Novak Djokovic returned to No. 1 in the ATP rankings Monday after winning his eighth Australian Open title, while Sofia Kenin's first Grand Slam trophy boosted her to a career-high No. 7 — and made her the leading American — on the WTA list. Djokovic's ...
Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem for eighth Australian Open championship in five-set thriller
Novak Djokovic was looking weary and worn down. He trailed Dominic Thiem in the Australian Open final — miscues mounting, deficit growing. Djokovic did what he does, though. He refused to lose, waited for a chance to pounce and found his best tennis when absolutely ...
Novak Djokovic ends Roger Federer's title hopes in Australian Open semifinals
Novak Djokovic was wondering, right along with everyone else, what sort of shape Roger Federer would be in for their Australian Open semifinal. So Djokovic was watching closely. At age 38, despite dealing with a painful groin muscle and coming off a draining five-setter, Federer came ...
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic earn hard-fought wins, await encounter in Australian Open semifinals
Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes. Federer ...
Sofia Kenin beats Coco Gauff in fourth round to reach quarterfinals
Coco Gauff's latest history-making Grand Slam run at age 15 ended with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-0 loss in the Australian Open's fourth round to Sofia Kenin on Sunday. Like Gauff, Kenin is a young — although, at 21, not quite as young — American ...
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal lead calls for ATP Cup, Davis Cup to merge
Superstars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal said Thursday there was little point in having two men's team tennis competitions so close together and suggested the new ATP Cup should merge with the Davis Cup. The ATP Cup is about to kick off its inaugural edition, ...
Novak Djokovic says the main source of his motivation at this stage of his career is securing a lasting legacy rather than simply trying to win tennis matches and trophies. For nearly two years, from mid-2016 until mid-2018, the 32-year-old Serb had admittedly struggled with ...
Japan bowed out of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday, going down to Serbia a day after opening its Group A campaign with a loss to France. Filip Krajinovic beat Yuichi Sugita 6-2, 6-4 in the opening singles rubber at Madrid's La Caja Magica before ...
Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the year-end world No. 1 for the fifth time after the ATP released its season-closing rankings on Monday. The Spaniard did not make it beyond the group stage of last week's ATP Finals in London, but Novak Djokovic's failure to ...
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal vie for year-end supremacy at ATP Finals
Novak Djokovic can end his season with a flourish by equaling Roger Federer's record haul of six titles at the ATP Finals and pipping Rafael Nadal to the year-end No. 1 spot. Germany's Alexander Zverev shocked Djokovic in last year's final at London's O2 Arena ...
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal advance to Paris Masters third round
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set wobble against unheralded Corentin Moutet, beating the 97th-ranked Frenchman 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The top-ranked Djokovic lost his serve in game seven and needed to save two set ...
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic clinched the Japan Open on Sunday, dispelling concerns about the shoulder injury that forced him out of the U.S. Open. The Serbian star crushed Australian qualifier John Millman 6-3, 6-2 to mark his 10th win in a tournament main draw ...
