Martina Hingis
Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, reacts after defeating Marketa Vondrousova, of the Czech Republic, in the women's gold medal match of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland

By Andrew Dampf Jul. 31, 2021 12:37 PM EDT

Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, becomes emotional after defeating Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, during the semifinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
'An answer for everything': Djokovic in Olympic medal rounds

By Andrew Dampf Jul. 29, 2021 05:16 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928...

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 - 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

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2017, file photo, WTA Chief Executive Officer Steve Simon smiles during a retirement ceremony for Martina Hingis in Singapore. The heads of the ATP and WTA professional tennis tours tell the AP that they are coordinating with each other as they weigh how to reschedule the sport’s calendar for whenever play can resume after the COVID-19 pandemic.(AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)
ATP Challenger Suzhou, China Men Singles

Apr. 06, 2020 05:06 PM EDT