For Venus Williams, there’s clearly something about Dubai. Today the 2009-2010 champion here continued her week-long surge, and won her 14th straight match at the event, with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over Caroline Wozniacki. Venus did it with consistency and ball movement, as she worked Wozniacki side to side

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP)—Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Alison Riske of the United States 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the ASB Classic on Tuesday. Kuznetsova, a former French and U.S. Open winner, was playing her first match since straining her groin in November. The third seed hit eight aces

Each day during Roland Garros, we'll select three of the most intriguing matches on the schedule and offer our predictions. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [17] vs. Igor Andreev (Court Suzanne Lenglen, Fourth Match) Did you know Tsonga has his own logo? Don't you need to win a Grand Slam title—or seven—before you

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

HONG KONG (AP)—Vera Zvonareva topped Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tournament on Saturday, winning a matchup of the world’s top two female players ahead of the Australian Open. The second-ranked Russian broke in the first and fifth games to go up 4-1.

(6) Sara Errani vs. (9) Marion Bartoli Head-to-Head: Errani leads 2-1 The 2012 French Open finalist will try to use her topspin-heavy strokes and superior speed to create running rallies and exploit Bartoli's limited reach (despite the Frenchwoman's longer-than-normal racquet). Errani is on a roll, having won 11 of her

HAMBURG, Germany -- Roger Federer rallied to beat Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday at the German Tennis Championships in his first match since his second-round loss at Wimbledon last month. Using a bigger racket for the first time, Federer served three aces in the opening game but still lost

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Barbora Strycova sent defending champion Czech Republic to the semifinals of the Fed Cup with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Lara Arruabarrena of Spain in the second reverse singles match on Sunday. The 17th-ranked Strycova failed to serve it out at 5-2, wasting two match

Amanda Anisimova came through an all-American semifinal on Sunday at the National Bank Open against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to reach her first WTA 1000-level final. The former world No. 21, now ranked No. 132, is the second-lowest ranked WTA 1000 finalist in history. Only two-time

Where to Watch Carlos Alcaraz vs. Arthur Fils 🖥️📱 Click here for live coverage on TennisChannel.com (United States only; estimated start time 6:10 a.m. ET) The winner of this match will face either Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Alexei Popyrin in the semifinals. 👉 Click here for the complete Monte Carlo

It's all over, folks. The French Open has wrapped with a new champion on the women's side, Simona Halep, and a familiar face taking home the men's crown. 1 Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova win the women's doubles title

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) The United States swept favored Switzerland out of the Davis Cup on Saturday when Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Teaming up for only the second time, Fish and Bryan comfortably handled the 2008 Olympics doubles champions in

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Defending tournament champion Milos Raonic advanced to his second straight SAP Open final Saturday, beating American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (4), 6-2 in only 78 minutes. The 6-foot-5 Canadian piled up 20 aces behind a powerful serve that reached 150 mph in the comfortable conditions of the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Olivia Rogowska defeated defending champion Jelena Dokic 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in Thursday's clash of Australians at the Malaysian Open. Rogowska needed slightly over two hours to oust the seventh-seeded Dokic at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. Her quarterfinal opponent will be Eleni Daniilidou

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur won the final five games of the rain-delayed match for a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Galina Voskoboeva at the Family Circle Cup on Friday. The second-seeded Stosur returned to play after severe storms swept through the area Thursday night. The washout

DUESSELDORF, Germany -- Juan Monaco beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-3 Saturday to win the inaugural Power Horse Cup for his first title of the year. The victory for the third-seeded Argentine gave him a boost ahead of the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year that starts Sunday.

SURPRISE, Ariz.(AP) Andre Agassi reached the final of his first event on the 30-and-older Outback Champions Series, beating Wayne Ferreira 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday in the Cancer Treatment Centers of America tournament. Agassi, playing in his first competition since retiring after a third-round loss in the 2006 U.S. Open, broke

PORTOROZ, Slovenia(AP) Dinara Safina reached the second round of the Slovenia Open on Monday by beating Tadeja Majeric 6-0, 6-4. Safina - the first No. 1 woman to compete in Portoroz - was playing her first match since losing in the Wimbledon semifinals to Venus Williams. Majeric, an 18-year-old Slovenian

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Shahar Peer has upset top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-2, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championship, a year after she was refused a visa to play in the tournament. The Israeli had at least one break opportunity on each of Wozniacki's 10 service

PERTH, Australia (AP) American Bethanie Mattek-Sands topped world No. 7 Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4 to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead over Italy at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. Mattek-Sands wasted little time in applying pressure to the French Open champion Schiavone, breaking to go 3-2 ahead in the opening