With the Asian swing complete, and just one more trip back to Europe on most players’ calendars, the 2019 season is making its final turn and heading for home. Tournament-wise, this is a modest week; there are five events across both tours, but there are no Masters 1000s on the

In 2020, Roger Federer will try to win a record-extending 21st Grand Slam singles title and ninth Wimbledon. He'll also try to win one of the only tennis prizes lacking from his otherwise peerless résumé: an Olympic gold medal in singles. On Monday, after an exhibition match with John Isner

The world No. 6 Alexander Zverev had been having a subpar season but has been on a roll since playing alongside Roger Federer and other players at Laver Cup, following it up by reaching the semifinals of Beijing and the final of Shanghai in back-to-back weeks. Zverev was 34-19 before

“Everybody’s talking about how they need new guys, something new, so I gave them something new: I don’t celebrate my wins,” Daniil Medvedev said after his latest big victory, over Alexander Zverev in the Shanghai Rolex Masters final on Sunday. “I just stay calm, I do my job, and bam,

SHANGHAI (AP) — Daniil Medvedev extended the form that made him the hottest player in men's tennis when he captured the Shanghai Masters title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev on Sunday. The third-seeded Medvedev picked up his third title in six consecutive finals played since the tour

It was every Generation Z’s worst nightmare. On Wednesday morning, at 12 A.M. on the dot, utilities company PG&E shut off power to nearly 800,000 customers in the Bay Area, the largest preventative blackout in California history. Fairfield, Calif., home of the Northbay Healthcare Men's Pro Championship was among the

Surely, Alexander Zverev wasn’t going to let Andrey Rublev back into this one. Zverev led his old friend from juniors 6-0, 3-0. The German had hit with pace and depth, served his way out of a couple of jams, and controlled the rallies by standing closer to the baseline than

There are generations within the ATP’s Next Generation, and two of them will meet in the final of the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Alexander Zverev is Next Gen 2017-2018. Over the course of those two years, he won three Masters 1000 events and reached the final of a fourth;

For the first time since 1999 in Hamburg, two 24-and-under competitors will battle for a Masters 1000 title. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev are set to face each other on Sunday for the Shanghai crown. Although double faulting to start the match, Zverev quickly held to begin his semifinal against

At the 2018 US Open, Naomi Osaka's father Leonard Francois was walking around Arthur Ashe Stadium instead of watching his daughter defeat Serena Williams in the final. Osaka has previously stated that her father works up too much stress and anxiety to watch her play. Although Francois was always a

After all these years of waiting for a changing of the guard at the top of men’s tennis, did it happen while we were asleep? That’s probably overstating the case. But there was a shake-up in Shanghai on Friday, one that could—possibly, perhaps, maybe—have lasting repercussions for the future of

Maria Sharapova will not play the WTA event in Luxembourg next week, having already withdrawn from this week's event at Linz with an ongoing shoulder injury. That wraps up a stop-and-start season for the Russian, who had a small procedure on her shoulder following the Australian Open and re-injured it

Great Britain’s Jack Draper scored the biggest victory of his young career Wednesday night in Farfield, CA, defeating Jack Sock 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 at the Northbay Healthcare Men’s Pro Championship. But don’t expect the young Brit to get too pumped up. Draper is not your average kid. In addition

The French Open champion Ashleigh Barty made her way to Cairns, Queensland following her Beijing final against Naomi Osaka. The world No. 1 was defeated by the Japanese in three-sets, but Barty bounced back immediately to surprise 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tennis players. Barty is apart of a

It wasn’t an easy win but Roger Federer is through to the Rolex Shanghai Masters quarterfinals, his 87th ATP Masters 1000 final eight appearance. On Thursday in Shanghai, Federer improved his lead against David Goffin to 10-1 after a hard-earned 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over the Belgian. "I never really

Dr. Phillippe Douyon has a theory as to why Serena Williams seems so superhuman. The 37-year-old can win 23 Grand Slams, run successful businesses, pick up college degrees, launch a fashion line and speak multiple languages. "It is my opinion that Serena’s ability to do all of that while becoming

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Here’s Andy Murray saying “Shut up” - Happy meme-ing! pic.twitter.com/i72GxVsgKK — Joe Hackman (@joethehack) October 8, 2019 ` The hot-headed Murray is back. Embroiled in a heated exchange with Fabio Fognini during the second round of the Shanghai Masters, the Scot raged at the umpire in between

"The business side has been something that I’ve been really educated in. I didn’t go to college, so for me it’s been a real learning curve and a real wonderful one to understand how the world of tennis actually operates. It's made me a better person in general."