Articles filed under Tennis
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Azarenka makes winning return after break to have babyJun 21, 2017 7:00 am - MALLORCA, Spain (AP) - Former top-ranked Victoria Azarenka made a winning return to tennis after a year out to have a baby - but she first had to save three match points...
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Boris Becker declared bankrupt by British courtJun 21, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Boris Becker was declared bankrupt by a British court on Wednesday after the former tennis player failed to pay a long-standing debt. A lawyer for the six-...
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Kvitova puts on confident display in BirminghamJun 21, 2017 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova produced her most encouraging result since returning from a knife attack to advance to the quarterfi...
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Haas gets Wimbledon wild card; Marcus Willis in qualifyingJun 21, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Past semifinalist Tommy Haas, 2016 junior champion Denis Shapovalov and British women Laura Robson, Heather Watson and Naomi Broady are among the players r...
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Austrian player Paszek to take indefinite break from tennisJun 20, 2017 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Tamira Paszek is taking an indefinite break from tennis after being diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain disorder. A winner of three WTA tit...
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8-time champ Roger Federer bounces back at Gerry Weber OpenJun 20, 2017 7:00 am - HALLE, Germany (AP) - Roger Federer bounced back from his surprise first-round defeat in Stuttgart last week with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Yuichi Sugita of Japan in the openi...
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Murray out on day of 1st-round shocks at Queen'sJun 20, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Top-ranked Andy Murray headed a list of high-profile departures in the first round at Queen's on Tuesday, with the Wimbledon champion losing to a player wh...
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Madrid Open owner won't hand out trophies, upset with WTAJun 20, 2017 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Madrid Open organizer Ion Tiriac said Tuesday he won't award any more trophies at his tournament because he is upset by the way his friend Ilie...
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Muguruza barely gets through grass opener in BirminghamJun 20, 2017 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Garbine Muguruza, trying to find good times in tennis again after conceding her French Open title in the last 16, barely survived her first gr...
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Monfils upset at Gerry Weber Open, no problems for ThiemJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - HALLE, Germany (AP) - The fifth-seeded Gael Monfils was upset at the Gerry Weber Open, while second-seeded Dominic Thiem had no difficulties with his opening match on Mo...