8:37 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — A weary-looking John Isner hit serves in the low 90s mph and was broken twice in the opening set during a 6-4, 7-6 (6) loss to 152nd-ranked Noah Rubin in the second round at the Citi Open on Thursday. The No. 2-seeded Isner was coming off a title
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1:19 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Victoria Azarenka, a former world No. 1, eased past lucky-loser Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-0 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Azarenka broke the Russian teenager’s serve six times to advance to face American qualifier Danielle Collins, a 6-1, 3-6,
1:38 AM ET Associated Press LOS CABOS, Mexico — Juan Martin del Potro opened his summer hard-court season with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over American Marcos Giron on Wednesday night in the Mifel Open. Playing for the first time since losing to Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, the top-seeded del Potro set up a
9:16 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Showing signs of returning to his old form, right down to the return winner on the last point, Andy Murray moved into the third round at the Citi Open by beating No. 4 seed Kyle Edmund 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 on Wednesday for just his third victory since
1:09 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Serena Williams walked off the court offering waves to a supportive Bay Area crowd that certainly didn’t expect to see the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s early exit. In the most lopsided defeat of her career, Williams’ disappointing night ended in less than an hour as she
11:31 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Benoit Paire caused quite a racket at the Citi Open, repeatedly spiking and throwing his equipment until the crowd booed him off the court. The French tennis player displayed not even a hint of joie de vivre in the late going of his 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 loss on
7:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The police officer who tackled retired tennis player James Blake in a mistaken arrest outside a Manhattan hotel testified Tuesday that he and his family have received death threats since the 2015 incident. Officer James Frascatore was part of an undercover operation targeting credit card fraud and
1:00 PM ET Dusan Lajovic cruised into the second round of the Austrian Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Kitzbuhel. In the opening round of the last clay-court tournament of the year, the No. 8 seed from Serbia broke serve twice in both sets to win in one hour 10 minutes.
2:09 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Andy Murray let out one yell, then another, and violently pumped his right fist. Quite a reaction, considering this was merely a first-round victory over an inexperienced opponent who recently cracked the top 100 for the first time. Still, this meant something to Murray. It was a test
6:43 AM ET Andy Murray has called on tennis authorities to make its drug testing system “more transparent”. Murray was discussing Serena Williams‘ recent comments, after the 23-time Grand Slam champion said she was being “discriminated” by being tested more often than other players. The grandfather of Jelena Djokovic, the wife of Novak Djokovic, has