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By AFP BARCELONA: Spanish tennis star Rafa Nadal reiterated Monday that finishing his career in 2024 remains his goal, while admitting he has taken two operations to try and heal his hip injury. "I said that…

ASSOCIATED PRESS WIMBLEDON, England — As Venus Williams entered Centre Court for her 24th Wimbledon appearance at age 43, greeted by a standing ovation, she held a green exercise band overhead…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press Iga Swiatek is coming off her third title in the past four years on the French Open's red clay.Last September, she won a championship on the U.S. Open's hard…

HOWARD FENDRICH\ Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic made clear for years this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him. The biggest titles from his sport’s biggest stages were…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic pursued Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for quite some time. They were the guys he measured himself against. The players who established…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS — It was Carlos Alcaraz, not Novak Djokovic, who conjured up the "How did he do that?!" shot in the French Open semifinals that went viral in minutes and…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS — A little more than four years ago, in the first round of a tiny clay-court tournament in the Czech Republic, 95th-ranked Iga Swiatek lost in three sets…

By AFP PARIS: Novak Djokovic reached his seventh French Open final in dramatic and controversial circumstances on Friday when world number one Carlos Alcaraz suffered serious cramping which torpedoed his challenge.…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS — As it is, Karolina Muchova was the unseeded, unexpected participant in the French Open semifinals.And then, dealing with cramping legs nearly three…

By AFP PARIS: Few people know Carlos Alcaraz better than Kiko Navarro, the coach who shaped the Spaniard in his formative years into the fearless world number one targeting a second Grand Slam title at the French…