10:52 AM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — American Danielle Collins beat seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the opening round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday. Williams controlled the match early, going up 5-3 in the first set before dropping nine games in a row. A major turning point occurred
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9:27 AM ET Andy Murray is looking to improve his speed around the court as he steps up his return to singles action at the Zhuhai Championships in China following career-saving hip surgery. Former world number one Murray, 32, is regaining his fitness after a hip resurfacing procedure at the start of the year and
6:30 AM ET Rafael Nadal has pulled out of his Laver Cup matches on Sunday due to inflammation in his hand, denying fans the opportunity to see him partner Roger Federer in the doubles on the final day of the tournament in Geneva. Team Europe’s Nadal was scheduled to take on Team World’s Nick Kyrgios
1:07 AM ET Associated Press OSAKA, Japan — Naomi Osaka won her first singles title since the Australian Open in January by beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 in the Toray Pan Pacific final on Sunday. Enjoying strong support from a parochial crowd, the former No. 1-ranked Osaka dominated the match with her powerful groundstrokes
6:29 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won their singles matches Saturday to help Team Europe retain its lead over Team World on Day 2 of the Laver Cup. Using some courtside coaching from Nadal, Federer rallied late and raised his game in the decisive super-tiebreaker to beat Nick Kyrgios
3:53 AM ET Associated Press American Sofia Kenin beat former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou International on Saturday for her third WTA singles title of the year. Kenin won her first singles title of 2019 on the hardcourts of Hobart, Australia in January, and won
6:37 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Roger Federer teamed up with Alexander Zverev in doubles to lift Europe into a commanding 3-1 lead over the world team on the first day of the Laver Cup on Friday. Federer, who has an Olympic gold medal in doubles, and Zverev won 6-3, 7-5 against Jack Sock
11:11 AM ET Associated Press OSAKA, Japan — Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber advanced to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday after Madison Keys retired injured in the deciding set. Kerber led 6-4, 4-6, 2-1 when the fifth-seeded Keys retired. “It was a really good match in the first two sets, and this
5:37 AM ET Top seed and 2014 champion David Goffin crashed out of the Moselle Open in the second round Thursday, losing 6-3, 6-2 to Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. The Belgian was dispatched in 71 minutes, leaving the victorious Carreno Busta to face Aljaz Bedene in the third round Friday, after Bedene saw off defending
9:55 AM ET When Roger Federer came up with the idea for the Laver Cup a few years ago, he envisioned a low-key “weekend festival of tennis” that would honor former greats and give today’s stars the opportunity to mentor the rising generation. This was one of the few times in his career that Federer