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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of...

FILE - Peng Shuai of China celebrates after winning the women's singles match against Venus Williams of the United States in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusation of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases involving political dissidents, entertainers, business leaders and others who have run afoul of the authorities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Tennis trailblazer: Peng known for her grit on the court

By Andrew Dampf Nov. 19, 2021 07:46 AM EST

Team Europe's Andrey Rublev, left, and Alexander Zverev hold the Laver Cup aloft after they defeated Team World for tennis' Laver Cup, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. Looking on, at right, is tennis great Rod Laver, and at far right, Team World captain John McEnroe. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Exhibition Laver Cup Men Singles

Sep. 26, 2021 05:32 PM EDT

Team Europe's captain Bjorn Borg, left, chats with Team World's captain John McEnroe prior to Laver Cup tennis competition, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
After loss, McEnroe says Laver Cup should get more respect

Sep. 26, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the winners trophy after he defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the men's singles final on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Wimbledon Men Singles

Jul. 11, 2021 02:14 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:31 PM EDT
July 2 1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million...

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in three sets, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, in this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, file photo. The AP has put together a quiz for you to test your knowledge before the clay-court major championship begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
FRENCH OPEN 2021: AP's tennis quiz is no Slam dunk

By Howard Fendrich May. 25, 2021 11:55 AM EDT

France's Ugo Humbert waits as a video replay is shown behind him during his second round match against Australia's Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Eliminating all line judges and removing the human element from officiating at the Australian Open might have been a necessary step to reduce the number of people on court amid a pandemic. It also might be good for the integrity of the game, because getting every call right matters so much to players and fans. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Analysis: Tennis needs correct calls -- and histrionics, too

By Howard Fendrich Feb. 11, 2021 11:22 AM EST

FILE - In this July 5, 1980, file photo, Sweden's Bjorn Borg falls to his knees in front of the scoreboard on the Centre Court at Wimbledon after beating American John McEnroe, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 8-6, to take the men's singles final for the fifth year in a row. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)
AP Was There: McEnroe wins tiebreaker, Borg wins Wimbledon

By The Associated Press Jul. 12, 2020 04:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 6, 2017, file photo, Switzerland's Roger Federer kisses the trophy after defeating Croatia's Marin Cilic to win the men's singles final match on day thirteen at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
AP PHOTOS: No Wimbledon champs in 2020, but plenty in past

By The Associated Press Jul. 05, 2020 04:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 5, 1989, file photo, Michael Chang falls to the ground crying after he defeated top-seeded Ivan Lendl at the French Open tennis championships in Paris. Chang, 17, toppled the top-seeded Lendl 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
Memorable French Open matches: Nadal-Soderling, Serena-Venus

By Howard Fendrich Jun. 04, 2020 12:07 PM EDT