MOSCOW (AP)—Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made a surprise exit from the Kremlin Cup on Monday after the fourth seeded Russian lost 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-0 to Dominika Cibulkova in the first round. Pavlyuchenkova ...

Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic "The Courts of Babylon" ...

It’s amazing how quickly, when you watch a tennis match and your Twitter feed at the same time, the tweets can shift from “Upset Alert!” to “Epic Collapse Alert!” This afternoon the switchover came in ...

NEW HAVEN >> Behind 3-1 and 4-2 in the first set to No. 6 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 2 seed Dominika Cibulkova came back to win the first set 7-5 and held off a late Pavlyuchenkova rally to ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Dominika Cibulkova didn’t speak to her parents back in Slovakia before the biggest tennis match of her life. In fact, she hadn’t spoken to them for nearly two weeks. “We ...

LONDON -- Wimbledon quarterfinalist Dominika Cibulkova told reporters Monday that she will be forced to postpone her July 9 wedding if she wins her next match. The No. 18 seed said she scheduled the ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova used her powerful groundstrokes to defeat No. 1 seed Marion Bartoli 6-1, 7-5 and win the Mercury Insurance Open title Sunday. Cibulkova won her ...

Dominika Cibulkova, a 27-year-old tennis player from Slovakia who made it to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon before being knocked out on Tuesday, has an extremely bizarre talent. She can smell a tennis ...

Dominika Cibulkova shocked world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka with a straight-set dismissal from the French Open on Sunday. (Getty Images) Some assorted thoughts on an eventful day at the French Open ...

Dominika Cibulkova was the biggest surprise of the 2014 Australian Open. The Slovakian tennis player defeated Maria Sharapova and Agi Radwanska to reach her first grand slam final, where she faced a ...