By the time this season’s over, you might have trouble remembering what happened back in February. It’s the only month, other than December, that doesn’t include a Grand Slam, an ATP Masters 1000 or a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament. What February does include is a lot of tennis. With no

We know what this quarterfinal—the quarterfinal—means to Novak Djokovic. At what seems like the peak of his powers, he has a chance to remove the biggest reason he won’t win his first French Open and complete the career Grand Slam. The world No. 1’s form has been imperious in 2015,

Our What's Next? series looks at every player who finished in the ATP or WTA Top 10 this season, and considers their future in three different ways.

“You know what I would like to see as a tennis fan? To me, all the guys are really great tennis players. It’s a one-way game now, a power game. But what would it hurt to look up at those fans, to bring them down onto the court with you,

This weekend, Serena Williams confirmed what many in tennis had suspected for the last month: She won’t be playing the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore, which begin this coming weekend. What gave it away? The reasons were almost too numerous to count. She had been hampered by a shoulder problem

Tennis is famous for its “If–.” Two lines from Rudyard Kipling’s poem of that name greet every player who walks on to Centre Court at the All England Club. You know the words, the ones about triumph and disaster. A few years ago, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were filmed

Picby Pete Bodo While I've been focusing on pearls of wisdom dropped from the lips of the winners, I'm happy to make an exception when it's warranted. You saw that defending champion Li Na bit the dust the other day. She was in no mood to analyze her utter collapse

Victoria Azarenka sat down in Tennis Channel's Confessional Cart to answer what she loves most about playing the sport. She also revealed that many people liken her to Blake Lively, and that she listens to just about every music genre.

Picby Pete Bodo We've been focusing on the pearls of wisdom dropping from the lips of players who won their early-round matches, timed so you have the pleasure of reading their words on the day they play again. But let's start today with one of the better cut-to-the-chase reactions of

After she lost 6-0, 6-0 to Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of Sydney, a tearful Dominika Cibulkova recounts how she lost control of the match. “When I lost that 1-0 again in the second set, I just completely kind of break down and stop thinking about what I have to

Picby Pete Bodo The last time Sloane Stephens made some serious noise at a tournament, she told the press she was hoping to get a car. After her win yesterday over Mathilde Johansson, she admitted that the car thing never happened. She mentioned gas prices as part of the reason,

NEW YORK (AP) When the U.S. Open decided to give 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro a wild-card invitation this year, it rankled American player Steve Johnson. What if, Johnson wondered aloud, del Potro was to wind up beating someone from the United States in the first round of the

Picby Pete Bodo In keeping with our desire to leave no stone unturned in our coverage of the French Open, I'm going to parse and comment on the post-match press conferences that have become an everyday part of life for ATP and WTA players. While post-match thoughts and remarks are

Picby Pete Bodo One of the more intriguing subplots at this year's French Open involves Olympic qualification, with the 56 direct entrants selected based on the computer rankings following the end of the tournament. It's a particularly pressing issue in the United States, which has a logjam of potential candidates.

NEW YORK (AP) From his nosebleed seats just under the closed, retractable roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Dave Harris had to raise his voice to be heard. It's not exactly what he expected from his first trip to the U.S Open. A constant, low-grade noise between a buzzing hive and

Picby Pete Bodo Given that tennis players are by nature and need a self-absorbed lot, each one going his own way and keeping his or her own counsel, it's been heartwarming to see the way so many of the pros, including Novak Djokovic, had kind words for Brian Baker, and

Our What's Next? series looks at every player who finished in the ATP or WTA Top 10 this season, and considers their future in three different ways. More What's Next? - ATP No. 10, Richard Gasquet - WTA No. 10, Caroline Wozniacki - ATP No. 9, Janko Tipsarevic - WTA

February marches on, to the beat of its own understated, underrated drum. While this weekend’s tournaments weren’t among the most significant on the season’s calendar, the victories were. Two of the game’s most popular players, Roger Federer and Petra Kvitova, made long-awaited returns—Federer’s win in Rotterdam took him back to

Were the women in Wuhan or Beijing this weekend? It was hard to tell on Saturday, as Caroline Garcia and Ash Barty were playing a final in one city, at the same time that Maria Sharapova and Anastasija Sevastova were duking it out in a first-round match in the other.

What is mental efficiency? Mental efficiency is the ability to use your thoughts and emotions to be the best in what you do. In the sport of tennis, mental efficiency involves coordination of how you think, feel, and act as you play tennis and as you take part in all