Olympic tennis players return to the red clay of Paris' Roland Garros after Wimbledon's grass

PARIS (AP) — The competition surface doesn’t change for most Olympic sports. A pool’s a pool. A track’s a track. A wrestling mat’s a mat. And so on. Tennis? That’s a whole other story, with tournaments contested on clay, hard or grass courts — and now there’s a shift for the Paris...

Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returns to the top 10, and Carlos Alcaraz stays at No. 3

LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returned to the WTA's top 10 for the first time in six months on Monday, and runner-up Jasmine Paolini rose to a career-best No. 5. Krejcikova's run to her second Grand Slam title, capped by a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Paolini on...

Siniakova and Townsend win women's doubles title at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — After seeing longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova went out on Centre Court and added another Grand Slam trophy to her own collection. Siniakova won her third women's doubles title at Wimbledon after teaming...

Barbora Krejcikova had no idea she could win Wimbledon, so how can she know what comes next?

LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova points out that she couldn't possibly have known she could claim a Grand Slam singles title — until, that is, she actually did, three years ago at the French Open. So it stands to reason — as Krejcikova mentioned to a small group of reporters at...

Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon by beating Jasmine Paolini for her second Grand Slam trophy

LONDON (AP) — At age 18, a decade before Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon on Saturday, she was done with junior tennis and couldn't decide whether to pursue a professional tennis career or move on, go to school and find a different path. So Krejcikova wrote a letter to one of her...

Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini

Princess of Wales set to attend Wimbledon men's final on Sunday in rare public appearance

LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales is set to attend the Wimbledon men's final on Sunday in a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis. Kensington Palace confirmed on Saturday that Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, will be in the Royal Box on Centre Court to...

Surprise, surprise! Unlikely Wimbledon contenders Krejcikova and Paolini meet in the women's final

LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova had a bad back and just a handful of wins this season before Wimbledon. So, yeah, she's pretty surprised to have reached the final at the All England Club on Saturday against No. 7 Jasmine Paolini, who is equally amazed to be one step away from the...

Jasmine Paolini wins Wimbledon's longest women's semifinal and faces Barbora Krejcikova next

LONDON (AP) — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women's semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing...