4:23 PM ET Former champion Tomas Berdych made a winning return to the Open Sud de France on Tuesday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory over German qualifier Matthias Bachinger. Berdych, who won the hardcourt title in 2012, saved seven of the 11 break points he faced to win in 2 hours, 12 minutes. The
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6:14 PM ET The radically restructured Davis Cup competition launched last weekend and, in the eyes of some, it had one discernible flaw: It was not Davis Cup as we’ve known it. That isn’t much of a shortcoming, given that the 118-year-old competition is finished. Kaput. It will never be revived, even if Jeff Bezos
2:17 PM ET Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka fell in the first round in the Sofia Open in Sofia, Bulgaria, losing 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to Romanian Marius Copil. The Swiss, who has fallen to 57 in the rankings, won the first set in just 23 minutes after breaking Copil, but the Romanian became
10:30 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova has testified in the Czech Republic at the trial of the man who allegedly knifed her in her home. After the December 2016 attack in her home in Prostejov, Kvitova had surgery on injuries to her playing left hand. It took the tennis
11:37 AM ET Australia, Germany and Italy were among the 12 nations to book their place in the inaugural Davis Cup Finals after winning their qualifying matches. European nations Belgium, Serbia and the Netherlands also made it through, while Russia upset Switzerland on their way to the Finals. Kazakhstan, Colombia, Chile, Canada and Japan will
10:59 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Kiki Bertens won her third title in six months on Sunday, beating Donna Vekic 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the final of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. The second-seeded Bertens came back from 5-2 down in the first set to win four straight games and force a
10:10 AM ET Dayana Yastremska fought back from the brink of defeat against Ajla Tomljanovic to win the Thailand Open title in Hua Hin. The No. 8 seed found herself 5-2 down and back a double break in the final set but managed to force a tiebreak with No. 6 seed Tomljanovic and finally come
9:40 AM ET No. 6 seed Ajla Tomljanovic fired her way into a fourth career WTA Tour final at the Thailand Open with a straight sets victory over Tamara Zidansek. Australia’s Tomljanovic managed to avoid facing any break points until her final service game in a comfortable 6-4, 6-1 win. She broke her Slovenian opponent
11:52 AM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Connecticut Open tennis tournament is leaving New Haven after a 21-year run in the city. The operators of the tournament have sold the sanction for the WTA event to APG, a sports and entertainment company with a heavy presence in Asia. It is planning to
11:24 AM ET Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska stunned former Wimbledon and French Open champion Garbine Muguruza for the second time in a matter of months to reach the semifinals of the Thailand Open. The No. 8 seed, who turned 18 last May, twice came back from a break down in the first set to eventually