Tennis

6:02 PM ET World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia crushed countryman Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semifinals in Belgrade. A two-time winner of the event, Djokovic eliminated the No. 8 seed in 75 minutes. He won 75 percent of the points on his first serve (24 of 32), compared to 37 percent

12:46 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Rafael Nadal brushed aside Cameron Norrie 6-1, 6-4 to ease into the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday and moved closer to a record-extending 12th title at the event. After Nadal breezed through the first set, Britain’s Norrie won back a break in the second. Nadal,

1:26 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — – Rafael Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open. The 11-time tournament champion looked ready to roll to a quick victory after dominating the first set, but Nishikori responded with some fine net play to level it

5:35 PM ET World No. 84 Federico Delbonis knocked out local favourite and No. 4 seed Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals on Thursday at the Serbia Open. The Argentine won the game against his Serbian counterpart in two hours and 21 minutes. Delbonis will next face Taro Daniel after the Japanese

1:51 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Simona Halep returned from injury to start her clay-court season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix. The third-ranked Romanian was back on court for the first time since a shoulder injury forced her out

2:46 PM ET Associated Press Former Top 10 tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro says she finished treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and is cured of her cancer. “Another step forward,” the 32-year-old from Spain wrote Thursday on Twitter. “Every word of support gave me strength during the past few months,” she added, ending her message with

8:42 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tournaments in Italy and Germany were added to the WTA’s 2021 calendar on Thursday. The Emilia Romagna Open will be staged in Parma, northern Italy, in the week starting May 17 and includes singles and doubles draws. Also added to the schedule was the Hamburg European Open, an

5:21 PM ET Novak Djokovic got over the disappointment of a third-round exit in Monte-Carlo with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 win against Soonwoo Kwon on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Serbia Open. The World No. 1 was in imperious form and broke the South Korean’s serve five times to advance after just over

1:19 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — – Rafael Nadal needed three sets to beat his 111th-ranked opponent in his first match at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday, while Fabio Fognini was disqualified for alleged verbal abuse. Fognini was defaulted while trailinig 6-0, 4-4 against qualifier Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain, after a line

5:13 PM ET Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury Tuesday for his role in the murder of George Floyd last May outside of a local convenience store. Floyd’s death, and the video which showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about

2:26 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Roger Federer announced Sunday he will play at the French Open, and the Swiss star is preparing for it on home clay at a tournament in Geneva next month. The 20-time Grand Slam champion revealed his plans on his official Twitter page. “Happy to let you know that

10:47 AM ET MONACO — Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Monte Carlo Masters without dropping a set, beating Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday for his first title this year and sixth overall. Fourth-seeded Tsitsipas was in dominant form as he edged 4-3 ahead of the sixth-seeded Russian in their career meetings, having also beaten him

6:33 PM ET Associated Press Britain, Canada, Italy and Ukraine were among the eight countries that reached the qualifying round of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup with victories Saturday. These were the first matches in the women’s tennis team competition since its name was changed from Fed Cup last year. Also advancing were Kazakhstan,

9:39 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas swatted aside unseeded Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final for the first time, and stay on course for a first title this year. The big-serving Greek player faces the winner of a later semifinal between sixth-seeded Russian Andrey

4:58 PM ET Associated Press Six Challenger tennis tournaments scheduled for Canada this year have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tennis Canada said Friday the events are the men’s Winnipeg (Manitoba) National Bank Challenger; the women’s Challenger event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; the National Bank Challenger in Granby, Quebec; and the Odlum Brown VanOpen

12:41 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — A day after knocking out top-ranked Novak Djokovic, unseeded Daniel Evans beat 11th-seeded David Goffin 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Friday. The British player will contest the first Masters semifinal of his career against fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, a French Open semifinalist last

10:14 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic lost 6-4, 7-5 to Dan Evans on Thursday in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters for his first defeat of the year. The Australian Open champion was 10-0 coming into the match but faced pressure from the outset as he trailed 3-0 to

11:51 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The WTA and ATP rankings of June 14 will be used to determine which tennis players earn direct entry into the Tokyo Olympics for singles and doubles, a delay of a week to match the change in dates for the French Open. The ITF announced Thursday that its