MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Monday at the Australian Open (all times local): 2 a.m. Record-chasing Novak Djokovic is feeling sore and tired following his late-finishing win over Daniil Medvedev, but thinks he will be OK for his Australian Open quarterfinal match against Kei Nishikori. "I didn't feel

After winning a record sixth title in Miami, 15-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams says she is pleased to established an all-time mark, as it’s been difficult to catch the legends. Williams is sixth on the list of major singles titles winners behind Margaret Court (24), Steffi Graf (22), Helen

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.(AP) Maria Sharapova declared her surgically repaired right shoulder fully healed and that she was ready to return to the court for the first time since a disappointing performance at Wimbledon. ``I am a hundred percent,'' Sharapova said Wednesday night before making an appearance for the Newport Beach

No, this column is not about Marat Safin in L.A. this weekend. Nor is it about the Olympics, which I am now suddenly excited about after viewing this slideshow of the Opening Ceremonies and photos over at Getty Images of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Fernando Gonzalez eating them up.

Well, some kind soul decided not to leave me hanging in the wind and posted a comment on my last entry, pointing out that Jesse McCartney is not the son of the former Beatle Paul, as I had been told with some conviction by someone who ought to have known

NEW YORK (AP) Roger Federer might not be so keen to try out his old-dog-new-trick, rush-the-net ''SABR'' - ''sneak attack by Roger'' - return strategy against his next opponent at the U.S. Open. ''I don't think so,'' Federer said. ''I can always try. But it's probably not the right guy

While Victoria Azarenka says that being No. 1 hasn't changed her, she admitted that she has had to make a personal adjustment. "You feel kind of a little bit more responsibility," she told reporters. "You feel more that you have to be, a role model or something. But, I try

In what qualifies as news when the ATP and WTA seasons are slowly winding down, Richard Gasquet tells L'Equipe magazine in a new Q&A that he never flirted with fellow French tennis star Marion Bartoli. Gasquet's full quote: "I never flirted with her. I wouldn't hide it and I'm not

After his tight first-round win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the U.S. Open, Juan Martin del Potro tells La Nacion that his left wrist still hurts and he is lacking confidence in his two-handed backhand. “I have some discomfort in the wrist that make me uncertain, I don't trust the shots

Rafael Nadal, who won the title at Indian Wells on Sunday, says what kept him going during his seven months off with knee trouble was his love of sport. “I like the tennis. I love the sport,” he said. “So I love sport in general. I love to practice the

Blogging update: Tino Persico, the hardest working IT person on Planet Tennis, has been busy designing the “new” TennisWorld site. I got my first look at the work-in-progress this morning and I’m all jacked up – it will be a much more pleasing and artful, in appearance if not actual

Serena Williams explains her various personalities—and reveals she's given each one a name. “Summer is my assistant who lives inside my body,” Williams said. “It's weird. She's very effective. She's unbelievable. She's really like organized and she's amazing. I love her. I remember Megan. I think she was a bad

Jelena Dokic joined Samantha Stosur as an Australian who admittedly got tight in a loss at Sydney. Marion Bartoli overwhelmed former Aussie Open quarterfinalist Dokic 6-0, 6-3. "It was not about her being the better player. I just really, really got nervous … I really froze," Dokic told reporters. "Usually

In an interview with a Latvian newspaper translated by On the Go Tennis, Ernests Gulbis criticizes Novak Djokovic for how he's changed since becoming successful. “I've known him since I was 12 years old,” Gulbis said. “We trained and lived together in the same room in Munich. I remember he

Tomas Berdych, who will play Rafael Nadal in the Indian Wells semifinals, says the reason he has had greater success against Roger Federer than the Spaniard is simply because the match-up works in his favor. “I think it's quite simple,” Berdych said. “It's the way I play. With my style,

Agnieszka Radwanska admits that she overplayed in the fall, but said she spent more time in the off-season focusing on fitness to prepare for the 2014 season. "I think I really had a lot of matches in Asia. I played 13 matches in 18 days, which was a lot,” Radwanska

Complete commitment. An unwavering desire to succeed. Conviction in one’s abilities. Recognition to adapt with conditions. Respect for the opposition. The will to fight until the final point has been claimed. Before I pursued a career in a sport boasting these collective qualities, I was first exposed to this set

Having just won her fourth Grand Slam title on hard courts, Naomi Osaka is now seeking the same consistency across surfaces. "I think that's the biggest goal right now," she told press in Melbourne the day following her Australian Open victory. "I just really want to get comfortable on the

American teenager Madison Keys talks about upsetting Serena Williams when she was just 14 years old in a World Team Tennis encounter. “I was 14 and we were playing in a World Team Tennis event for Philadelphia Freedoms, the professional players have to come along to promote the event,’’ Keys

Sam Querrey, on his upcoming Houston semifinal against Wayne Odesnik, who was caught carrying HGH in January: "I refuse to lose to that guy."