Roger Federer's run at the Miami Open was one point from ending. Down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker to Tomas Berdych, the situation was officially dire.
Yet even in that moment, Federer still felt some hope.
"I had belief I could turn it around, (...)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands picked up her first top-10 victory since 2015, upsetting ninth-seeded Elina Svitolina 7-5, 6-4 Thursday to reach the Miami Open's third round.
Mattek-Sands, who turned 32 Thursday, is ranked only 158th in singles and needed a (...)
Victoria Azarenka believes she's the best player in women's tennis, and recent results support her case.
Seeded 13th, Azarenka completed a rare Indian Wells-Key Biscayne double Saturday by beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 to win the Miami (...)
Basking in cheers following his latest victory, a weary but happy Novak Djokovic kissed his hand and patted the stadium court concrete, celebrating his return to the Miami Open final.
In sweltering semifinal sunshine Friday, Djokovic won a thrilling (...)
When Serena Williams made an early exit at the Miami Open, the next generation of women's tennis wasn't quite ready to fill the void.
Instead it will be former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Victoria Azarenka in the final Saturday.
Eight-time (...)
Novak Djokovic may not be able to match last year's sensational 41-match winning streak but the world No. 1 believes he is in just as good form heading into the claycourt season.
The Serb successfully defended his Sony Ericsson Open title with a (...)
ranked Novak Djokovic won his third Sony Ericsson Open title Sunday, holding every service game to beat Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 (5).
Djokovic also won in 2007 and last year. Only six-time champion Pete Sampras won more men's titles.
The lone break (...)
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Argentine Juan Monaco 6-0, 7-6 Friday to reach the final of the Sony Ericsson Open, where he will meet Andy Murray.
Fourth-ranked Murray's semifinal against Rafa Nadal was earlier ruled a walkover after the Spaniard (...)
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic moved into the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open after holding off a brave second set effort from Spain's David Ferrer to win 6-2, 7-6 Thursday.
Djokovic will face Argentine Juan Monaco for a place in the final after (...)
Rafael Nadal swept five consecutive games midway through the match, propelling him to a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals at the Sony Ericsson Open Tuesday.
The No. 2-seeded Nadal, a three-time runner-up at Key Biscayne, is (...)
Maria Sharapova overcame 11 double faults Monday to beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 7-6 (3) and become the first quarterfinalist at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Sharapova, seeded No. 2, played for more than two hours in 85-degree sunshine. She won despite (...)
seeded Andy Murray advanced in a walkover Sunday at the Sony Ericsson Open when Milos Raonic withdrew because of a sprained right ankle.
Raonic said he doesn't believe the injury is serious. Murray, the 2009 champion, moved into the fourth (...)
Serena Williams moved into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-2, 6-1 Saturday.
Serena started early and finished fast. Walking onto the stadium court at 11 A.M., she dominated with her serve, played (...)
Venus Williams won her first singles match since August, dispatching Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open Wednesday.
She smiled, raised her arms in victory, then skipped to the net to shake the 41-year-old (...)
Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on return to tennis from treatment for cancer.
The 248th-ranked Kleybanova, who received a wild card entry into the tournament, dropped the first set to Johanna Larsson of Sweden before rebounding to secure (...)
time champion Roger Federer needed barely an hour Saturday to win his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open, defeating Stepanek, 6-3, 6-3.
The victory was Federer's 762nd, which ties him with Pete Sampras for seventh place in the Open era.
No. (...)
ranked Caroline Wozniacki won her opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-2, 7-5 Thursday.
Wozniacki, coming off her 14th career title last week at Indian Wells, erased eight of the 10 break points she faced. She (...)
Andy Roddick used a dominating serve and a smart baseline game to beat Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4 and win the Sony Ericsson Open Sunday.
Roddick earned his fifth title in a Masters 1000 tournament - one level below the Grand Slams - and his first since (...)
Venus Williams' longest winning streak since 2004 advanced her to the final at the Sony Ericsson Open Thursday.
Venus won her 15th consecutive match by beating Marion Bartoli of France in the semifinals 6-3, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Tomas Berdych, building (...)
Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round at the Sony Ericsson Open by rallying past wild card David Nalbandian 6-7 (8), 6-2, 6-2 Sunday.
Nadal, seeded fourth, remained on course for a showdown in the final against No. 1 Roger Federer. The rivals (...)
Venus Williams beat Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4 Saturday in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open, while defending men's champion Andy Murray lost his opening match to American Mardy Fish, 6-4, 6-4.
The upset meant Rafael Nadal will overtake Murray (...)
Justine Henin has advanced to the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-2.
Henin double-faulted five times Wednesday and struggled with inconsistent groundstrokes. But she saved seven of eight break points while (...)
Roger Federer and Svetlana Kuznetsova are the top seeds for the Sony Ericsson Open.
The 13-day tournament began Tuesday with unseeded women in action. Seeded players have a first-round bye, and Federer plays his opening match Saturday night.
The (...)
of-sorts Roger Federer smashed his racket in frustration as he fell to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 defeat to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semifinal of the Sony Ericsson Open Friday.
Djokovic, ranked third, will now play the winner of the second semi between (...)
Serena Williams retained the No. 1 world ranking by beating her sister Venus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday.
The match was the 20th meeting between the sisters, and each has won 10 times.
Serena needed to (...)