Top-seed Jessica Pegula rallies from a set down and beat Amanda Anisimova at the Charleston Open

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula rallied from a set down and beat fellow American Amanda Anisimova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a second-round match at the Charleston Open on Tuesday night. Pegula had seven aces in the match and won despite capitalizing on 4 of 15 break...

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek, U.S. Open champ Coco Gauff knocked out of Miami Open

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff have been knocked out of the Miami Open. Swiatek lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-2 on Monday night, hours after the third-seeded Gauff fell in three sets to No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6,...

Venus Williams loses at Indian Wells in her first match since the US Open. Naomi Osaka advances

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Venus Williams played a match on tour for the first time in about six months on Thursday, and the 43-year-old owner of seven Grand Slam titles gave away the lead and the last 10 games in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 loss to qualifier Nao Hibino at the BNP Paribas Open. ...

Vekic and Yastremska are among those advancing in the Cymbiotika San Diego Open

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska were among those moving into the second round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Tuesday. Vekic, a finalist here in 2022, beat local wildcard Katherine Hui, 7-5, 6-2, in her WTA Tour singles debut. A Santa...

Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to beat Medvedev in Australia and clinch his first Grand Slam title

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line and dropped to the court on his back, giving himself some moments to process how he'd managed to come back from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam title. The 22-year-old Sinner found a...

Aryna Sabalenka wins second straight Australian Open title, beating Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — In the back of her mind Aryna Sabalenka didn't want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title and disappears. Winning her first Grand Slam crown in Australia a year ago gave Sabalenka the confidence she could do it again. Losing the U.S....

Analysis: Don't write off Novak Djokovic after his Australian Open loss to Jannik Sinner

It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals. The end of the thirtysomething Djokovic's 33-match winning streak at Melbourne Park. The end of his bid for an 11th championship...

Defending champion Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff, will meet Zheng in Australian Open final

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka avenged a U.S. Open final loss to Coco Gauff and will defend her Australian Open title as the overwhelming favorite against first-time finalist Zheng Qinwen. Sabalenka attacked Gauff’s serve with her powerful returns and unloaded 33...

Defending champion Sabalenka beats U.S. Open winner Gauff to reach Australian Open final

US Open winner Gauff to play Australian Open titleholder Sabalenka in semifinals

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff hopes she's got her "bad” match out of the way at the Australian Open before meeting defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. It'll be a rematch of the U.S. Open final, which the 19-year-old Gauff won in three sets for her...