TOMMY PAUL

The United States swept its way into the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals, getting the winning point in a 4-0 victory over Uzbekistan from the doubles team of Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek.

Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open championship has returned him to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

Novak Djokovic will carry a 27-match winning streak at the Australian Open into the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Despite a ban on Russian flags, Novak Djokovic’s father got caught up in the controversy when on Wednesday images of him posing with pro-Russian fans began circulating on social media.

Novak Djokovic defeated Tommy Paul to advance to the Australian Open against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Djokovic will be looking for his 22nd Grand Slam.

Tommy Paul says he went into his Australian Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic with a specific game plan.

Tommy Paul went into his first career Grand Slam semifinal with a specific game plan to confront Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Djokovic knows these settings and circumstances so well, especially at a tournament where he's won 27 matches in a row and is 19-0 in semifinals and finals for his career. “I mean, walking on the court was cool,” said Paul, the first U.S. man in the semifinals at Melbourne Park since Andy Roddick in 2009.

Novak Djokovic has put aside some shaky early play to beat unseeded American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Australian Open final.

Tennis Australia says Novak Djokovic’s father has decided to stay away from the 21-time Grand Slam champion’s semifinal after getting embroiled in a flap involving spectators who brought banned Russian flags to Melbourne Park.

Tommy Paul's run to the semifinals at the Australian Open is the latest in a series of signs that men from the United States are relevant again in tennis.

Novak Djokovic is playing about as well as can be at the Australian Open.

Tommy Paul has reached his first Grand Slam semifinal and ended the surprising run of Ben Shelton by winning their all-American matchup 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the Australian Open.

It’s been almost two full decades since this many U.S. men reached Week 2 at the Australian Open.

Mardy Fish is out as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team.

Taylor Fritz has pulled the United States level with Italy at 1-1 in the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Frances Tiafoe lost his singles.

Frances Tiafoe calls his run to the U.S. Open semifinals ‘a Cinderella story.

Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.

Nick Kyrgios beat American Marcos Giron in his first match at the Citi Open in Washington.

Tennis has not always allowed coaches to coach.

The All England Club's strict guidelines about wearing white clothing are seen by some players as out-of-date rules.

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

Centre Court at the current Church Road location of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club opened in 1922.

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic's next opponent is an oft-injured guy ranked outside the top 100 and making his Grand Slam debut thanks to a wild card.

Novak Djokovic’s play was not particularly perfect at Wimbledon.

Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance.

As much as Daniil Medvedev cares about taking over the No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis, he also knows there are more serious matters happening involving his home nation of Russia.

Third-ranked Alexander Zverev has been thrown out of the Mexican Open for violently smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair moments after losing a doubles match.

Ons Jabeur retired injured in the Sydney Tennis Classic quarterfinals and allowed Anett Kontaveit to reach the semifinals.

The Associated Press has learned that teenager Coco Gauff and Australian Open runner-up Jennifer Brady will lead the U.S. Olympic tennis team at the Tokyo Games.

Daniil Medvedev is no longer a pushover at the French Open.

The last American man to win a Grand Slam tournament was Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open in 2003, and there's no sign the drought will end anytime soon. “But I don’t see it being what it once was ever again.”AdOpelka, for one, isn’t surprised the United States has the same number of seeded men in Melbourne as, say, Bulgaria or Norway. The United States has four seeded women in Melbourne, including Kenin and Serena Williams. That’s a challenge, because those kids want to play basketball and football.”The United States Tennis Association has inner-city programs in more than 250 locations. Opelka (ranked 38th), Fritz (ranked 31st), Tommy Paul (53rd) and Frances Tiafoe (64th) are all 23 and good friends who root for each other.

United States' Serena Williams makes a backhand return to Australia's Daria Gavrilova during a tuneup tournament ahead of the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)MELBOURNE – Serena Williams found a silver lining in the delayed start to the Australian Open, the season-opening Grand Slam tournament that is starting three weeks later than usual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams is playing in the Yarra Valley Classic, along with top-ranked Ash Barty and defending Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin. TIAFOE OUTCorentin Moutet of France won a tough first-round match over 2019 Australian Open quarterfinalist Frances Tiafoe, beating the American 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the Murray River Open. AdANDERSON ADVANCESTwo-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson opened the Great Ocean Road Open tournament with a 6-4, 7-5 win over 16th-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain.