A look back at the men's final, plus, a peek ahead at the mixed championship—all in your daily Doubles Take. Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic have had a season that most pros would dream about—and it’s only January. The seventh seeds, who entered the Australian Open with two titles already

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—The main news of the night was perhaps that Roger Federer actually did step onto the court, and leave it on his own two feet with a win. After a fall in practice on Friday, Twitter was awash with speculation that the world No. 3 was nursing an

After missing a sizeable portion of the 2019 and 2020 seasons due to a slew of right elbow and knee injuries, Kevin Anderson is back right where he belongs. There’s a typical rule of thumb when returning from injuries: the amount of time you miss is about how long it

LONDON—A round-robin format often lends itself to complicated qualification scenarios, but there was nothing of the sort as Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga faced each other knowing that the winner would progress as the second semifinalist from Group B, and the loser would go home. It was winner-takes-all at the

It looked a lot like a teacher-student relationship as Roger Federer gave a lesson to his younger Swiss compatriot, Stanislas Wawrinka, in a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 fourth-round win Sunday in Paris. Sometimes the two competitors’ reactions almost seemed rehearsed—with Federer leading in terms of aggression and Wawrinka not quite able

It’s impossible to describe all the fantastic shots and courage shown by Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in their French Open semifinal. It was a blast from the past for Federer, who rose to the occasion with an aggressive mindset and an ease of movement right out of his heyday,

Not since 2004 has two-time Indian Wells champion Rafael Nadal failed to progress to the semifinals in Southern California. If the streak was to be broken, today might have been the moment, with Nadal having taken a well-publicized break without a competitive match since the Australian Open. We have seen

MONACO (AP)—Tenth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy and 11th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain reached the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters in contrasting fashion on Monday. Fognini was two points away from defeat before rallying to beat Joao Sousa 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, while Robredo was more solid against qualifier David

DOHA, Qatar -- Ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday after Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova retired from their match with a right knee injury. Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match

LONDON (AP) -- Former champion Marin Cilic was upset by Marinko Matosevic of Australia in the opening round at the Queen's Club on Tuesday. The Croatian won the grass-court title in 2012 and finished as runner-up to Andy Murray in 2013, but was beaten 6-4, 6-4, with a single break

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (AP) — Defending champion United States will play in a second consecutive Fed Cup final after defeating France 3-2 on Sunday. Madison Keys secured the decisive point for the visiting team by beating Pauline Parmentier 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the second reverse singles. Keys' victory gave the U.S.

PARIS (AP)—Coco Gauff lost in women's doubles at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, a day after her tearful exit in singles. Gauff and her U.S. teammate, Jessica Pegula, were the top-seeded women's pair but were eliminated in the second round by the Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova 2-6,

We typically save "Expert Picks" for tournament previews, but today we're making an exception. And this excercise was even more difficult than breaking down a bracket. With Rafael Nadal's retirement from tennis on Tuesday, it's only natural to look back at his profilic career. What's your favorite Rafa match? Our

BAMBERG, Germany (AP) David Nalbandian rallied to beat Florian Mayer 2-6, 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 (5) and give Argentina a 2-0 lead over Germany Friday in the first round of the Davis Cup. Earlier, Juan Monaco defeated Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Nalbandian fell behind 4-0 and failing to mount much

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP)—Fourteen years after she last made the championship round in the event, Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn advanced to the final of the Pattaya Open with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Sesil Karatantcheva on Saturday. The 32-year-old Tanasugarn got two breaks to go up 3-0 and later extended the lead

BALI, Indonesia (AP)—Top-seeded Marion Bartoli retired with an ankle injury during her Tournament of Champions quarterfinal after missing a match point against Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain on Friday. Sabine Lisicki reached the semifinals when she defeated Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2. Lisicki will play Medina Garrigues for the first time

Each day in Paris, Baseline will showcase some of the on-court looks of the day. It seems with Roger Federer's switch to Uniqlo, Juan Martin del Potro gets the honor of wearing a Nike outfit designed only for him. 1 Del Potro won his second-round match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7

Thursday, it seems, was the day of the body shot at Wimbledon, and Nick Kyrgios, who unloaded on Rafael Nadal twice, wasn't the only culprit.

BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP)—Sara Errani reached her eighth quarterfinal of the season and first since the French Open by defeating Paula Ormaechea of Argentina 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the Gastein Ladies on Thursday. The second-seeded Italian, who won the doubles at Wimbledon last week, was broken twice

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Leonardo Mayer pulled Argentina level with Brazil 1-1 on Friday in their first-round Davis Cup tie, defeating Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 on clay in the Argentine capital. Mayer was in control most of the way in a match that lasted 2 hours,