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Fresh off her big title in Miami, reigning champion Serena Williams was an easy second-round winner Tuesday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.

Reigning champion Timea Babos and sixth- seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium each won their first-round matches at the $235,000 Monterrey Open on Monday.

Eleventh seed Sorana Cirstea was among Monday's opening-round winners at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.

As the highest-ranked American in men's tennis, Sam Querrey watches all of the recent success by players in their 30s and likes what he sees.

The United States is expecting a difficult challenge this week when it battles a Novak Djokovic-led Serbian squad in a Davis Cup quarterfinal showdown in Boise.

CBS cut away from the dramatic conclusion of the Sony Open men's final on Sunday, switching to the tipoff of the NCAA tournament game between Michigan and Florida.

As a dramatic men's final at the Sony Open neared its conclusion in a winner-take-all tiebreaker, Andy Murray waged a 28-shot exchange with David Ferrer, who was left so exhausted by the rally he crumpled to the court.

Andy Murray fought back from match point down to beat David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) in Sunday's final at the Sony Open.

A different opponent produced a similar result for Maria Sharapova in Saturday's Sony Open final.

Even from the cheap seats, the ones with a lovely view of the Miami skyline, a thud reverberated when Andy Murray angrily whacked his tennis bag with his racket.

Serena Williams danced to the crowd's roar, spinning and grinning, hopping and waving, then spinning some more.

Serena Williams wasted little time joining Maria Sharapova in the Sony Open final.

Maria Sharapova keeps drawing a different opponent in the Key Biscayne final, and has yet to find one she can beat.

Four-time runner-up Maria Sharapova secured a semifinal berth at the $4.195 million Sony Open tennis event.

Four-time runner-up Maria Sharapova advanced to another Key Biscayne final by beating Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday at the Sony Open.

Sony Open officials unveiled plans Wednesday for a $50 million project to improve the tournament site, with work scheduled to begin after next year's event.

Following a comeback attempt at the Sony Open in Key Biscayne last week, Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak has been forced back to the sidelines.

Rio de Janeiro will host a combined ATP and WTA event that will be the biggest tennis tournament in South America.

Moments before the match, Tommy Haas sat in his changeover chair jiggling his legs, eager to face the world's No. 1-ranked player and old enough to know such chances don't often come along.

Five-time champion Serena Williams secured a semifinal berth at the $4.195 million Sony Open tennis event on Tuesday.

For the final few games, the fellow frustrating Novak Djokovic from across the net wore a lavender shirt, a red sweatband, black shoes with lime trim and a blue cap.

When the United States faces visiting Serbia in a Davis Cup quarterfinal next week, Sam Querrey and John Isner will play singles for the hosts in the best-of-five affair, from April 5-7.

As expected, Sam Querrey, John Isner and the Bryan brothers are on the U.S. roster for the Davis Cup quarterfinal against Serbia and top-ranked Novak Djokovic.

Radek Stepanek has recovered from neck surgery and is expected to play doubles for defending champion Czech Republic in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Kazakhstan.

Former champion and last year's runner- up Andy Murray posted a third-round victory Monday at the Sony Open.

Serena Williams' match was more than an hour old Monday before she began providing a soundtrack for her comeback.

Top seed Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a third straight Sony Open championship with a third-round victory over India's Somdev Devvarman.