NEW YORK (AP) -- Ryan McIntosh, the ballperson who lost his leg when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, was working the men's semifinal Sunday between Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer at the U.S. Open. McIntosh, 23, is an Army specialist. He was walking with his platoon through

PARIS (AP) — Back at the French Open for the first time since 2012, Juan Martin del Potro encountered a bit of trouble navigating the grounds, getting lost a few times as he walked around Roland Garros. "I never find the place where I have to go," he joked. All

Former U.S. Open champion Gabriela Sabatini tells La Nacion that she was so overwhelmed by media attention when she was young that she deliberately lost matches to avoid talking to the press. "When I was younger and thought that I had to talk after winning a tournament, I often lost

Pierre Paganini, the longtime fitness trainer of Roger Federer, tells the New York Times that the 31-year-old has not lost any speed. “I’m convinced that he has not lost a step,” Paganini said. “You also can’t forget that Roger has a quality of anticipation that is enormous. In tennis, you

In the first week of the Australian Open, we’ve seen some of the best female tennis players in the world get upset and Rafael Nadal lose in the first round in a five-set thriller. But the unfortunate reality is that what’s happening on court has been overshadowed by match-fixing claims

NEW YORK (AP) -- The red, white and blue sticker that U.S. Open ballperson Ryan McIntosh wears on his carbon-fiber prosthetic right leg packs a meaningful message: ''Freedom is not free, but it's worth fighting for.'' Yet if the time he spends chasing tennis balls and handing water and towels

After earning the USTA wild card into Roland Garros by winning the Savannah Challenger, former junior standout Brian Baker says that while it was mentally draining to try and come back from five surgeries, he never lost hope. "You always have doubts. But I tried to stay positive and I

“I looked up and I was lost out there.” NEW YORK—That was how Aleksandra Krunic, with a dramatic roll of her head, described her reaction when she warmed up for the first time in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday. Krunic is 5’4” and Ashe is...a lot taller than 5’4”, so

Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki tells Tennis Journal that she temporarily lost her motivation last spring. At the time she was dealing with back and ankle injuries, as well as allergies. “I don't like to make excuses so I am just going to go out there and play, but it

Garbine Muguruza, who lost to veteran Shuai Zhang in Qatar, said that she was affected by last weekend’s Fed Cup tie. Spain lost to the Czech Republic in an away tie, with the 23-year-old losing badly, 6-2, 6-2, to Karolina Pliskova. “It’s also very difficult for me because we had

Before Benoit Paire lost his first-round match to Marcos Baghdatis on Tuesday at the Citi Open, he truly lost it. Watch and see what I mean:

LONDON—Lleyton Hewitt couldn’t have come up with a more appropriate shot to close out his quarterfinal win over Juan Martin del Potro today. Behind a skimming slice approach, the 32-year-old father of three moved in and knocked off what looked like the simplest of volleys. The ball came high to

It was not a good Monday on the job for Darian King. He was down 6-4, 6-all (5-2) to Edward Corrie at the Challenger tournament in Charlottesville, Virginia, and he had just lost a hotly contested point that ended with an inside-out forehand winner off his opponent's racquet. Then King

LONDON—In every department store, at the public park, in your airports and your hotels and your schoolyards, there is a fitting spot that holds Jelena Ostapenko’s tennis game. It is known as the Lost and Found. The first seven games of Ostapenko’s round-of-16 encounter versus 50th-ranked Aliaksandra Sasnovich were a

Martina Hingis always had a talent for tennis, as well as a nose for trouble. There’s no getting around the fact that her Hall of Fame induction this weekend in Newport, R.I., comes at an awkward time. Two days ago, in comments to a Swiss newspaper, her ex-husband portrayed her

Grigor Dimitrov, who lost in the first round at Roland Garros and in the second round at Queen's, said that he is trying to be more positive. "It's just a shame that I had to go down that way again, but as I said, I'm very positive," said Dimitrov about

The match that nobody dared believe we could get turned out to be the kind of match nobody expected we would see: it was bizarre, ragged, baffling and unsatisfying – Hey, what was it that some comment posters said after yesterday’s woman’s final? Get this garbage out of here and

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 8:25 p.m. Coco Gauff lost on Wimbledon's Centre Court for the second day in a row. Gauff and Catherine McNally were eliminated in the third round of the women's doubles. The Americans lost to Russian duo Veronika Kudermetova and

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic continued to steamroll through the draw at Roland Garros on Saturday night, beating Colombian lucky loser Daniel Elahi Galan in the third round, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2. The Serb has lost just 15 games in his first three rounds, the fewest he's ever lost to reach