It’s not often that a code violation can be described as impressive, but you could make the case that Aljaz Bedene earned that adjective for his errant swat of a tennis ball Tuesday at the Western & Southern Open. After losing a point during his round-of-16 match with Daniil Medvedev,

Fifteen years ago, Marat Safin sat on the balcony of the competitors' area at Wimbledon. On this warm summer day, at tennis’ grand cathedral, the man who brought the word “mercurial” to new heights (or depths) pondered a great many topics—what tennis meant to him, why Russia had emerged as

Welcome to Underrated Week! From May 4 through 8, TENNIS.com is focusing on the most overlooked aspects of the sport, from stats to achievements to tactics, and beyond. We're also featuring 10 players because of something they do extremely well, but which isn't their signature quality. It's a series we're

Who are you missing playing tennis with these days? In this week’s Rally, Joel Drucker and Steve Tignor talk about the role that our tennis friends play in our lives, and in keeping us sane. Connect with Steve and Joel on Twitter by using the hashtag #MondayRally. Steve, It’s interesting

Doing nothing is not an option. But for millions of people around the world, this is what they are facing: nothing to do, nowhere to go. They get up every morning and face a void. It is unsustainable. As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, lockdowns, shelters and other methods

Get a grip, they said. So the New York Times did precisely that. Not to be overlooked in the content mix timed to the US Open was a multimedia story published by the Grady Lady, titled "The Evolution of Tennis in Four Grips." As written by Joe Ward and Geoff

To borrow a phrase written about another historical event that took place in Paris, Friday’s match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at Roland Garros was a trip back to the best of times for one player, and the worst of times for the other. The Spaniard and the Swiss

Next week, the most famous names in tennis will gather in Paris, where the 51st edition of the French Open will take place. For 25 lesser-known players, though, the middle of the month was spent 6,000 miles away, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. There they continued another tennis tradition

This week, Reilly Opelka is the No. 4 seed at the ATP 250 tournament in Houston. It's been only three years since the 21-year-old made his ATP main-draw debut on the same red clay in Texas as a lucky loser ranked No. 1,008. "If I look back [at 2016], I'm

As Serena Williams protests what she describes as excessive drug-testing, more scrutiny has emerged of her relationship with anti-doping rules. On Tuesday, via Twitter, Williams called attention to the latest drug test she received from anti-doping authorities. In the 23-time Grand Slam champion's eyes, the focus on her has been

LONDON—Factually, No. 1 Court was the setting for a first-round match between three-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic and American Tennys Sandgren. Truthfully, this was little more than a compensated, publicly screened practice session. In 93 minutes, Djokovic briskly dismissed Sandgren, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. “I thought it was overall quite a

PARIS—“Why,” a fan who had stumbled into the Bullring on Friday might have asked, “is Elina Svitolina seeded No. 4 and Mihaela Buzarnescu seeded 31st?” All the visible evidence would have pointed this fan toward the opposite conclusion. It was the rail-thin Buzarnescu who was hitting the ball harder, flatter,

“Sweet and weird.” That’s how Petra Kvitova described what it felt like to win the Premier Mandatory event in Madrid on Saturday. Most fans and fellow players would agree with the first word she used: Every victory by the friendly and down-to-earth Czech is a popular one inside and outside

The release of confidential athlete records by a Russian hacker group includes data about Serena and Venus Williams, showing use of prohibited substances for which Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) appear to have been obtained. In addition to the Williams sisters, basketball player Elena Delle Donne and gymnast Simone Biles had

GENEVA (AP) — Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hacked from a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted online Tuesday. WADA said the hackers were a "Russian cyber espionage group" called Fancy Bears. They revealed

When Roger Federer was asked to assess his 6-7 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 win over Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday, the first words out of his mouth were, “A lot happened out there.” That’s one way of putting it. Amid everything that happened during its

Why shake it off when you can shave it off? On the heels of her Australian Open ouster (thanks, Aga), Eugenie Bouchard has ditched her trademark long locks in favor of a trendy haircut that features the side of her head shaven.

The BNP Paribas Masters is held at the AccorHotels Arena, also known as the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, which sits on the eastern side of Paris. The city’s more famous tennis venue, Stade Roland Garros, sits on the western side, a little less than an hour’s drive away. This seems

When you think about it, Serena Williams and Peyton Manning have more in common than a shared past endorsement deal with Oreo. As with Peyton and TV commercials, Serena has yet to meet a video-making opportunity she doesn't like. Take these examples, all hailing from the past three weeks: 1.