Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of this season because of an injured right elbow. That means Djokovic will pull out of the U.S. Open and end his streak of participating in 51 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. The two-time U.S. Open champion announced the news Wednesday, ...
Australian two-time Grand Slam singles champion Mervyn Rose, who went on to coach greats Margaret Court and Billie Jean King, has died, tennis officials said Tuesday Rose, who won the Australian Open and French Open along with five Grand Slam doubles titles, was 87. "The tennis ...
Kei Nishikori said Wednesday he hopes to have regained his confidence and form for next month's U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the season. Nishikori, currently ranked eighth the world, has been hampered by injuries this season and made a third-round exit at ...
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley of Britain clinched their fourth consecutive women's wheelchair doubles title at the Wimbledon on Sunday. Kamiji, 23, and Whiley, 25, came from behind to defeat Dutch pair Marjolein Buis and Diede De Groot 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the final, sealing ...
As a kid, Garbine Muguruza sat in awe in front of the TV as the Williams sisters accumulated Grand Slam titles. They were her role models. Now Muguruza is all grown up, an emerging tennis star in her own right — and, as of Saturday, ...
They love their history around these parts and they love Roger Federer and, above all, they love watching him make history. Now he stands one victory from an unprecedented eighth Wimbledon men's singles championship after qualifying for his 11th appearance in the final, breaking a ...
Garbine Muguruza stormed into her second Wimbledon final in three years with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of nerve-ridden Magdalena Rybarikova in just 64 minutes on Centre Court on Thursday. Muguruza, seeded 14th, took advantage of a woeful performance from the Slovak world No. 87 to ...
The first portentous sign of trouble for Andy Murray, surprisingly enough, came right as the two-time Wimbledon champion constructed an ample lead over Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals Wednesday. The top-seeded Murray flicked a cross-court backhand passing shot so forcefully, placed it so perfectly, that ...
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the seventh time in his last nine attempts with a shock victory over ninth seed Kei Nishikori on Friday. The 29-year-old proved too solid for a listless Nishikori, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) ...
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had to play all three sets at Wimbledon this time. The former champions both advanced to the third round on Thursday, two days after their opening matches ended early when their opponents retired with an injury. Federer was broken early in ...
Kei Nishikori advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second straight year, beating Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-7(7-9), 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) on Wednesday. In the women's action, 19-year-old Wimbledon debutant Naomi Osaka also booked a spot in the third round after defeating 22nd ...
Recent Antalya Open winner Yuichi Sugita got off to a flying start at Wimbledon, beating Brydan Klein 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the men's singles on Tuesday for his first Grand Slam main-draw victory. In his third appearance in the Wimbledon ...
