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(AP) -- 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. (MORE)

ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) French Open finalist David Ferrer lost his first-round match Tuesday at the Topshelf Open, a grass-court tournament held the week before Wimbledon. (MORE)

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) American qualifier Jamie Hampton upset top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (2), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round at Eastbourne on Tuesday. (MORE)

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

(AP) -- Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." (MORE)

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. (MORE)

HALLE, Germany (AP) Roger Federer found the perfect place to end his title drought - a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis stadium and a street named Roger-Federer-Allee leading to it. (MORE)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Andy Roddick was handed the large American flag and then just stood there. He wasn't going on a victory lap until his teammates joined him. (Full Story)

BREMEN, Germany (AP) Having already advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals, Spain split its reverse singles Sunday and defeated Germany 4-1. (Full Story)

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) Maria Sharapova entered the Bausch & Lomb Championships with hopes of gaining some experience on clay. (Full Story)