MARIA SAKKARI

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.

Iga Swiatek is winning easily — and quietly.

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.

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.

The last two women’s champions were already out of the U.S. Open and now one of last year’s semifinalists is gone. Top players are falling fast in Flushing Meadows, and Serena Williams can topple another Wednesday night. Hours before Williams was set to face No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit, third-seeded Maria Sakkari was ousted 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 by Wang Xiyu of China in the second round.

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.

Coco Gauff held off four-time major champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.

Novak Djokovic erased a two-set deficit against 10th-seeded Jannik Sinner to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 11th time.

Novak Djokovic found himself locked in a tight fourth-round match at Wimbledon against a wild-card entry making his Grand Slam tournament debut.

Tatjana Maria's Wimbledon run appeared to be in trouble when Maria Sakkari was a point away from going up 5-1 in the second set of their third-round match. Then Maria turned it around — in a hurry. The 34-year-old German won the next three points to get to 4-2 and later rattled off five games in a row to beat the fifth-seeded Sakkari 6-3, 7-5 at the All England Club.

Heather Watson made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time.

Two-time champion Andy Murray’s second-round loss to John Isner is his earliest exit from Wimbledon.

Serena Williams has lost her first singles match in nearly a year, getting beat by 115th-ranked Harmony Tan of France in three sets at Wimbledon.

None of the so-called Big Three of men’s tennis is in the No. 1 or No. 2 spots in the ATP rankings.

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.

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.

The timing for Jessica Pegula’s run to the Australian Open quarterfinals has even accommodated another of her sporting passions.

Rafael Nadal is into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the 14th time after beating Adrian Mannarino in straight sets following a long opening tiebreaker.

Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini has completed a Grand Slam set by advancing to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over 19th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka didn’t make it to a much-anticipated fourth-round contest against top-ranked Ash Barty at the Australian Open.

The Australian Open continues to march on through the opening week of the tournament, as the fields have been cut down to just 32, as third round action begins in Melbourne on Thursday. Watch the Australian Open on FuboTV (Free trial) and ESPN+THURSDAY, JANUARY 20On the women’s side, the third round opens with Barbora Krejcikova taking on Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. The 2021 French Open Champion Krejcikova had a career year last year, and is making her deepest run in Australian Open career. Maria Sakkari made it to two Grand Slam semifinals last year, and wants to try and go beyond that in the Australian Open. NOTABLE DRAWS(1) Ash Barty vs. (30) Camila Giorgi(13) Naomi Osaka vs. Amanda Anisimova(6) Rafael Nadal vs. (28) Karen Khachanov(2) Daniil Medvedev vs. Botic van de ZandschulpFind the full Australian Open draws and results here

The Australian Open has started without nine-time champion Novak Djokovic.

Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari has beaten Tatjana Maria in straight sets in one of three early results on the first day of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

At least Novak Djokovic knows who he'll face in the first round of his Australian Open title defense — if he’s allowed to play.

Top-ranked Ash Barty has started her 2022 season with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 comeback win over 17-year-old American Coco Gauff in the second round of the Adelaide International.

Leylah Fernandez, 19, and Emma Raducanu, 18, will compete in the first major final between two teens since the 1999 U.S. Open, when Serena Williams, 17, defeated Martina Hingis, 18.

British teenager Emma Raducanu has become the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final in the professional era by beating 17th-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-4 at the U.S. Open.

Novak Djokovic enters his U.S. Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev needing two wins to complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam by a man in more than a half-century.

Emma Raducanu has set up an all-teenager U.S. Open women’s final.

U.S. OPEN WOMEN’S SEMIFINALSWhere: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (Queens, N.Y.)Time: 7 p.m. ETChannel: ESPN, ESPN DeportesStream: FuboTV (7-day free trial)(2) Aryna Sabalenka vs. Leylah Fernandez (7 p.m.)The heavily-favored Sabalenka looks to finally make it to a Grand Slam Final. She has already eclipsed her best finish at the U.S. Open after making it to the quarterfinals this year. The 18-year-old is making her first Grand Slam semifinal in only her second Grand Slam she has ever qualified for. In the U.S. Open, Sakkari has been almost unbeatable, and against some of the best in the world.

British teenager Emma Raducanu has become the first qualifier in the professional era to reach the U.S. Open semifinals.

Novak Djokovic has won two straight sets to put himself on the verge of the U.S. Open semifinals.

ETChannel: ESPN, ESPN Deportes (All day)Stream: FuboTV (7-day free trial), ESPN+ (Individual Courts)The men’s side sees a couple rising stars taking on the Cinderella stories of the tournament. There is a heavyweight bout in the women’s draw on day one of the quarterfinals. She will take on eighth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova, who won the French Open earlier this year. The heavy-hitting Matteo Berrettini takes on Novak Djokovic in the third straight Grand Slam tournament. Djokovic, searching for the Calendar Grand Slam, beat the Italian in the quarters at the French Open, before beating him again in the final at Wimbledon, both in four sets.

Maria Sakkari has eliminated 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu in the latest-finishing women’s match in tournament history to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time.

Maria Sakkari has eliminated 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu in the latest-finishing women’s match in tournament history to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time. Sakkari came back to win 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-3 as Andreescu had trouble with a left leg that was taped by a trainer during a medical timeout in the third set.

Oscar Otte has given the U.S. Open men’s bracket a trio of qualifiers in the fourth round for the first time since the tournament began keeping qualifying records in 1982.

Novak Djokovic has moved into the third round of the U.S. Open as he tries to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam and collect a 21st major championship.

Novak Djokovic has started his bid to make history at the U.S. Open with a four-set victory over Danish teenager Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune.

The host country’s superstar is out of the Tokyo Olympics.

Coco Gauff has won in her return to Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Serena Williams is out of Wimbledon after she stopped playing her first-round match because of a right leg injury.

Wimbledon has returned after being canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic and some things have not changed at the All England Club.

Naomi Osaka’s agent says the four-time Grand Slam champion will sit out Wimbledon and compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova’s twin titles at Roland Garros have allowed her to jump in the WTA rankings to No. 15 in singles and No. 1 in doubles.

The 5,000 fans attending the French Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been allowed to stay in the stadium in spite of the nationwide coronavirus curfew starting at 11 p.m. After Djokovic moved ahead 2-1 on sets, a stadium announcement said that following talks with French authorities the fans were allowed to stay until the end of the match.

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic has overcome a match point and an apparent blown call to reach her first Grand Slam final.

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova saved one match point to book a spot if the French Open final, where she will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic has set up another showdown against Rafael Nadal at the French Open.

Maria Sakkari has ended defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek's 11-match winning streak at Roland Garros in the quarterfinals.

Diego Schwartzman has put an end to Rafael Nadal’s 36-set winning streak at Roland Garros.

Anastasia Pavlychenkova finally has a Grand Slam quarterfinal victory.

American 17-year-old Coco Gauff completely overwhelmed Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-1 at the French Open to become the youngest woman to reach the quarterfinals at any Grand Slam tournament in 15 years.

Novak Djokovic has rallied from a two-set deficit to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the record 15th time.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek is into the quarterfinals of the French Open after beating unseeded 18-year-old Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 in the fourth round.

Italian Jannik Sinner has advanced to the Miami Open final by beating Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets.