SINGAPORE (AP) -- Serena Williams made the semifinals of the WTA Finals and earned the year-end No. 1 ranking without hitting a ball on Friday. Williams' fortune was at the expense of Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova. Ivanovic had a shot at reaching the semis, and Sharapova had a slimmer

LILLE, France (AP) -- Roger Federer's valiant attempt to shake off a back injury backfired spectacularly when the Swiss 17-time Grand Slam champion was swept aside by Gael Monfils Friday as France leveled the Davis Cup final at 1-1 on Friday. Monfils triumphed 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 and posted his first

LONDON (AP) -- It was another easy win for Novak Djokovic, but certainly one that he will remember. The Serb's celebrations at the O2 Arena after Tomas Berdych sent a final shot wide on Friday spoke volumes. Djokovic raised his arms above his head and gave a roar of joy,

LILLE, France (AP) -- Saying he has recovered from a back injury, Roger Federer has the chance to finally win one of the only notable titles missing from his collection. Federer will play Gael Monfils on Friday in the second singles match as Switzerland takes on France in the final

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- The previous two matchups between Serena Williams and Simona Halep were blowouts. This one was a thriller. Williams is making another trip to the Miami Open women's final after beating Halep 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a 2-hour, 7-minute classic on Thursday night. Looking for her

SHANGHAI (AP) -- Rafael Nadal is starting to look like his dominant former self, the player who won 14 Grand Slam titles. He's even beating the top players again. After struggling with his confidence and consistency for much of the season, the Spanish star beat a top-five player for the

PARIS (AP) Roger Federer could be excused if he has a restless night. With thick gray clouds overhead and light slipping away at the end of a rainy day, Federer got broken by Gael Monfils to even their French Open fourth-round match at a set apiece, right before play was

Australian Open Monday Order of Play Laver Arena at 7 PM (Sunday evening) – Kerber vs Beck followed by Azarenka vs Strycova Laver Arena at 10 PM (Sunday evening) – Raonic vs Wawrinka Laver Arena at 3 AM – Tomic vs Murray followed by Keys vs S Zhang Court Arena

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic called it the best he has ever played against old foe Roger Federer. Serena Williams was just being her dominant self. The defending champions both made their way back to the Australian Open final, with Djokovic beating Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and Williams defeating

WASHINGTON (AP) Things were looking bleak for Gael Monfils, a man with a long history of losing tournament finals. Monfils' opponent in the Citi Open title match, Ivo Karlovic, was about to serve for the championship and had not been broken all week. Down but not quite out, Monfils came

NEW YORK (AP) All eyes will be on a very important pair of left wrists during Day 1 of the U.S. Open - those belonging to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Defending champion Djokovic, a righty, uses his secondary arm for a two-handed backhand. Nadal, of course, is a lefty

LONDON (AP) Leave all the chatter about Serena Williams' pursuit of her 22nd major singles trophy to others. Williams and her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, do not discuss that number. ''We don't talk about it all. Zero,'' Mouratoglou said Tuesday at Wimbledon after watching Williams win her first-round match. Why is

SHANGHAI (AP) No longer concerned about titles and honors, Novak Djokovic is instead trying to rediscover the inner joy he used to have while playing tennis. And after beating Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in the second round of the Shanghai Masters - his first win following a month-long injury

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal's preparations for the French Open continued apace as he swept past 13th-seeded Jack Sock 6-3, 6-4 Thursday to ease into the Italian Open quarterfinals and extend his winning streak to 17 matches. Fourth-seeded Nadal broke Sock's serve twice in the second set and served out

High risk usually equals high reward, but over the years, on grass courts, taking chances in the form of attacking tennis has left some players looking at passing shots flying by them. Last week’s finals on the ATP tour, in Stuttgart and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, though, almost had a throwback feel to

PARIS (AP) — John Isner stayed on track for the last spot at the ATP Finals by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the Paris Masters quarterfinals on Friday. The American was the runner-up last year and needs to win the tournament to reach the finals

MONACO (AP) — Rafael Nadal remains on course to retain his Monte Carlo Masters title and won't have Novak Djokovic standing in his way. The top-ranked Nadal beat big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-2 on Friday to reach the quarterfinals, clinching victory with a clinical smash at the net. The

LONDON (AP) — Garbine Muguruza insisted she wasn't thinking about attempting to collect a second consecutive Wimbledon championship. She was adamant that she was not focusing on defending her title. "It doesn't really matter," she would say, "what happened in 2017." Well, it seems safe to say she'll really want

TORONTO (AP) — Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 7-6 (7) win over lucky loser Mirza Basic at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. And former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka came back to beat 16th-seed Nick Kyrgios 1-6, 7-5, 7-5. The four-time champion Djokovic, the ninth

WATCH—Novak Djokovic dismisses Alexander Zverev in Shanghai: