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Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments
Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."...

Wawrinka downs Lorenzi in 2 sets to advance
ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) -- Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 7-6 (8) Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Topshelf Open on the grass courts of Rosmalen....

Kuznetsova out of Wimbledon with abdominal strain
LONDON (AP) -- Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of Wimbledon because of an abdominal strain....

Top-seeded Raonic upset by Dodig at Eastbourne
EASTBOURNE, England (AP) -- Top-seeded Milos Raonic was upset 6-2, 7-6 (7) by Ivan Dodig in the second round at the Eastbourne grass-court tournament on Wednesday....

Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon
If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way....

Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon, citing back
After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury....

American Steve Johnson gets Wimbledon wild card
LONDON (AP) -- Steve Johnson of the United States joined Frenchman Nicolas Mahut as a wild card at Wimbledon....

Tennis great Gene Mako dies in Calif. at 97
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tennis great Gene Mako, who won four major doubles titles and was ranked in the world top 10 during the 1930s, has died in Southern California. He was 97 years old....