2:56 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic put his career back on track this year, and he credits a mind-cleansing hiking trip with his wife, Jelena, after the French Open for the extraordinary turnaround. The Serbian tennis great went from winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row in 2015-16 to

3:40 PM ET The men’s tour is primed to have an excellent fall season — and not a moment too soon. The success of the Laver Cup team competition, the restructuring of Davis Cup for 2019 and plans for a new ATP World Team Cup to launch the year in January are all applying pressure

5:12 PM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Bernard Tomic upset top-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7) to win the Chengdu Open championship on Sunday. The 25-year-old Australian, ranked No. 123 in the world, smashed 12 aces and saved seven of 11 break points he faced to win his first ATP title since Bogota

12:35 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Top-ranked Simona Halep retired Sunday from her first-round match at the China Open. Halep lost the first set 6-1 to Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur before retiring with a back injury. She also had back problems at last week’s Wuhan Open. It’s the fourth straight loss for the defending French

12:42 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Unseeded Aleksandra Krunic made a remarkable comeback to oust sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the first round of the China Open on Saturday. Krunic dropped the first nine games of the match and was down 4-1 in the second set before prevailing 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4). In another stunner,

12:03 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Aryna Sabalenka beat Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-3 to win the Wuhan Open title Saturday. Sabalenka capitalized on her superior service game in their first meeting, winning 78 percent of first-serve points without facing a break point. “You’re always nervous before the final because it’s different,”

11:50 AM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Top-seeded Fabio Fognini reached his fourth ATP final of the year when he beat Taylor Fritz of the United States 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-3 at the Chengdu Open on Saturday. If Fognini beats Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic in the final Sunday, he will become the first Italian

Sep 29, 2018 Pierre-Hugues Herbert will face Yoshihito Nishioka in an unlikely Shenzhen Open final after the pair secured respective victories over Alex De Minaur and Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals. World No. 171 Nishioka defeated No.5 seed Verdasco despite losing the first set, coming back to win the decisive third-set tiebreak and seal a

10:48 AM ET Andy Murray was defeated by Fernando Verdasco for the second consecutive tournament after the Spaniard won their Shenzhen Open quarterfinal 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. World No. 28 Verdasco, who beat Murray in four sets in the second round of the US Open in August, was the comfortable winner in China and didn’t

5:59 PM ET Andy Murray has decided to end his season after his revival at the Shenzhen Open was halted in straight sets by Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals on Friday, according to British media reports. Britain’s former world No. 1 had made decent strides with two previous wins this week as he continued to