Roger Federer down-sized his racquet and amped-up his attack in Cincinnati. Returning to hard courts armed with a familiar accomplice—his 90-square inch Wilson Pro Staff—Federer played with urgency at the outset in defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-6 (7). While it certainly wasn't a spotless performance—the world No. 5 rallied from

Borna Coric stunned Roger Federer in the final of the Gerry Weber Open on Sunday to not only win the biggest title of his career, but to snap the World No. 1’s 20-match grass-court winning streak. Federer will also relinquish the No.1 ranking to Rafael Nadal on Monday due to

With history on the line, Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter battled for the 2000 Wimbledon title. At the 1999 Wimbledon tournament, Pete Sampras—one of the greatest champions to ever step foot on Centre Court—made history with his win over Andre Agassi in the final as he tied Roy Emerson with

DELRAY BEACH, Florida (AP)—South Africa’s Kevin Anderson beat John Isner 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Saturday to advance to the final of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championship. The 36th-ranked Anderson knocked off Isner, the top-seeded American, a day after upsetting Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. He’ll face qualifier Marinko Matosevic

VIENNA (AP)—Defending champion Jurgen Melzer reached the semifinals of the Bank Austria Trophy after Philipp Kohlschreiber pulled out with a strained groin shortly before their quarterfinal Friday. The top-seeded Melzer, who was 0-3 in career matches against the German, next plays third-seeded Nicolas Almagro. The Spaniard defeated No. 8 Juan

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP)—Novak Djokovic won his 26th straight match to remain unbeaten in 2011, defeating Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 6-2 Friday in the Serbia Open quarterfinals. This is the best start to an ATP tour season since Ivan Lendl in 1986. This was a victory, however, that almost didn’t happen.

With an ace out wide on match point, Rafael Nadal closed out Novak Djokovic, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, to win Roland Garros for the 13th time—a record-breaking result in many ways. But the Spaniard’s win will probably be remembered more for a record he tied. Having trailed Roger federer in the

On Friday, world No. 74 Zheng Qinwen will look to upset world No. 16 Angelique Kerber at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. On paper, one would think that this should be a slam dunk for the three-time Grand Slam champion, but the German just isn’t in the best

In an exciting match-up on clay, world No. 10 Ons Jabeur takes on world No. 12 Belinda Bencic in the Mutua Madrid Open. This match has high stakes considering it's in a WTA 1000 event, and also a rematch of the final in Charleston just three weeks ago. That was

Wu Yibing made history in Dallas on Saturday, upsetting Taylor Fritz to become the first Chinese man to reach an ATP final in the Open Era. The 23-year-old, who had taken out No. 3 seed Denis Shapovalov and No. 8 seed Adrian Mannarino earlier in the week, was already just

World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev has mostly said the right things about the 2022 French Open, as the Russian has done his best to paint the image that he has a renewed energy on clay. However, it’ll be interesting to see whether or not that attitude holds up when the

FLASHBACK: Before coming to Gstaad, Pedro Cachin's last match was a first-round loss to Novak Djokovic on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

As the clock approached 9:30 p.m. in London on Monday, Daniil Medvedev registered his first win at the Nitto ATP Finals after losing all three of his matches in his event debut a year ago. In their eighth encounter on the pro tour, Medvedev dismissed fellow US Open finalist Alexander

It's getting down to the wire in London as more players end their season, and just a few top names battle towards claiming the prestigious year-end event title. These are the Top 5 photos from Friday at the ATP Finals. (All photos Getty Images) 1 Daniil Medvedev Thats eight matches

Any match between Li Na and Caroline Wozniacki is going to reside on the Chinese woman’s racquet. Stat-wise, though, their quarterfinal on Wednesday night in Miami bordered on the ridiculous. Wozniacki’s total combined winners and errors for the match: 28. Li’s total: 80. Win or lose, Li was in the

Every morning of the French Open, we'll take a look back at a memorable match that occurred on that calendar day at Roland Garros. May 30, 1999: Andre Agassi d. Carlos Moya, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-1* *

Novak Djokovic is slowly re-emerging from his hibernation. The Serbian has turned in up in a few notable places like the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Paris for an ATP council meeting. This past Friday he was spotted with coach Andre Agassi headed to Il Pastaoi in Beverly Hills

MONTPELLIER, France (AP)—Third-seeded Gael Monfils of France defeated defending champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to win the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Monfils served 11 aces and made the most of Ljubicic’s 39 unforced errors to claim his third career title, his first since winning in

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP)—The United States was level with Kazakhstan at 1-1 in the World Team Cup after Mardy Fish defeated Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-2 and Mikhail Kukushkin outlasted Sam Querrey 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday. Serbia led Russia 2-0 thanks to Dusan Lajovic, who substituted for the injured Janko Tipsarevic,

CHENNAI, India (AP)—Seventh-seeded Xavier Malisse and No. 8 seed Olivier Rochus lost in the first round of the Chennai Open on Tuesday. Belgian wild card David Goffin beat countryman Malisse 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and qualifier Yuichi Sugita of Japan topped Belgium’s Rochus 6-3, 6-4. Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Victor Hanescu also