MELBOURNE—Stan Wawrinka has made something of a specialty of Australian Open night sessions over the years. In 2011, he ran Gael Monfils and Andy Roddick off the court in straight sets in evening matches, and last year he did very nearly as well in defeat, teaming with Novak Djokovic in

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—Can a match in which two players combine to double fault 13 times and make 36 more errors than winners still be considered must-see tennis? In the case of Novak Djokovic’s gritty, grouchy, anything-but-straightforward 6-3, 6-4 win here over Dominic Thiem, the answer was an emphatic yes. It

Serving to Jelena Jankovic in the fourth game of the second set, Serena Williams cracked an ace to save a break point, then lingered, bent at the waist with her head hanging, clearly and nearly on the verge of tears. It was inevitable that an injury timeout would follow after

Hi everyone. With less than 24 hours to go until the start of the year's next Grand Slam we're expecting a fairly slow day in TW. However, I hope that it might entertain some of you to see a selection of the pictures I took last Sunday on Wimbledon Centre

Veni, vidi, vici.

Sometimes, a match really does come down to something as simple as first-serve efficiency, even when the principals are titans on the order of ATP no. 1 Novak Djokovic and no. 2 Roger Federer. So it was tonight in semifinals of the Rome Masters, as Djokovic battered his way to

LONDON -- Eugenie Bouchard defeated French Open runner-up Simona Halep 7-6 (5), 6-2 Thursday to advance to the Wimbledon final against 2011 champion Petra Kvitova. The 20-year-old Bouchard, who has not dropped a set in six matches, won on her sixth match point to reach her first Grand Slam final.

SINGAPORE (AP) -- After Serena Williams' embarrassing defeat to Simona Halep in the WTA Finals group stage, the American narrowed her eyes at the post-match news conference and said she was looking forward to having a chance to avenge the loss. She didn't have to wait long. The pair will

NEW YORK—Darting all over the court, Andy Murray has made running strikes look as routine as rally shots during the first week of the U.S. Open. Bouncing inside the baseline, Novak Djokovic has been busy taking shots on the rise—and dancing with fans in celebration after sending opponents packing. These

PARIS (AP) Novak Djokovic wants to finish ''the best season I've ever had'' in the perfect way by successfully defending his titles at the Paris Masters and season-ending ATP finals. The 28-year-old Serb's list of highlights for 2015 already includes winning nine tournaments, beating a resurgent Roger Federer in the

After a week in which Aryna Sabalenka won her third Mutua Madrid Open title, the top players in the world are in Rome for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. This is the final clay-court WTA 1000 of the season, and it’s one that has been dominated by Iga Swiatek. The Pole

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa beat eighth-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Thursday night to advance to the semifinals in the Winston-Salem Open. Anderson, ranked 15th, will face 88th-ranked Malek Jaziri of Tunisia, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil.

Novak Djokovic maintained his winning streak in singles matches in Australia, beating Constant Lestienne of France 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Adelaide International. It was the top-seeded Djokovic's 30th straight singles victory on Australian soil in a streak that goes back to 2018. It was Djokovic's

Monday's fourth-round match between world No. 4 Alexander Zverev and world No. 17 Milos Raonic at the Australian Open began with the German breaking for a 1-0 lead. For a big server like Raonic, that's not exactly a great sign. However, the Canadian didn't let that get to him. Instead,

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic battled through five sets in the 2012 US Open final. At Wimbledon in 2012, Murray became the first British man to reach the final in more than 70 years. He lost the championship match to Roger Federer in four sets, but when he made his

Talking Tennis with Tracy: Rafa's best Roland Garros achievement

Had there ever been a Sam Querrey Moment before Friday night? The No. 1 American had won just one five-set match in his career, and that had come against Xavier Malisse, a less-than-Borgian figure, three years ago at Wimbledon. Despite his long experience as a member of the U.S. Davis

In early 2009 it looked as if the WTA tour was about to welcome two new, undersized players to the Top 10. Frenchwoman Alize Cornet and Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova, both coming off strong performances in 2008, were playing themselves toward the game's elite. Cornet hit No. 11 in mid-February after

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were born a week apart and have each realized coming-of-age moments in Miami. The former junior foes face off in Sunday's Sony Ericsson Open final, and if the five-set thriller they staged in the Australian Open semifinals is any indication, this should be another absorbing

As the tour moves from the hardcourts of Indian Wells and Miami to the slow, high-bouncing clay courts of Charleston and then Europe, players will look to make the transition quickly and successfully. Here are five stars of the WTA to keep an eye on during the dirt swing: 1