3:37 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Venus Williams was just a kid at a World TeamTennis clinic the first time she tried to impress Billie Jean King. Years before she hit No. 1 in the world, Williams tried to show off in front of her tennis idol. “When it was my turn to hit,

1:37 PM ET Fifteen-year-old phenom Coco Gauff secured a spot in qualifying for the Citi Open on Friday and will make her first post-Wimbledon tournament appearance at the Washington event. “I’m playing tomorrow, so I’m pretty excited,” Gauff said at a news conference Friday. Her first match is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. Gauff became

6:06 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup, he said Thursday. Djokovic, who won Wimbledon earlier this month for his 16th Grand Slam title, is a four-time champion at the Rogers Cup. The event rotates between Montreal and Toronto. “I’m sorry to announce that I decided to

9:14 AM ET The ATP and WTA pros have rounded the final turn and are entering the home stretch of the Grand Slam season with the US Open looming at the finish line. There’s still a way to go, though — the robust (12-event) hard-court season began this week in Atlanta. This segment can be

1:28 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of the Citi Open because of visa issues. The 34-year-old Russian announced the problem on Twitter on Thursday and apologized to fans for not being able to make it to the U.S. Open tuneup. Kuznetsova won the U.S. Open in 2004

6:46 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The International Tennis Federation says Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test. The ITF says the 99th-ranked Haddad Maia had traces of two banned anabolic agents known as SARMs in a doping sample provided on June 4 at the Croatia

3:58 AM ET Andy Murray will partner his brother Jamie Murray at the Citi Open in Washington next week, in the former’s first hard court appearance since returning from hip surgery. Murray missed five months of the ATP Tour this season after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery in January following his Australian Open first-round defeat to

7:25 PM ET PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND — Former Australian Davis Cup tennis star Peter McNamara has died from cancer aged 64. McNamara, who reached a career-high No. 7 in the world in 1983, beat all-time greats Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl to win two of his five singles titles. But he is perhaps best remembered

10:51 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Peter McNamara, who won three Grand Slam doubles titles with fellow Australian Paul McNamee and reached a career-high No. 7 in singles, has died. He was 64. His death at his home in Germany from prostate cancer was confirmed by David Law, a family friend and tennis

4:47 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Top-seeded John Isner used his blistering serve to overcome scorching conditions and win a title for the fourth time on Newport’s grass courts, beating No. 7 seed Alexander Bublik 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Sunday at the Hall of Fame Open. It was the 34-year-old American’s 15th ATP