Tennis

LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz's buildup took a hit when he lost in the second round of Queen's Club on Thursday. Alcaraz, the defending Queen's champion and top seed, lost to Jack Draper 7-6 (3), 6-3. For Draper, the British No.

TORONTO — Mo Zhang and Eugene Wang will lead an experienced Canadian table tennis team at this summer's Paris Olympics.

Coco Gauff will lead the U.S. tennis team at the Paris Olympics three years after missing the Tokyo Games because she tested positive for COVID-19. The 20-year-old Gauff, ranked No. 2, will be joined by No.

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Zhang Zhizhen recorded his third career victory over a top-10 opponent when he upset third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) at the grass-court Halle Open on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Zhang , who is ranked No.

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray retired from his second-round match at Queen’s Club because of a back injury on Wednesday, raising doubts about what is expected to be his final Wimbledon appearance.

LONDON — Canada's Milos Raonic lost to fourth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-4 in second-round action Wednesday at the Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament. The 33-year-old from Thornhill, Ont.

BIRMINGHAM — Canada's Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

BERLIN (AP) — Former top-ranked player Victoria Azarenka reached the quarterfinals of the grass-court Berlin tournament with a 6-3, 6-3 win over qualifier Zeynep Sonmez on Wednesday before rain wreaked havoc with the schedule.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Former Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber and Emma Raducanu have all been awarded wild cards for Wimbledon. The grass-court tournament starts on July 1.

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz began his grass-court season by beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-1, 7-5 in his opener at Queen's Club on Tuesday, and Andy Murray was victorious in his 1,000th tour-level match.