gauff in the third round of 2022 Indian Wells.

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek continued her total domination of the women’s tour on Sunday, outdoing Ons Jabeur, 6-2, 6-2, to capture her fifth WTA title in a row in Rome. The 20-year-old Pole’s winning streak is now up to 28 matches in a row, which is the standalone fourth-longest

Six-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has advanced to a men’s record 32nd major final at Wimbledon after dashing Cameron Norrie’s hopes early Friday evening. Djokovic defeated the No. 9 seed, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, to reach his eighth title match at SW19. With it comes a mouthwatering final-round showdown with

Novak Djokovic has achieved just about everything there is to achieve in tennis, but he’s pulling off another first this week—he’s playing an ATP event in Israel for the first time in his career at the Tel Aviv Watergen Open, an ATP 250 event. It’s not his first time playing

Novak Djokovic hit a milestone and made history on Rod Laver Arena on Monday night, beating Alex de Minaur, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, to extend his Australian Open winning streak to 25 matches in a row. He’s now the first man in the Open Era to record multiple winning streaks of

WATCH: Wu Yibing defeats John Isner at the 2023 Dallas Open