Roger's racket launching rockets

What started as a bit of fun may just have led to a masterstroke.

Confident Cilic eyes Wimbledon charge

LONDON - Marin Cilic said he is primed to make a strong run for the Wimbledon title despite the frustration of dropping the Queen's Club final to Feliciano Lopez.

Kvitova rebounds for first title since knife attack

BIRMINGHAM, England - Petra Kvitova said on Sunday that coming back from a set down to win her first title since suffering a career-threatening injury has given her added confidence ahead of Wimbledon, which starts on July 3.

McEnroe wants to see more fire

NEW YORK - John McEnroe wants more anger in tennis.

Serena 'a different story' on men's tour

Tennis legend John McEnroe says that while he has great respect for Serena Williams as the best player of her gender, the 23-time Grand Slam winner would be the 700th-ranked player on the men's tour.

Hole lot of luck for Spieth

CROMWELL, Connecticut - Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship on Sunday.

Low expects tough Mexican test

SOCHI, Russia - Germany coach Joachim Low is looking forward to facing Mexico in the Confederations Cup semifinals after his experimental side beat 10-man Cameroon 3-1 in Sunday's Group B closer.

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Making a comeback

Award-winning Chinese actress Jiang Wenli, best known for her roles in Chen Kaige's film Farewell My Concubine and in the 2004 TV drama Chinese Divorce, will star in Same Time, Next Year, a Chinese adaptation of the 1975 romantic comedy by Canadian playwright Bernard Slade.

Theater marks anniversary with Bard's comedy

Beijing Comedy Theater will mark its second anniversary on July 16 by performing William Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice from July 11 to 30.

Symphonic poem to be unveiled at joint concert

Chinese composer Ye Xiaogang will premiere his latest symphonic poem, The China Story - Songs From the Steppe, with a joint performance of the Baotou Symphony Orchestra and the China National Symphony Orchestra at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Wednesday.