ANDY MURRAY

Andy Murray grabbed the last three games to come back and beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 across more than three hours in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open.

The term “choke” is often used when describing a tennis player who misses what looks like an easy shot or loses a match at the Australian Open and other tournaments.

Andy Murray was pleased with the result but not happy about the circumstances after finishing an Australian Open victory after 4 a.m. His marathon raised anew the issue that tennis has shown it is that rare sport where folks sometimes need to play all night.

Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis have played deep into the night at the Australian Open until Murray emerged with a five-set victory that ended just after 4 a.m. They began playing on Thursday and finished on Friday at Margaret Court Arena before hundreds of enthusiastic spectators who remained.

Andy Murray tries to back up his first-round victory over Matteo Berrettini by winning again and earning a trip to the third round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2017.

Andy Murray has beaten a top-20 opponent at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2017.

Rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been placed on opposite halves of the Australian Open bracket in the draw, meaning the owners of a combined 43 Grand Slam singles titles could only meet in the final at Melbourne Park.

Tennis star Andy Murray says he will continue to compete at 35 years old but knows there is a limit. One 'big injury' could force retirement.

The holiday season has ramped up to joy overload. We have compiled a quick list of upcoming events that the whole family can enjoy. The Dynamic Les DeMerle Band hosts Jazz Spirit of Christmas Saturday night in Fernandina Beach. Pamela Theresa hosts the Medium in the Raw Toys for Tots Drive Friday at Beaches Museum. Andy Murray of the famed Murray Bros. Caddyshack in St. Augustine will be in town signing his new book " A Feast of Family Fun and Favorites” Friday evening. The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals holds the San Marco 5k Saturday evening. Fostering Connections Holiday Backyard BBQ will be held Dec. 11th at the Classic Car Museum in St. Augustine.

Frances Tiafoe has saved four match points to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 1-6, 7-6 (11), 10-8 and clinched victory in the Laver Cup for Team World over Roger Federer’s Team Europe for the first time.

Felix Auger-Aliassime added a singles victory over Novak Djokovic to an earlier win in doubles Sunday, allowing Team World to take a 10-8 lead over Team Europe with two matches remaining in the Laver Cup. Auger-Aliassime, a 22-year-old from Canada, beat 21-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic 6-3, 7-6 (3) with the help of 13 aces and a 39-11 advantage in total winners.

Roger Federer has ended his superlative professional tennis career at age 41 with a loss in doubles alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will team up in doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday in what Federer has announced will be the final match of his long and illustrious career.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will team up in doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday in what Federer has announced will be the final match of his long and illustrious career. The lineup for Day 1 at the competition founded by Federer's management company was announced Thursday.

Roger Federer’s farewell news conference will come before what he has said will be the last competitive tennis event of his career.

Roger Federer is leaving tennis after more than two decades as a pro player with a style that rarely betrayed the effort behind his mastery.

Roger Federer has announced his retirement at age 41 after participating in some of the most memorable matches in the history of Grand Slam tennis.

It could have been just one night, but Serena Williams' exit from tennis turned into a boon for ESPN.

Serena Williams played what’s expected to be her last match at the U.S. Open.

Matteo Berrettini has ended Andy Murray’s bid to return to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament by beating the the three-time major 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 at the U.S. Open.

Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Wu Yibing with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round.

The last two women’s champions were already out of the U.S. Open and now the 2021 runner-up and another semifinalist is gone.

Leylah Fernandez couldn’t put together another long run at the U.S. Open.

Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.

Serena Williams has won her match in the first round of the U.S. Open.

The children of past champions Tracy Austin and Hana Mandlikova are making their own U.S. Open memories.

Serena Williams has wrapped up her final practice before the U.S. Open after a half-hour. As she walked along the courts, back toward Arthur Ashe Stadium, fans shouted her name, “Serenaaaaa!” She lifted her arm to wave her racket in acknowledgement. Serena Williams has started a warmup session on a practice court just outside Arthur Ashe Stadium before her first-round match at the U.S. Open.

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the upcoming hard-court tournament in Montreal because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and therefore not allowed to enter Canada.

Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play after more than a year away.

The Big Four are forming quite a squad at the Laver Cup.

Sky Sports reports the U.S. requires non-citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to enter, meaning Djokovic will not be allowed entry.

Tennis has not always allowed coaches to coach.

Third-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marie Bouzkova on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer says he hopes to play one more time at Wimbledon before retiring from tennis.

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic's next opponent is an oft-injured guy ranked outside the top 100 and making his Grand Slam debut thanks to a wild card.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has lost in the second round to big-serving American John Isner.

Fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.

The Wimbledon Queue is back in all of its pre-pandemic glory.

2014 U.S. Open champion and 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Marin Cilic pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because he tested positive for COVID-19.

Marin Cilic has reached his first French Open semifinal at age 33 with the help of 33 aces.

New French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo says nine of the 10 night session matches at Roland Garros this year involved men because women’s tennis currently has less “appeal.”.

Newsy correspondents in Venezuela, London and Tokyo share how the countries are responding to the latest mass shooting in the U.S.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has ended his career as a singles tennis player with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (0) loss to Casper Ruud in the first round of the French Open.

Novak Djokovic is optimistic about his game going into the French Open despite going another week without a title.

Rafael Nadal has gotten is off to a good start in his return from injury, defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in two sets to reach the third round at the Madrid Open.

Novak Djokovic is off to a good start at the Madrid Open after a 6-3, 6-2 win over Gael Monfils in the second round.

Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance.

Iga Swiatek rallied from a break down in each set to beat Simona Halep 7-6 (6), 6-4 and reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open.

Andy Murray outlasted qualifier Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open to earn his 700th career victory.

The three-time Grand Slam champion said he's working with UNICEF to provide urgent medical supplies and early childhood development kits.

Daniil Medvedev officially has moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

Novak Djokovic will fall from No. 1 in the ATP rankings and be replaced by Daniil Medvedev after losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships.

Third-ranked Alexander Zverev has been thrown out of the Mexican Open for violently smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair moments after losing a doubles match.

Rafael Nadal has won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a comeback five-set victory over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final.

The safety protocols for COVID-19 have been a touchy subject at the Australian Open.

Daniil Medvedev overcame Nick Kyrgios and all his tricks and the constant noise of a boisterous crowd to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

Daniil Medvedev has overcome Nick Kyrgios and all his tricks and the constant noise of a boisterous crowd to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

The lucrative offers tempting leading boxers, golfers and footballers to compete in Saudi Arabia are not enough for Andy Murray to put money over morality. When Murray has received approaches to fly to Riyadh to play in exhibition matches, the potential to earn millions of dollars has been rejected. The revelation on Friday came from the three-time Grand Slam winner’s agent in the week when the Spanish Football Federation has faced criticism from human rights activists for taking its Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.

Emma Raducanu came down to earth in her first tournament since her surprising U.S. Open victory, losing in straight sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night. Raducanu lost 6-2, 6-4 in the second round, ending her 10-match winning streak that began in New York. Former world No. 1 Andy Murray beat Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 in his first match as a wild-card.

Stefanos Tsitsipas heard boos from the crowd for yet another long trip off court at the U.S. Open after dropping a set during his second-round victory over Adrian Mannarino. Unbothered by that reaction Wednesday night, or the criticism he received from Andy Murray after taking breaks while beating him two days earlier, Tsitsipas pointed out that he's doing nothing that violates any regulation. The Grand Slam rule book just says players should take a “reasonable” amount of time, but does not provide an exact number of minutes that would be acceptable.

The stadium is filled with vaccinated fans, even with key players missing. Osaka is back and promising to celebrate her own accomplishments more (and says you should, too).

Andy Murray tumbled to the ground on his artificial hip, losing his balance in sweat-soaked shoes and leaving splotches on Arthur Ashe Stadium’s blue court from his soggy clothing. Murray muttered to himself, as he often does. In an entertaining contest featuring plenty of the smart play, hard hustling and clutch serving that carried Murray to the U.S. Open championship nearly a decade — and a pair of hip operations — ago, he did not quite have enough to come out ahead after almost five hours in high heat and humidity.

When Andy Murray sat in the U.S. Open's main interview room for a pre-tournament news conference Saturday, the moderator informed the 2012 champion he was allowed to remove the sort of light blue medical mask that has become so ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike the nine players who met with the media in that spot a day earlier, Murray chose to keep his mask on.

After House Republicans voted out Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair, she told reporters that the party cannot embrace both the Constitution as well as the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn told prosecutors during questioning on financial misconduct charges before he fled Japan that his compensation was never decided upon, according to records presented in Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. Ghosn said the plans were just a “reference,” said a defense attorney for Greg Kelly, a former Nissan executive on trial in connection with alleged underreporting of Ghosn’s pay by about a billion yen ($10 million) per year. Daisuke Fujiwara, a lawyer for Kelly, read more than 200 pages documenting Ghosn’s interrogations in a Tokyo jail in November and December 2018.

"He thought Donald Trump was going to pay him $140,000 a day. He has a better chance of sling-shooting himself to the moon," Cohen said of Giuliani.