Tennis

9:29 AM ET Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Australian Open quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina is in a dispute with the Ukrainian Tennis Federation and has withdrawn from her country’s Fed Cup team. Svitolina, who is ranked seventh in the world, says she can’t play upcoming Fed Cup matches in Poland because she is injured. But the

3:11 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Victoria Azarenka set up a meeting with Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Tuesday after a sometimes-shaky 6-4, 6-1 win over Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan. Azarenka, herself a two-time Australian Open champion, struggled on serve at times and gave up

12:29 PM ET When we look back on the Australian Open of 2019 in years to come, the thing we most remember may be that it marked the time and place at which Novak Djokovic rekindled the GOAT debate and launched his own campaign to be included in the conversation. Djokovic’s demolition of lifelong rival

4:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Maria Sharapova earned her first WTA win in her native Russia in 13 years, beating Daria Gavrilova 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Monday. In a win that sets up a second-round match against Russian No. 1 Daria Kasatkina,

10:02 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Two days before Sunday night’s Australian Open final, and after a nearly flawless semifinal drubbing of Frenchman Lucas Pouille, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic spent a considerable amount of his postmatch news conference dissecting the much-improved game of Rafael Nadal. “He has played impressively well throughout the entire tournament,”

8:33 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Who saw that coming? Yes, most of us thought Novak Djokovic was a slight favorite to win another Australian Open title, but the manner in which he beat down Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday’s final was stunning. So what does it mean? Who’s saying what? Here’s what

6:21 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even

3:57 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Not long after Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut completed their career Grand Slam in men’s doubles, the Frenchmen were already turning their attention to the next goal. And that’s gold. Mahut and Herbert beat Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia 6-4, 7-6 (1) in

Jan 28, 2019 MELBOURNE, Australia — After 14 days of captivating tennis at Melbourne Park, Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka emerged as singles champions. It might not have been the men’s final many had hoped for, as Djokovic breezed by Rafael Nadal in straight sets, but on the women’s side, it was much tighter, with

12:05 PM ET Soraya Nadia McDonald MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka, who, as of Monday, will be the No. 1 tennis player in the world, has a habit of doing extremely grown-up things — at least on the tennis court. Saturday night at the Australian Open, it was defeating Petra Kvitova in three tension-filled sets