After beating Roger Federer to win the Brisbane International title, former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt believes he can do some damage at next week's Australian Open. Hewitt, who won he first title since 2010, last reached the Australian Open final in 2005. He will be unseeded. “A lot [of my

How well do you know the U.S. Open? How well do you know tennis? Try this AP quiz about the tournament that begins Monday in New York: Last year's U.S. Open was the last tournament of Serena Williams' playing career. Soon after, Roger Federer announced his retirement. This U.S. Open

How well do you know Wimbledon? Give this quiz a try: Qualifying: When were the first men's tournament and first women's tournament at the event known in Britain simply as The Championships? a.) Both 1875. b.) Men 1877, Women 1884. c.) Men 1901, Women 1904. d.) Both 1921. 1st Round:

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Ash Barty signaled the end of the photo opportunities at her retirement news conference in her typically low-fuss, matter-of-fact style: "Righto, that'll do." A day after revealing in a video posted on social media that she was quitting the women's tennis tour after spending the last

ROME (AP) — Martina Navratilova is doing "OK" after being diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. "I've gone through a very difficult year but now I'm OK," the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said at the Italian Open on Sunday

How well do you know Wimbledon, the Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Monday on the grass courts of the All England Club? Give this AP quiz a try: Under Article III, Section E, of the 2023 Grand Slam Rule Book, how much can a player be fined for each

Can you do the upside-down smile emoji? (YouTube/WTA) The WTA has created a second Emoji Challenge video, with the top stars of the women's tour doing their best impressions of the expressive texting icons:

You have one hour in Paris, what do you do? The stars of Roland Garros were asked exactly that and their answers heavily leaned towards coffee, shopping and a quick sprint to see the Eiffel Tower. "Probably spend it at a coffee shop," Roger Federer said.

Hyung-Taik Lee , the pride of Hoingsung, a potato-farming village in the South Korean province of Kang Won Do, is on a roll again. This happens perioidically - like once every six years. You may remember Lee from 2000, when he vaulted from the Bronx Challenger, which is kind of

With attendance limited, tennis commentators are more essential than ever. But how much do you know about the people speaking through your screens, and how they do their jobs? Commentators are our guides to the game, the soundtracks to our tennis-viewing lives. Their voices fill our ears every day. So

Now that's one way to do an interview. Germany's Julia Goerges hopped on a carousel to do some press for the Nurnberg Cup while moving backwards. The world No. 53 reached the semifinals of the clay-court event earlier this year. Goerges revisited some childhood memories at the Christmas Market (or

"That’s what champions do": Of all the clichés associated with tennis, this one might be the most painful on the ears. Sometimes I feel like I will, literally, weep with gratitude when a commentator doesn't say these words after a great player makes a clutch shot. So I was happy

Mary Carillo will no longer be doing commentary for ESPN, which does the bulk of Grand Slam broadcasting in the United States. "She asked out of the last year of her deal, and we agreed to it," an ESPN executive told USA Today. Carillo also commentates for NBC and CBS.

“The simple thing for me is the weather,” Ash Barty said a few days ago. “You know, it’s blue skies, sun’s shining. We’re getting to play a sport that we love and we’re getting to do what we love. “You’ve got to do it with a smile on your face,

TOKYO (AP) — There he is doing the splits with

We’re all entitled to vent a little bit now and then, and there’s always something sufficiently irritating to get our noses out of joint—especially if we (unwisely) focus on or obsess about the behavior, thing, or person instead of merely pretending it doesn’t exist. So let’s do just that, shall

OK, everybody, what do you say we all pause from our preoccupations with Andy’s stinko backhand, Good Girl Kim’s champagne giveaway, Rusty and Bec’s battle with the Aussie tabs, the Aussie tennis establishment, Australian Open tournament direc . . . well, with everyone, it sometimes seems-let’s drop it all and

Andrea Petkovic said trying to maintain some semblance of a normal life has made her a more well-rounded person. The colorful 23-year-old has become a Twitter and YouTube sensation. "I have experienced the things that 16, 17 and 18-year-olds do. I don't feel the urge to do these types of

How well do you know the U.S. Open tennis tournament? Give this quiz a try: 1st Round: How much money did Arthur Ashe collect when he won the 1968 U.S. Open, the first in the Open era, when professional players were allowed to enter? a.) $100,000. b.) $14,000. c.) $6,000.