WATCH:Carlos Alcaraz defeats Karen Khachanov in the 2023 Madrid Open quarterfinals

After her 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal loss to Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open on Thursday, Coco Gauff started her press conference with a surprising assertion. “You know, US Open I felt like wasn’t a great match for me,” she said. “Yes, I won. I think I played better tonight.”

ROME (AP) The defending champion at the Foro Italico, Djokovic beat Federer 6-2, 7-6 (4). Five-time winner Nadal eliminated fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (6), 6-0 in the other semifinal. Maria Sharapova defeated rising German player Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 and will defend her title against French Open champion Li

NEW YORK (AP)—What could have been a great day for American tennis instead turned into a dominating afternoon for Novak Djokovic. The third-seeded Djokovic routed No. 19-seeded American Mardy Fish, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 Monday, sapping the energy from both his opponent and nearly packed Arthur Ashe Stadium and leaving only

LONDON (AP) If Roger Federer was going to allow Andy Murray to gain a foothold in the Wimbledon semifinals, this seemed as if it might be the moment. Murray delivered a 129 mph ace to pull out an epic seven-deuce, 15-minute game, saving five set points along the way, to

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Defending champion Roger Federer matched a Grand Slam record which magnifies his extraordinary consistency over eight years, while Francesca Schiavone established a record for endurance in a women’s singles match. Day 7 at Melbourne Park was a day of record marks for the majors. Federer equaled Jimmy Connors’

Might the smile be the new big weapon in contemporary pro tennis? It’s certainly aided Carlos Alcaraz’s run to the top. Sunday at the US Open, Ben Shelton also smiled many times—and gave the fans inside Arthur Ashe Stadium plenty of good reasons to feel happy about what they’d witnessed

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Andy Roddick overcame a shaky start and beat Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. The top-seeded Roddick needed 2 hours, 13 minutes to win his sixth straight match against the Australian and leads their all-time

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Novak Djokovic became the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian titles when he beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's final. Little wonder he loves Rod Laver Arena. "It's definitely my favorite Grand Slam," he said. "It's an

PARIS(AP) It took Victoria Azarenka all of 23 minutes Tuesday to win more games against Dinara Safina than the French Open's top-seeded woman had lost in her four previous matches combined. Azarenka dominated Safina for a set. And that was all. Slowly coming unglued in the first Grand Slam quarterfinal

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Already the first Greek player ever to reach the Top 10, male or female, Stefanos Tsitsipas made even more history on the new ATP rankings as he reached the Top 5 for the first time in his career. Playing in his first tournament since falling first round at Wimbledon, Tsitsipas

Bianca Andreescu made a victorious return to action in her first match since the Miami Open, thwarting Andrea Lázaro Garcia, 6-1, 6-2 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. "I feel really, really good," she said in her on-court interview. "It was solid tennis from me today. I had really good preparation

Over the course of the past two seasons, longtime doubles partners Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have been nothing short of prolific when it comes to making championship-round appearances. It was fitting, then, to see Cabal and Farah win one of the most prolific championship matches in Wimbledon history

Well, it's been an eventful week for us. A tough one for me, as we're still trying to get some child-care issues sorted out, forcing me to do some midnight patrols, both posting and checking comments. It was well worth it, though, and now we're off to game-rich Andes for

As Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic prepared to play their third-round match at the Australian Open—their first Grand Slam clash since they met in the semifinals of the 2008 French Open—I found myself wondering if either or both young ladies have looked back to that encounter and, if so, how

NEW YORK—When Irina Falconi walked onto the court last night, the world No. 73 was playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium for just the second time in her career. Her opponent, two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams, was playing in the Big Apple’s coliseum for the 32nd time—and that’s just her

One hundred singles titles? Only five players in the Open Era are part of that exclusive club, the most recent being Roger Federer. Novak Djokovic can become the sixth today, should be beat Hubert Hurkacz in Geneva.

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• Picby Pete Bodo* As you all know, today is International Women's Day. You did know that, didn't you? Well, either way you can just consider this post an effort, modest though it may be, to join in the worldwide celebration of what it means to be a woman. To

Once upon a time, the lack of a prohibitive favorite in a women’s Grand Slam draw would lead to charges of “chaos in the WTA.” This year, when there is again no clear-cut woman to beat, most of the talk has been about the wide variety of storylines in the