Kevin Anderson (tennis)

On a long day of tennis in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, fifth-seeded former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was among the casualties in matches that finished during daylight hours. She lost in a three-set battle, 4-6, 6-4,...

(Reuters) - Defending champion Rafa Nadal recovered from losing the opening five games against Ernests Gulbis to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Thursday. The Spaniard, looking for his seventh Rome title, was shaken by a...

(Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams inflicted swift revenge on behalf of her older sister when she beat Britain's Laura Robson 6-2 6-2 in the Rome Masters on Tuesday. Venus Williams was despatched in straight sets by Robson in Monday's first...

MADRID (Reuters) - Roger Federer's hopes of claiming a second straight Madrid Open title were dashed when the world number two suffered a surprise 6-4 1-6 6-2 third-round defeat to Japanese young gun Kei Nishikori on Thursday. Playing his first...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Soccer--Mexican Primera Division, Chiapas at Puebla, 11:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, San Jose at Portland,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Major League Baseball--Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs or Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); New York Mets at Minnesota Twins, 3 p.m. (FXSP) PGA Golf--Masters...

Andrew Miller scored 6 minutes 59 seconds into overtime to lift Yale to a 3-2 victory over Massachusetts Lowell in the NCAA men's hockey semifinals at Pittsburgh. The senior captain raced around a pair of River Hawks defenders, then slipped a backhand...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Southampton at Reading, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) High School Basketball--National Invitational girls’ championship, 10 a.m. (ESPN2), National...

Rafael Nadal wore a bright aqua shirt and a scowl as he came onto Stadium 1 Court at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night to play his first hard-court tennis match in 346 days. Nadal has avoided hard surfaces as he has tried to rest his left knee...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Manchester United, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m. (CBS); Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Butler at Virginia Commonwealth, 11 a.m....

|TV SPORTS| Men’s College Basketball--Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Memphis at Xavier, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Auburn at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Florida at Tennessee, 8 p.m. (ESPN); Wake Forest at Florida State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU); Nebraska at...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 1 p.m. (ESPN2), 8 and 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Tour Down Under, Stage 1, same-day tape, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Iowa at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network);...