Madrid's Caja Magica ("Magic Box") arena is a popular tourist destination, and today Tomas Berdych gave Fernando Verdasco a guided tour of the court before making the hometown hero disappear. Sharper in every aspect of the game, Berdych blew Verdasco away, 6-1, 6-2, in a 66-minute thrashing to storm into

Coco Gauff and Serena Williams, two of the biggest headline-makers in tennis last season, are two wins away from creating the first giant headline of 2020. Should the 15-year-old Gauff defeat Laura Siegemund, and the 38-year-old Williams defeat compatriot Christina McHale, the two Americans will meet for the first time,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Bernard Tomic almost blew his big moment on Monday. Given center stage on the opening day of the Australian Open, the host country’s best hope of a men’s Grand Slam champion since Lleyton Hewitt, lost the first two sets to Fernando Verdasco on Rod Laver Arena. The 19-year-old

Julia Goerges made an unexpected announcement over social media on Wednesday: She's saying goodbye. The German broke her retirement news with a personal letter to tennis about how much the sport has meant to her since picking it up at five years old. "I am writing to you, because I

NEW YORK—Staring at the sizable 6’9” shadow John Isner cast across the court at the start of the fourth-set tiebreaker, Andy Murray wore the edgy expression of a man informed he’d have to scale a skyscraper step-by-step to reach his desired destination. Riding a nine-match winning streak, Isner had won

Rafael Nadal beat Ivo Karlovic tonight in a compelling third-set tiebreaker, capping a 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7) victory. It wasn't tennis for the ages, but the match built to a knife-edge conclusion. When it was done, Nadal sat down on the court, pumped his fists in glee, then just about

In February, Anett Kontaveit and Petra Martic squared off for the first time in the Dubai quarterfinals. Kontaveit would fall in straight sets on that day, but in Saturday's Palermo semifinal, a different story unfolded on the red clay. The 24-year-old could not seem to miss, precisely lining up targets

I took in Maria Sharapova's two-and-a-half hour, three-set victory over Simona Halep in Cincinnati Friday night. The match nearly had it all, including a bothersome butterfly that interrupted play, a bad call that set back Halep, and a kitchen-originating fog that hung over the court for part of the third

NEW YORK—Gael Monfils hit back against criticism of his style of play during portions of his U.S. Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic, saying he mixed up his shots in an attempt to turn the match around. Refuting accusations that he did not give full effort, Monfils instead insisted that he

Report from Flushing Meadows: The crowd was split, says Jon Wertheim

It may have taken a few months, but someone finally did it. Carlos Alcaraz has passed Jannik Sinner for the No. 1 spot on the ATP Live Race to Turin, the year-to-date standings that start at the beginning of the year and build up to the season-ending ATP Finals in

*by Pete Bodo It was a classic Grand Slam-style moment, available only to television viewers but memorable nonetheless. Out on Centre Court at the All England Club, in a first-round Olympics match, Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci was giving as good as he got in a rally of warp-speed ground strokes with

NEW YORK (AP) Novak Djokovic put his hand to his ear to revel in the cheers pouring down from the stands. It was only one set, but the world's top-ranked player is seasoned enough in the role of favorite these days to realize that warding off that first challenge from

WATCH: ZIdansek speaks with Tennis Channel's Jon Wertheim after her big win on Court Philippe Chatrier.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Count `em: 7 seconds. That's how long French Open runner-up Sara Errani ``played'' at Wimbledon on Wednesday against qualifier CoCo Vandeweghe of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. - enough time to wrap up a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the first round. How's that possible? Because action was suspended

SYDNEY, Australia(AP) Top-seeded Novak Djokovic wasn't involved in a first-match upset this time, easily beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday at the Sydney International. Last week, Djokovic lost in straight sets to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Brisbane International. He said he struggled

HALLE, Germany(AP) Tommy Haas upset Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 Sunday to win the Gerry Weber Open for his first grass-court title. The 31-year-old German became the oldest ATP Tour winner this year. Haas has 12 career titles and now has won on all surfaces. `It's a great accomplishment

ATHENS, Ga.(AP) The tennis trophy room at Stanford University, already crowded with the hardware from dozens of champions, will have to make room for more. Bradley Klahn of the Cardinal won the NCAA men's singles title Monday at the University of Georgia, and his teammates, Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette,

ROME (AP) Rafael Nadal overcame a virus to beat fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday. The start of the match was delayed about 20 minutes as Nadal considered withdrawing. `I had a fever last night and this morning I didn't

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A glance at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2022: SURFACE Hard courts SITE Melbourne Park