Germany opened their Billie Jean King Cup Play-Offs campaign in Ismaning with a disappointing 2–1 defeat to Turkey on Friday. While Ella Seidel gave the hosts a promising start by winning the opening singles rubber, the momentum shifted as German No. 1 Eva Lys fell in three sets to her

Amanda Anisimova is 24. She has been on tour for nearly a decade. She made two Grand Slam finals in the last five months. She’s ranked No. 4, and has wins over each of the Top 3 this season. She just beat Iga Swiatek to clinch a spot in the

George Loffhagen is quietly carving out a place for himself among the next wave of British tennis stars. The 24-year-old London-born player is currently ranked on a career-high of world No. 200—a testament to a steady resurgence built on maturity, patience, and renewed love for the sport. Breakthrough season This

“There it is!” the play-by-play announcer in Vienna cried. It sounded as if he had been waiting all day to say, or scream, those words. To be more precise, it sounded like he had been waiting for two hours and 25 minutes. That’s how long the final between Jannik Sinner

Named among the most marketable athletes in the world, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are set to take center stage in their first-ever solo exhibition clash. Their generational rivalry has already delivered some of the defining moments of the last two years in Grand Slam finals and ATP Tour battles.

For 20 years, we had stasis at the top of men’s tennis. Since late 2022, it feels as if we’ve been moving in permanent fast forward. The shift began that September. Early in the month, Carlos Alcaraz, then 19, won his first major title at the US Open. Later the

Ivan Lendl was a pioneer back in his mid-1980s heyday, always willing to try new and different ways to maintain his sovereignty. One of his strategies, the Czech Hall-of-Famer revealed to fellow pro Jimmy Arias, was that at break point, his bitter rival John McEnroe served down the middle (T)

Back in the day, embracing the tiebreaker to decide the outcome of sets was a heavy psychological lift for players accustomed to the traditional scoring system. In later times, Electronic Line-Calling Systems presented formidable challenges on a technical level. The introduction of the 25-second shot clock sent a wave of

On a dramatic final day at the Copa Faulcombridge by Marcos Automoción, it was Jan Choinski who rose above the pressure to claim his fourth ATP Challenger title of the season, capping a week of resilience and quality tennis at the Club de Tenis Valencia in Spain. The 29-year-old Briton

🖥️📲The Match in 15 Minutes: Daniil Medvedev def. Alex de Minaur, Shanghai QF “After the US Open, I’m trying to be good,” Daniil Medvedev pleaded with a chair umpire last week in Beijing. Medvedev was referring to his behavior, in particular the rabble-rousing, nearly riot-starting performance he put on in

Jannik Sinner may have failed to deliver on the expectations of many, including his own, in the recent US Open final. But in his post-final press briefing, he delivered a startlingly transparent—and completely unexpected—assessment of his shortcomings. This is something Grand Slam champions simply do not do when relegated to

Carlos Alcaraz’s title run in Tokyo this week wasn’t the most important of his eight tournament wins this season. It wasn’t a major, or a Masters 1000, and, for once, he didn’t have to beat his arch-rival Jannik Sinner to do it. Yet his performance may have been the most

Team Europe was in big trouble in the Laver Cup last year in Berlin, Germany, trailing an on-fire Team World, 8-4. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so the squad turned to its biggest star and asked if he was willing to stand in and play doubles. Carlos Alcaraz agreed,

NEW YORK—Jannik Sinner says it’s time to change things up after falling to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the US Open final on Sunday. It was the third straight Grand Slam final meeting between the two rivals: Alcaraz triumphed at Roland Garros in a five-set thriller, while Sinner got

NEW YORK—The start of the US Open men’s final between world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has been pushed back by 30 minutes, tournament officials announced on Sunday. The match, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET at Arthur Ashe Stadium, will now begin at 2:30

NEW YORK—“My team wants me to suffer on the court, so I get some more minutes,” Novak Djokovic said with a smile after his 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3 third-round win over Cam Norrie on Friday night. Djokovic got his minutes in: 170 of them, which felt like a lot

Naomi Osaka is a bully. Not the kind that takes your lunch money—her power baseline game can take an opponent’s racquet out of her hands. No slices, drop shots or volleys, just booming serves and ground strokes. Hailey Baptiste tried to stand up to Osaka’s assault on Thursday on Louis

At just 18 years old, Max Schoenhaus of Germany has already made a name for himself on the international tennis stage. The Soest-born player, now based in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, is considered one of the most promising prospects of his generation – and someone who clearly sees his future on

NEW YORK—Martin Damm is tall. NBA tall. Players of his size typically have a jackhammer serve, and he’s lefty to boot. The 21-year-old American piles up aces with nasty angles short in the box, or firing missiles down the center line. It’s the type of serve that forces opponents to

NEW YORK—Andrey Rublev isn’t here to judge. After witnessing longtime friend Daniil Medvedev’s dramatic first-round meltdown at the US Open, the Russian offered his support for the 2021 champion. “I'm not the good example that can say something, because the way I behave a lot of times is not a