CARLOS ALCARAZ

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters.

Daniil Medvedev captured his fourth ATP title of the year, beating Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 for the Miami Open men’s singles title and to move to 6-0 in their career matchup.

Twelfth-seeded Petra Kvitova won the Miami Open in her 13th appearance, beating seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina with a marathon tiebreaker in a 7-6 (14), 6-2 victory Saturday.

Tenth-seeded Jannick Sinner of Italy stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on Friday night in the Miami Open semifinals, rallying from a set down to beat the defending champion, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 in a three-hour thriller.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final against Daniil Medvedev.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek breezed past Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open.

Novak Djokovic has broken the record for the most time spent at No. 1 in the professional tennis rankings by a man or woman.

Novak Djokovic says he has asked American authorities for special permission to enter the United States to play tennis tournaments in California and Florida despite being unvaccinated against the coronavirus.

Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open championship has returned him to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

Tournament director Craig Tiley has described as “ridiculous” and “bizarre” calls for the timing of the Australian Open to be changed to allow players a longer off-season.

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Australian Open because of an injured right leg.

Canada has won its first Davis Cup tennis title, beating Australia behind victories from Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Italy has beaten the United States in a doubles decider to advance to the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time in eight years.

Rafael Nadal’s error-strewn performance saw him miss out on the chance of adding the ATP Finals trophy to his glittering list of titles as he was later eliminated from the tournament.

Third-seeded Casper Ruud eased to a straight-set victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the opening match of the ATP Finals.

Unseeded Danish teenager Holger Rune staged a stunning comeback to secure the biggest victory of his career by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Masters.

Here is one way to look at what Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and the now-retired Roger Federer accomplished: The group known as the Big Three of men’s tennis accumulated so many Grand Slam titles that it seems unlikely anyone will reach the standards they set.

Roger Federer says he was paying attention along with everybody else when Serena Williams played what is expected to be her last match three weeks ago at the U.S. Open.

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has beaten Kwon Soon-woo in straight sets in the Davis Cup Finals to secure Spain victory over Korea and a spot in the quarterfinals as Group B winner.

The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.

Reaction to Roger Federer’s announcement that he will retire from tennis after the Laver Cup in London next week.

It was a quick turnaround for tennis’ new No. 1.

Carlos Alcaraz’s U.S. Open championship has moved him up to No. 1 at age 19.

Carlos Alcaraz has defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final to earn his first Grand Slam title at age 19 and become the youngest man to move up to No. 1 in the rankings.

Diede de Groot captured her second straight wheelchair calendar-year Grand Slam, while Alfie Hewett stopped Shingo Kunieda from doing the same by winning the men’s title at the U.S. Open.

Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa last year coaching tennis to kids.

Michelle Obama waved her arms in the air and yelled, “Let’s go, Foe!”.

Frances Tiafoe has come up just short of being the first American man to reach the U.S. Open final in 16 years with a five-set loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals.

Carlos Alcaraz has reached his first Grand Slam final and given himself a chance to become No. 1 at age 19.

Frances Tiafoe has used his perfect play in tiebreakers at the U.S. Open to send the semifinals to a fifth set.

Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur will face each other in the U.S. Open women's final.

Frances Tiafoe calls his run to the U.S. Open semifinals ‘a Cinderella story.

Carlos Alcaraz has outlasted Jannik Sinner in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, advancing to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 victory.

Frances Tiafoe has become the first American man to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2006.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are going to a fifth set in what appears likely to be the latest-ending match in U.S. Open history.

Karen Khachanov has advanced to the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career by edging Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at the U.S. Open.

Caroline Garcia has beaten 18-year-old American Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-4 at the U.S. Open to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 28.

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

Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round.

It’s going to be a U.S. Open quarterfinals matchup of two rising stars when third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz plays No. 11-seed Jannik Sinner.

Nick Kyrgios has eliminated defending U.S. Open champion and No. 1-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the fourth round.

Coco Gauff has reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time by coming back in each set to beat Zhang Shuai of China 7-5, 7-5 in front of a partisan crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Much like for so many other folks, Serena Williams’ last match at the U.S. Open was must-see TV for players still in the tournament, so Jessica Pegula and Petra Kvitova tuned in from their hotel rooms the night before their victories led off Saturday’s schedule and set up a fourth-round showdown.

Andrey Rublev won the final point in a match that lasted more than hour four hours and beat No. 19 Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).

Rafael Nadal has come back to win at the U.S. Open after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in the face during the fourth set against Fabio Fognini.

Past U.S. Open champions Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu all have lost in straight sets in the first round of the U.S. Open.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has lost in the first round of a second consecutive major tournament.

Third-seeded Ons Jabeur saved five set points in the first-set tiebreaker before beating Elise Mertens 7-6 (9), 6-4 to reach her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal.

Jannik Sinner withstood the aces and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon by beating John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

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.

Rafael Nadal showed up at Roland Garros with his personal doctor along for the trip.

Rafael Nadal has beaten Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in a monumental match in the French Open quarterfinals to move a step closer to his 14th championship at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament and 22nd major trophy overall.

Iga Swiatek’s 20-set winning streak ended but her run of consecutive match victories is now up to 32 as she heads to the French Open quarterfinals.

Rafael Nadal will see a familiar face in the opposite corner for his fourth-round match at the French Open.

Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man in the French Open’s fourth round since Novak Djokovic in 2006.

The surprising results in the women's draw at the French Open keep piling up and now only three of the top 10 women's seeds are still in the field before the third round has even started.

Rising star Carlos Alcaraz has saved a match point in the fourth set and erased an early deficit in the fifth to overcome Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the French Open.

Rafael Nadal reached 300 career Grand Slam match victories by beating Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Hugo Gaston has pulled off a five-set victory over 19th-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia.

Rising star Carlos Alcaraz showed what the fuss is all about with a quick and clean first-round victory in the main stadium at Roland Garros.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek carries a 28-match winning streak into the French Open.

Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open will be a tough test against the player who beat her at the Australian Open, No. 27 Amanda Anisimova.

Novak Djokovic raised his first trophy of the year at the Italian Open and showed that he’s back in top form exactly a week before the French Open starts.

Once is enough when it comes to beating Rafael Nadal on a clay court.

John Isner believes in his chances against Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Italian Open.

Carlos Alcaraz has capped another impressive week with a straight-set victory over Alexander Zverev to win the Madrid Open and become the second-youngest player to claim two Masters 1000 titles.

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

Rafael Nadal one day.

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.

Carlos Alcaraz has moved up to No. 9 in the ATP rankings at age 18.

Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport.

Spanish fans brought plenty of their nation’s flags to Hard Rock Stadium, thrusting them into the air whenever things were going well for Carlos Alcaraz.

Iga Swiatek ended her journey to the women’s No. 1 ranking in fitting fashion.

Naomi Osaka is playing her first final in more than a year on Saturday, which sounds like a comeback story.

Naomi Osaka has reached a championship match for the first time since the 2021 Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal says he will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a rib injury.

Rafael Nadal outlasted Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the BNP Paribas Open final and improve to 20-0 this year.

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.

Rafael Nadal is still perfect.

Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez has followed up her upset of defending champion Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open by beating another past title winner at Flushing Meadows.

Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest male quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open since 1963.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz has beaten No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets at the U.S. Open to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka repeatedly smashed her racket to the court, smacked a ball into the crowd, hid under a towel and imploded over the final two sets in a third-round loss at the U.