For the most part, tennis is an individual sport. If Frank Dancevic had it his way, things would be different. DancevicFrom breaking into the top 100 and reaching two ATP World Tour singles finals, Dancevic has found success as a professional. Looking at the big picture, one could say Dancevic’s

Just a few days before she won the Charleston title, Madison Keys was honored with the Player Who Makes a Difference Award for her work with Fearlessly Girl. The award came with a $10,000 donation to Keys' anti-bullying cause of helping young women and girls learn to be nicer to

LONDON (AP) John McEnroe will have a slightly different role when he takes his place in the ESPN booth for Sunday's Wimbledon final. Instead of being his usual outspoken, unbiased self calling the shots for TV on Centre Court, the American tennis great will be acting as a third wheel

Jelena Jankovic opned up about her different personalities: Her fun-loving side off the court, and her more serious and driven side on the court. “It’s like as soon as I step off the court I’m like really goofy and I just like to laugh and talk,” she told reporters in

NEW YORK—The partial roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium has changed playing conditions significantly, according to Roger Federer and Andy Murray. The structure, which will eventually provide the court with a retractable roof, reduces the traditionally windy conditions and increases the sound from the stands, suggested Federer. “I don't know if

Voting for the 2019 ESPYS is now open, and WTA No. 1 Naomi Osaka is leading the way among tennis players, with nominations in three different categories. Most notably, Osaka is up for Best Breakthrough Athlete, in recognition of her back-to-back Grand Slam titles, at the US Open and Australian

The new tennis season is just seven days away, and we're counting down to first serve with 10 burning questions. Fourth: The WTA landscape is as crowded and competitive as ever; in 2017, five different players held the No. 1 ranking. Who will finish the season as the tour's No.

I read a recent post about the release of new racquets that have 18x20 string patterns. It said that the big differences between these racquets and previously released identical ones with 16x19 string patterns are better command and a lower ball flight. In general, what are the primary contrasts between

PARIS (AP) After a bruising start, this ultimately morphed into a points-scoring week for women's tennis. Quick recap: Novak Djokovic put both feet in his mouth by suggesting that male players should be paid more, and by condescendingly praising women athletes for overcoming ''a lot of different things that we

NEW YORK(AP) Melanie Oudin came to New York with a bag of rackets slung across her shoulder and a few modest goals. She'll leave with a different kind of life. Her run at the U.S. Open ended Wednesday, but not before the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., spun both a quintessentially

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—When you're famous, they cheer differently for you. Stan Wawrinka, the world’s newest Grand Slam champion, rifled a forehand winner early in his fourth-round match against Kevin Anderson today and the fans went, “Oooh,” and “Ummm hmmm," as if this was what they expected to see from him.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic appear to have different views on whether the ATP Cup is good warm-up for a Grand Slam, but both agree that there should be just a single national team competition in the sport. The inaugural ATP Cup featured long matches in both singles and doubles,

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She may be in love with tacos, but Serena Williams has been not-quite-immortalized in a different food. Artist Harley Langberg of the appropriately named Harley's Food Art recently created a portrait of singer John Legend with ground coffee. Other food-art image creations in recent months have included the likes of

Caroline Wozniacki and Marion Bartoli are both battling for the WTA Doha title this week. While they're geographically together, they are in far different places professionally, personally, and relationally. Woz has boyfriend Rory McIlroy, soon to move in to new Florida digs near Venus and Serena Williams. She defeated Mona

Tennis is not only the fastest moving sport, it’s also the one that moves most effectively on multiple fronts. This is something that critics who grumble about the lack of an off-season sometimes forget. You take a week’s vacation, far from newspapers and electronic devices (as I just did, sojourning

Roger Federer made a plea for women’s tennis equality on Wednesday, calling for the merger of the two gender-specific governing bodies that oversee the sport’s professional tours. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who is recovering from knee surgery while sports around the world have been shut down because of the

The All England Club has begun plans for a "very different" Wimbledon, having had to cancel the Grand Slam event in 2020 as a consequence of COVID-19 and government restrictions. The AEC has sent a notification to local government and resident groups telling them about various possibilities, according to the