The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) announced that it received 96 suspicious betting alerts in the third quarter, including two at Grand Slams. There was an increase in the amount of agreements the TIU has with betting companies to share alert data, it said, contributing to an increase in the number

After a week of hearing about it, imagining it and predicting it, tennis fans got their first look at the vaunted Quarter of Death in Indian Wells on Tuesday. All of the famed slayers—Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Nick Kyrgios, Alexander Zverev—were still present and

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Roger Federer says he's unconcerned about landing in the loaded bottom quarter of the men's draw of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, a section described as "quite amazing" by Novak Djokovic. The quarter features Federer, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin del Potro and up-and-comers Nick Kyrgios

Every World Cup must include a so-called Group of Death, whether or not one actually warrants the name. This year’s Indian Wells men’s draw shows that tennis can hold its own in that department. As you’ve probably heard, the bottom quarter here is a corker: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger

With his title run in Madrid, Rafael Nadal now has a chance to overtake David Ferrer for the No. 4 ranking and the fourth seed at Roland Garros if he wins this week in Rome. The two are in each other’s quarter at the Italian Masters tournament. Nadal must win

Tennis has once again led in suspicious betting activity in the ESSA second quarter findings, which records notification of irregular betting patterns by member bookmakers. In total, ESSA members provided information about 73 unusual betting patterns across sports, of which 23 were regarded as suspicious. Of these, 19 were from

When world No. 1 Andy Murray sat down with reporters to talk about the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, he was asked about one quarter of the men’s singles draw which has gotten plenty of attention. “[It’s] one of the toughest sections of a draw of all time,” Murray

Action heated up at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, as players jogged for positions in the standings ahead of next week's knockout portion of the competition. Stefanos Tsitsipas began the day on top of the leaderboard, and stayed there, after rallying from two quarters down for a second occasion—this time against

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Tomas Berdych reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fifth consecutive year with a 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over local hope Bernard Tomic. With his new fiancee Ester Satorova watching from the stands, the seventh-seeded Berdych hit 52 winners and broke Tomic four

France’s Aravane Rezai has stopped fourth-ranked Jelena Jankovic 7-5 6-4 in the quarters of Madrid, which means that the Serbian cannot pass Caroline Wozniacki for the No. 3 spot at Roland Garros. "To be honest, I've never played a player who hits every ball like that," Jankovic said. "Some players

From playing a sudden death point to blowing past the opposition: that about sums up Alex de Minaur’s brilliant debut at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown on Friday evening in Antwerp, where the 21-year-old won all eight quarters he played. Taking on Dan Evans in the first match of the UTS3

We take a quarter-by-quarter look at the men’s and women’s French Open draws.

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) Former Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska dropped just four games against Christina McHale on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the grass-court Nottingham Open, where she will meet another American. The top-seeded Radwanska won 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament, and next

Now that Tomas Berdych has fought off a match point to stun No. 1 Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), the Miami men’s quarters are set. On the top half, Berdych will face Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who took down young Croat Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (3). Russian Mikhail Youzhny,

Day 5 of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown featured five matches. Here's a running scoreboard of how they played out. Stefanos Tsitsipas d. Feliciano Lopez, 13-16, 14-16, 13-12, 16-11, 2-0 “El Torero” hit the ground running, taking the first two quarters. Having built a big lead in the second, his opponent,

MONTPELLIER, France -- Llodra of France had 13 aces and did not concede a break point, beating second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-3, 7-6 (4) Thursday to reach the Open Sud de France quarterfinals. Three other Frenchmen also advanced to the quarters: third-seeded Richard Gasquet, fourth-seeded Gilles Simon and sixth-seeded

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic drew a difficult first-round opponent in Fernando Verdasco, and Roger Federer's fall in the rankings complicated his chances at Melbourne Park after he ended up in same quarter as top-ranked Andy Murray, No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 10 Tomas

MARSEILLE, France (AP)—Top-seeded Robin Soderling moved into the quarterfinals of the Open 13 tennis tournament with a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) victory over wild-card entry Nicolas Mahut of France. Soderling will meet Michael Llodra in the quarters. The eighth-seeded Llodra, also the defending champion, defeated Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-3,

In his Ultimate Tennis Showdown debut, Alex de Minaur also called "The Demon," was absolutely relentless. The Aussie ran through Dan Evans and Pablo Andujar without dropping a single quarter on Friday to reach the final round against France's Richard Gasquet. And on Sunday, de Minaur displayed more dominating play