PESARO, Italy (AP) Federico Delbonis won the first point for Argentina against Italy in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday then the second singles was postponed because of bad light and weather. Fabio Fognini and Argentina's Juan Monaco are down to play their opening singles on Saturday, followed by the

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) Rafael Nadal swept past Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-3 Friday to reach the Thailand Open semifinals. The top-ranked Spaniard had nine aces in beating his 93rd-ranked opponent. Earlier, Jarkko Nieminen of Finland reached his second semifinal of the year with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP)—Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka advanced to the quarterfinals of his home Swiss Open tournament on Thursday, beating Peter Luczak of Australia 6-3, 7-5. Wawrinka used his first serves, including nine aces, to control play against the 248th-ranked Luczak. The Swiss No. 2 plays Marcel Granollers in the quarterfinals, after

UMAG, Croatia (AP)—Fourth-seeded Croat Marin Cilic defeated Italy’s Andreas Seppi on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Croatia Open. Cilic cruised to victory, beating the seventh-seeded Seppi 6-1, 6-3 in just 72 minutes. He faced only one break point, winning 24 out of 29 points played on the first

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On Wednesday, world No. 21 Jil Teichmann will face world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit in the Round of 32 at the National Bank Open in Toronto. And while Kontaveit is a -200 favorite to go through in this one, we think there’s value in backing Teichmann to ultimately push her

Taylor Fritz has recorded the milestone 50th Masters 1000 win of his career with a 7-6 (10), 6-2 victory over Stan Wawrinka in his opening match at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. He’s the 14th American player to win 50 Masters 1000 matches since that level of tournament

Each day of the tournament, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches at the French Open. The Romanian and the Spaniard have one of the better under-the-radar rivalries in tennis. They’ve played 11 times, with Halep holding a narrow 6-5 lead, and seven of those 11 matches have gone three

Every morning during Wimbledon, we'll take a look back at a memorable match that occurred on that calendar day at the All England Club. July 2, 1977: Bjorn Borg d. Jimmy Connors Final; 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4

BRNO, Czech Republic (AP)—The Czech Republic and Germany split the opening singles Saturday in their Fed Cup quarterfinal after both teams’ No. 1 player lost her match. Anna-Lena Groenefeld upset Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-2 in the opening match to give Germany a 1-0 lead before Petra Kvitova defeated Andrea Petkovic

Lukas Rosol has complained that Rafael Nadal was allowed to take too much time between points during their second-round match at Wimbledon. Players are allowed 20 seconds between points at Grand Slams, though the rule appears less strictly enforced than at ATP matches. Nadal is known as one of the

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -- Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset sixth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to become the first qualifier to reach the Croatia Open quarterfinals in seven years. Also, a local wild card, Borna Coric, last year's Junior U.S. Open champion, beat qualifier Horacio Zeballos of

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A day after ensuring his return to the top of the tennis rankings, Roger Federer sealed a place in the final of the ABN AMRO World Tournament by beating Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Saturday. In Sunday's final, the 36-year-old Federer will win his 97th

Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Kevin Anderson is skipping the clay-court swing this season because of a lingering right elbow injury. Anderson announced Tuesday via a post on Twitter that he is withdrawing from the French Open, as well as tuneup tournaments in Estoril, Madrid and Rome. The 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) South

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Alas, the ear-splitting noisemaker is here to stay. But today is no day to lament the persistence of Davis Cup. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and John Isner proved again this weekend that playing for someone other than themselves forces the pros not only to find their best tennis, but to give

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Let's just say it: Until today, it hadn’t been a great week for the WTA. The women’s tour went head to head with the men at just the wrong moment. The ATP semifinals gathered all the recent Grand Slam champions together, and the early rounds of the men’s

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