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 (...)
Benz, and even Lexus have flooded the market with every conceivable size and shape of crossover SUV over the past decade or so. Yet the four-ringed brand from Ingolstadt has plugged along with just three such models: the Q3, Q5, and Q7. All three (...)
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 (...)
Approving to strengthening political and technological dialogue and cooperation and joint actions whenever possible, between ASPA States to combat the world drug problem through an integrated approach to abide by the principles of common and shared (...)
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays blasted their way back into the American League championship Series with an 11-8 win over the Kansas City Royals Monday, the home side delivering a landslide victory on election day in Canada.
Trailing 2-0 after (...)
defense capital goods excluding aircraft dropped 0.1 percent.
Manufacturing is slowing, constrained by weak global demand, the stronger U.S. dollar, and falling crude-oil prices, which have caused some companies in the energy sector to either delay (...)
Araby, Secretary General of the Arab League, and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for its (...)
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 (...)
Two pilot whales found stranded in the Florida Keys will be released, according to AP.
Twenty pilot whales beached themselves Thursday in shallow water off Cudjoe Key. Seven survived and were confined in a makeshift pen to be treated for (...)
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 (...)
A new study reports a blindfolded dolphin can detect and imitate the fin splashes, swimming movements and other behavior of fellow dolphins even when it can't see them, according to AP.
Dr. Kelly Jaakkola at the nonprofit Dolphin Research Center in (...)
term food security lies in boosting investment in agriculture, particularly in low-income food-deficit countries, according to FAO director general Jacques Diouf in Abu Dhabi recently.
The rapid increase in hunger and malnourishment since the food (...)