Stan Wawrinka, currently 151st in the ATP rankings, has been handed an entry to the men’s draw while Victoria Azarenka, currently one place higher than Svetlana Kuznetsova in the rankings, joins the Russian in the draw. read more

Rafael Nadal overcame a second set fightback from Greek youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim a 6-2, 7-6 (7\/4) victory in just under 1 hour and 45 minutes. read more

Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams also were among the Grand Slam champions who missed out on a first-round bye at the last major tuneup event for the US Open, which starts August 27 in New York. read more

Fabio Fognini stands in the way of Juan Martin del Potro and a third title of 2018 after both men reached the final of the Los Cabos Open. read more

Garbine Muguruza, bounced from the second round in her title defence at Wimbledon, had been hoping to rebound on the hard courts of San Jose with the US Open looming in less than a month. read more

Caroline Wozniacki captured her first major title in January at the Australian Open, downing current world number one Simona Halep in the final, and the 2009 and 2014 US Open runner-up approaches the hardcourt campaign with new confidence. read more

Jordan Spieth has a share of the lead in the British Open and a big edge in experience but Tiger Woods has already began his charge to get into contention at a major for the first time in five years. read more

Eugenie Bouchard played the Wimbledon final four years ago but has since suffered through season after season of disappointment and a tumbling ranking. read more

Michael Stich and Helena Sukova will be enshrined Saturday in ceremonies at the ATP Hall of Fame Classic in the sporting showplace at Newport, Rhode Island. read more

Victoria Azarenka, a former No. 1 and twice the champion at the Australian Open, is No. 108 this week, seven spots outside of an automatic spot in the main draw. read more

Enjoying a sensational season in which he has won two European Tour titles and played the Masters and US Open, Shubhankar Sharma is ready to embrace the unique challenges of Carnoustie. read more

What had gone from a Big 4 to a Big 2 is now back to a Big 3, with Novak Djokovic rejoining Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of men’s tennis. Each has been written off at some point. And each has won a major tournament in 2018: Djokovic’s title at Wimbledon on Sunday, Nadal’s at the French Open in June, and Roger Federer’s at the Australian Open in January. Maybe the U.S. Open, which starts in 1½ months, will break the tie for season supremacy. That trio has combined to win 10 of the past 14 championships at Flushing Meadows: Five for Federer, three for Nadal, two for Djokovic. At least one, and sometimes two, appeared in 13 of the finals in that span. Federer, who turns 37 on August 8, won that event every year from 2004-08 but not since. Nadal, 32, is the reigning champion. Djokovic, 31, sat out the U.S. Open while missing the last half of 2017 because of an injured right elbow that he eventually had surgery on. (Video: SNTV). (Hindustan Times)read more

Serena Williams had no answer to the defence of Angelique Kerber, who triumphed 6-3 6-3 in the Wimbledon final. read more

Novak Djokovic took five sets to defeat rival Rafael Nadal to enter the men’s singles final where he will take on Kevin Anderson on Sunday. read more

Angelique Kerber reached her second Wimbledon final on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. read more