...improved to 20-10 in his career against Federer, and showed once again that he'll be the player to beat when the French Open starts next Sunday. It was the fifth-ranked Spaniard's sixth title since returning earlier this year from a seven-month...

...tennis tournaments and now will be able to air the singles championship matches at three of them (the exception is the French Open on NBC).The U.S. Open's shift from CBS to ESPN mirrors a similar switch made for Wimbledon: In 2011, the...

...Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He might have to sit out the French Open, too.Rafael Nadal began his bid for a seventh Rome title by cruising past local hope Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3...

...players that it was too slick.Williams said the move back to red clay meant the tournament was a good warm-up for the French Open starting at the end of the month."This court is definitely different," she said. "It plays like Roland Garros...

...a second French Open crown. Instead, Williams was knocked out at Roland Garros in the opening round by then 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano."This year," she joked after the match, "my goal is to win a match at the French Open."

...17-under 217. Siem held off Finland's Mikko Ilonen and England's David Horsey, who were tied for second.The French Open champion was four shots ahead overnight but had a slow start with a bogey on the first hole. Three birdies from Siem...

...the Sony Open.Sharapova set a new standard for futility in finals. She completed a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open last year, and won Indian Wells two weeks ago, but she's now 0-5 in Key Biscayne finals.Williams swept the...

...titles at three of the four Grand Slam tournaments ? the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open ? and lost in the French Open final. She was honored as the WTA Tour Player of the Year and AP Female Athlete of the Year.Hingis, often troubled...

PARIS - Here comes the French Open final almost everyone expected and...won 51 of 52 career matches at the French Open; only he and Bjorn Borg have...26-year-old Nadal, whose only loss at the French Open came against Robin Soderling in...

...how it goes."Nadal will play another clay-court tournament in Mexico this month and hopes to be fully fit by the French Open. He hopes to play at Indian Wells, Calif., next month but hasn't made a decision."We are thinking day to...