One of the great sporting rivalries will be renewed at Indian Wells Saturday when Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal clash in a semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open, providing the Spaniard's troublesome right knee does not keep him off court.
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World No. 7 Dominic Thiem reached an ATP Indian Wells Masters semifinal showdown with Milos Raonic without hitting a ball Thursday as injured Gael Monfils withdrew.
France's Monfils, ranked 19th in the world, pulled out shortly before his scheduled (...)
World No. 2 Simona Halep survived a tough challenge from Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Kozlova to win third round match 7-6(3), 7-5 at the BNP Paribas Open Sunday.
The Romanian finally put away the 114th ranked Kozlova with eight consecutive points (...)
Swiss qualifier Stefanie Vogele stunned world No. 4 Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open Friday, while Serena Williams got the better of Victoria Azarenka to advance.
Vogele needed just over an hour to dispatch the (...)
Chris Kermode will leave his position as ATP executive chairman and president at the end of 2019, ending a tenure which brought record prize money but also growing complaints from lower-ranked players about their pay and travel schedules.
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Naomi Osaka, whose meteoritic rise to the top of the tennis world over the past year has included two Grand Slam titles and the world number one ranking, on Thursday said the newly unveiled Barbie in her likeness was another big honor.
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American Sam Querrey bounced back from a sluggish start to claim a 7-6(7-5), 2-6, 6-4, win over Matteo Berrettini during a windy first-round match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Thursday.
The hard-hitting Californian was in a hole at (...)
Venus Williams played through illness to win a seesaw opening round match against German Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.
Williams, who received medical attention from a trainer late in the first set, saved her (...)
Two-time Indian Wells champion Victoria Azarenka shook off a slow start to beat Vera Lapko 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and set up a second-round meeting with long-time rival Serena Williams.
Azarenka, a former world No. 1 now ranked 48th in the world, (...)
Petra Kvitova says a meeting with former world No. 1 Monica Seles at Wimbledon last year, where they discussed returning to the sport after a knife attack, had been one of the most important of her life.
Kvitova suffered cuts to her left hand while (...)
Roger Federer is looking forward to having more freedom and more time with his family when he eventually leaves behind the sport he has dominated, the Swiss master said on Wednesday.
The evergreen veteran won his landmark 100th career title in Dubai (...)
Roger Federer keeps saying he's still on the comeback trail, but he's covering ground faster than he ever imagined. The Swiss, sidelined much of 2016 with a knee injury, soared to a fifth ATP Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday to go with the 18th (...)
Roger Federer claimed a record-equaling fifth ATP Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday, continuing his career resurgence with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stan Wawrinka. Federer, sidelined some six months after knee surgery last year, returned to win his (...)
Elena Vesnina capped a stellar Indian Wells campaign with a hard-fought 6-7 (6/8), 7-5, 6-4 triumph over fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova on Sunday. Playing in her first final at the elite Premier Mandatory level, world No. 15 Vesnina battled (...)
Twice Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova and 14th seed Elena Vesnina posted hard-fought, straight-set wins in Friday's semifinals to set up an all-Russian final in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Kuznetsova played exceptional defense and (...)
Stan Wawrinka raised his game on the big points and dominated the climactic third-set tiebreaker to beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2) Thursday and reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Third seed Wawrinka, who six months (...)
Nick Kyrgios ended Novak Djokovic's 19-match winning run at Indian Wells by beating the Serb 6-4, 7-6(3) to reach the BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals Wednesday, while Roger Federer also advanced with a straight sets win over Rafa Nadal.
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Angelique Kerber won't celebrate her return to world No. 1 with an Indian Wells title after a shock fourth-round exit Tuesday at the hands of Elena Vesnina.
Russia's 14th-seeded Vesnina toppled the second-seeded German 6-3, 6-3 to book a (...)
Angelique Kerber might yet celebrate her return to No. 1 with an Indian Wells title after battling past Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the fourth round on Monday. Parmentier, the world No. 62 from France, had the two-time Grand Slam (...)
Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka continued his dominance of Philipp Kohlschreiber, rolling past the German 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the fourth round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters.
Wawrinka recorded his fifth victory over Kohlschreiber in as many (...)
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza survived a fierce challenge from US teenager Kayla Day Sunday to reach the fourth round of the WTA Indian Wells hard court tournament. The seventh-seeded Spaniard had to dig in to subdue the hard-hitting (...)
Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are on course for another showdown after winning their opening matches at the BNP Paribas Open in the California desert on Sunday.
Less than two months after Federer claimed an 18th major title in a classic Australian (...)
Andy Murray was stunned in his opening match at the BNP Paribas Open by a man ranked 128 places below him, losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil Saturday night.
It was, without a doubt, the biggest singles victory of his career (...)
Karolina Pliskova roared back from a set down to outlast Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 as the Czech third seed avoided a major upset at the BNP Paribas Open here Friday.
Pliskova, after falling behind 3-0 in the third set, fought (...)
Novak Djokovic continued his recent mastery of Rafael Nadal on hard courts, winning 7-6 (5), 6-2 on his sixth match point Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final for the third straight year.
The world's top-ranked player will meet Milos Raonic (...)