Australian Open

Serena Williams wins Italian Open, taking fourth title in a row

2013-05-19 10:30:00

Serena Williams extended the best run of her career on Sunday by winning the Italian Open title in a rout of third-seeded Victoria Azarenka on the clay in Rome. The top-ranked American has now won 24 matches in a row and four consecutive tournament...

Serena Williams advances to final of Italian Open

2013-05-18 09:07:00

Serena Williams continued her career-best winning streak, now at 23 matches, on Saturday to advance to the Italian Open championship match in Rome. The top-ranked American stopped Simona Halep of Romania, 6-3, 6-0, in the semifinals and will try to...

Keegan Bradley keeps lead at Byron Nelson

2013-05-17 18:29:00

Keegan Bradley shot a one-under-par 69 in a round that started and ended with bogeys, good enough for a three-stroke lead after two rounds in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas. A day after setting the TPC Four Seasons course record with a...

Sloane Stephens, Serena Williams no longer BFFs, maybe never were

2013-05-07 11:16:00

Sloane Stephens called Serena Williams "one of my really good friends" and "the greatest person ever" during an ESPN interview back in January. But that was before the 20-year-old Stephens upset the woman who was largely regarded as her mentor in the...

Novak Djokovic struggles at first, but beats Grigor Dimitrov at BNP Paribas Open

2013-03-12 19:56:00

For a while Tuesday, the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, didn't play up to his rating and the No. 31 player, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, played well above his. But, as so often happens in big tournaments such as the BNP...

Stacy Lewis is No. 1 at LPGA's first major

2013-04-03 18:33:00

The fact that an American golfer is ranked No. 1 in the world is not a surprise. The fact that a second golfer is ranked No. 1 — a woman — is very much a surprise. Of course, everyone knows Tiger Woods; the other is Stacy Lewis, and she...

Inbee Park is steady as she goes, leads LPGA Kraft Nabisco by 3

2013-04-07 00:00:00

Inbee Park seemed unflappable Saturday. The breeze picked up, but Park's shots stayed in the middle of the fairway. The 24-year-old South Korean played alongside her closest competitor, Lizette Salas, and increased her lead even as the pro-Salas...

Lydia Ko and playing partner Michelle Wie at one under after nine

2013-04-04 12:05:00

RANCHO MIRAGE -- Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who won a tournament on the LPGA Tour last year, is paired Thursday and Friday with 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who once contended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major, when...

Tennis great Rod Laver loses his partner in life

2013-03-26 00:00:00

The biggest grand slam of Rod Laver's life had nothing to do with major tennis tournaments. He met Mary Shelby Peterson at the Jack Kramer Tennis Club. Then, in 1966, at a church in San Rafael, he changed that to Mary Shelby Laver. Game, set, match....

Caroline Wozniacki is headed to final

2013-03-15 23:09:00

Caroline Wozniacki made it back to the BNP Paribas Open women's final at Indian Wells on Friday night, fighting her way through a 2-hour 28-minute marathon that was mostly distinguishable by moonballs and service breaks. Eighth-seeded Wozniacki of...

Serena Williams withdraws from Dubai event with sore back, ankle

2013-02-20 11:00:00

Two days after becoming the oldest top-ranked women's tennis player, 31-year-old Serena Williams became the latest entrant to drop out of the Dubai Championships. Williams withdrew Wednesday 45 minutes before her scheduled match with 11th-ranked...

Serena Williams falls to Victoria Azarenka in Qatar Open final

2013-02-17 11:30:00

With her march back to the No. 1 ranking complete, Serena Williams promptly lost in the finals of the Qatar Open to the woman she will replace atop the world rankings. It's odd how sports and rankings work that way. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus...

Mike Bryan (L) and his brother Bob of the US celebrate after their victory over the Netherland's Robin Haase and Igor Sibling during the men's doubles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne early on January 27, 2013.

2013-01-26 00:00:00

Italy's Roberta Vinci, left, and Sara Errani taste sweet victory as winners of the women's doubles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 25.

2013-01-25 10:42:00

Serena Williams of the US smashes her racquet during her women's singles match against compatriot Sloane Stephens on the tenth day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2013.

2013-01-23 00:00:00