TORONTO (AP) — Britain's Andy Murray started his journey for a fourth National Bank Open title by defeating Italy's Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, winning 7-6 (3), 6-0, on Tuesday. Murray, who secured titles in 2009, 2010 and 2015, saved two set points and clinched the first set against Sonego

WATCH: Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek for the second time this year in the semifinals in Montreal.

LONDON (AP) — That epic 70-68 fifth set at Wimbledon will never be matched or surpassed, or even challenged. The All England Club said Friday it will introduce final-set tiebreakers next year, starting when the score reaches 12-12 in the decider. The grass-court Grand Slam tournament is the second of

SAN DIEGO (AP)—U.S. captain Jim Courier is impressed by the setting where his team will face a British team highlighted by Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the first round of the Davis Cup. A clay court has been set up in left field of the San Diego Padres' ballpark for

The French Open is not currently looking to add final-set tiebreakers like the other Grand Slams, says the tournament director. Previously, final-set tiebreaks were only used at the US Open, with all the other majors requiring deciding sets to be won be two games. But various tiebreak systems have recently

ROME (AP) -- Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches in London this year. Also, bronze-medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events. ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti tells The Associated Press at the European

Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the fourth round of Roland Garros, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3), to reach the quarterfinals of the clay court Grand Slam for the first time in his career. And with that, he now completes his career set of Grand Slam quarterfinals, having already

Would it be possible, in the future, to spot Roger Federer’s early-round opponents a set when they face him on Centre Court at Wimbledon? The experience of walking out to a packed house to face the eight-time champion in that arena seems to be enough to daze even a veteran

A few days ago, Hubert Hurkacz defeated Rafael Nadal, 6-1, 6-3, to add his name to a very exclusive list of players to beat Nadal in straight sets on clay and Roger Federer in straight sets on grass. And today, Hurkacz completes another rare collection. The Polish men’s No. 1

PARIS (AP) 8:55 p.m. The crowd was angry when Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray walked off center court midway through the fourth set of their French Open semifinal. The decision was taken to suspend play, with Djokovic leading 2-1 in sets and the score tied at 3-3 in the fourth

TOKYO (AP) — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American final at the Japan Open after winning three-set semifinals on Saturday. Tiafoe finally dropped a set in the tournament before beating Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 to reach his second final of the season. "It

The start of the European clay-court swing is officially here, as the top players in the world are set to compete in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Of course, this is another tournament in which Jannik Sinner is absent from the field, as he’s suspended until the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. But

SAO PAULO -- Rafael Nadal overcame a poor start and a difficult third set to advance to the Brazil Open semifinals, beating Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday night. Nadal jumped and thrust both of arms into the air after he closed the match against the 78th-ranked

Calling all Hallmark Channel stans! A new movie just might be your match made in heaven in the lead-up to the US Open. Come Saturday, August 27, the network will premiere, “Game, Set, Love”, a film mixing tennis and romance. Did we mention Venus Williams is one of its executive

Andy Murray says he would like to see women play best-of-five-set matches at Grand Slams, believing it would increase acceptance of equal prize money among male players. Murray, speaking to the New York Times, said having different formats for the men's and women's fields creates two different competitions. Currently, men