MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Serena Williams was happy to have sister Venus on her side of the net Friday so she didn't have to try to fend off those wicked volleys. Their doubles title - their third at the Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam title as a combination - came at

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Venus Williams won her 40th singles title Saturday, defeating Virginie Razzano of France 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championship. During the trophy presentation, Williams spoke about Shahar Peer, the Israeli player who was denied entry into the United Arab Emirates for the

Hard to believe, perhaps, given the recent state of affairs for Americans in Paris, yet there was a time when U.S. men were regulars in French Open finals. Starting with Michael Chang's championship in 1989, followed by Jim Courier's in 1991 and 1992, and ending with Andre Agassi's in 1999,

For the first time in nearly a decade, the U.S. Davis Cup team will be without stalwarts Andy Roddick and James Blake when it travels to face powerful Serbia in a first-round tie in Belgrade in March. “It certainly appears to be the end of era,” U.S. Davis Cup captain

NEW YORK(AP) After a day of waiting around, Rafael Nadal finally got back on the court. About half an hour later, he was still looking for some action. The third-seeded Nadal took advantage of an embarrassing collapse by No. 11 Fernando Gonzalez at the U.S. Open on Saturday to put

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Fernando Verdasco continued his impressive start to the clay-court season by beating David Ferrer on Saturday to reach the Barcelona Open final, where the Spaniard will face second-seeded Robin Soderling. Fifth-seeded Verdasco will play his second final in two weeks after overcoming early frustrations to top Ferrer 6-7

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Justine Henin felt nervous and afraid, she struggled and was forced to fight back - in other words, she thought it was the perfect return to the Australian Open after a six-month hiatus from tennis. The seven-time Grand Slam champion started out rusty before rallying Monday to

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Juan Martin del Potro battled back in the second set to beat James Blake 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic. The No. 2 seed and Blake traded the final eight games of the set, leading to the decisive tiebreak. Del Potro

SEVILLE, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal returned to the comfort of clay and his best play followed as he gave Spain a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final by dispatching Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday. Nadal broke Monaco seven times at Olympic Stadium, and four-time champion Spain

The first week of tournaments of the 2022 season just took place and there’s already a new career-high for one of the biggest names in the game, as Felix Auger-Aliassime rises to No. 9 on the ATP rankings following his heroics at the ATP Cup. Alongside Denis Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime took

American Tommy Paul scored the biggest win of his career at Indian Wells on Sunday night, stunning Alexander Zverev, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), in what was the reigning ATP Finals champion's opening match at the Masters 1000 tournament. Paul had three previous Top 10 wins, but the best of those

On August 28, the ATP's No. 28 player turned 25, while the WTA’s No. 5 player turned 28. Reilly Opelka and Ons Jabeur both celebrated trips around the sun on one of the few days of the year when no tennis is played—the Sunday before the US Open main draw

WATCH: Medvedev-Kyrgios was expected to be a blockbuster fourth-round at the US Open after their meeting last month in Montréal.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic's Australian Open championship returned him to a rather familiar spot on Monday: No. 1 in the ATP rankings. His four-place rise from No. 5 to replace Carlos Alcaraz at No. 1 is the largest jump to the top spot in the 50-year history of

FLASHBACK: Tennis Channel Live discusses Naomi Osaka starting her own agency, Evolve

Get ready for a Sunday blockbuster in Tennis Paradise. Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka overcame a technical delay and uneven day at the service line to reach her third final of the season on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open. The world No. 2 eliminated 2022 Indian Wells runner-up Maria

Elena Rybakina defeated Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of Indian Wells on Friday, 6-2, 6-2, to set up an Australian Open final rematch against Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday at the WTA 1000 event. Having beaten her in the fourth round of this year’s Australian Open, 6-4, 6-4, Rybakina is just

Stefanos Tsitsipas hit a pair of milestones with his 7-5, 7-5 victory over Lorenzo Musetti in Rome on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. First of all, he’s now through to the 20th Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career. He’s a two-time champion at this level, winning both of those titles in Monte

LINE CALLS, PRESENTED BY FANDUEL: Novak Djokovic is a heavy favorit on Tuesday but Tennis.com Gambling expert Zach Cohen found a way to bet the underdog Cam Norrie.

A century ago, France had its “Four Muskeeters”—Henri Cochet, Rene Lacoste, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon—who won the Davis Cup each year from 1927 to 1932. At the beginning of the 21st century, French tennis fans christened Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon as the “New Muskeeters,”