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Tennis great Billie Jean King, who grew up in Long Beach, will preside over the 136th Rose Parade as grand marshal next year, the 5-mile route through the streets of Pasadena on Jan. 1 that will run under the theme "Best Day Ever!"

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Japan Open due to a back injury that forced her retirement from the China Open last week, organizers said Monday.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner overcame a one-set deficit to rally to a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win against Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Shanghai Masters.

Since joining the professional tennis circuit in 2018, Coco Gauff's career has taken off. Check out her top titles now.

Coco Gauff won her second title this season with a lopsided 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open.

Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner showed no signs of fatigue from their China Open final this week as they advanced in Shanghai with comfortable straight-set victories in their opening matches.

Coco Gauff rallied from a set down for the third consecutive match as she beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final of the China Open.

The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are changing their formats next year.

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner is "very confident" that he will avoid a doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is separating from her coach Tomasz Wiktorowski. During the three years she worked with him, the Polish player won four of her five Grand Slam titles and rose to the top of the women's rankings.