David Ferrer clairifies the famous story about why his coach locked him in the equipment shed when he was a junior player. “It was only one time,” Ferrer said with a laugh after his five-set victory over Janko Tipsarevic. “He lock me because I didn't want to practice, no? I

Toni Nadal tells Fox Sports Argentina that there is only a small chance his nephew Rafael will be able to play in the ATP World Tour Finals or the Davis Cup final. “We are going to start very light training in another 15 days and when he is totally recovered

On October 21, 2007—13 years ago to this day—David Nalbandian pulled off the first and still only Big 3 sweep, beating Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the same tournament. It all went down at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid (then called the Tennis Masters Series),

They may still rule the majors, winning 17 of the last 18, but the Big 3’s domination of the ATP rankings seems to be easing up a little bit, as a collective anyway. This is the first week in more than four years that only one of the Big 3

In a clever twist to the usual Q&A style, ATP stars sat down for an informal game; “Wrong Answers Only.” Everyone, from Denis Shapovalov, the recent Wimbledon semifinalist, to Grigor Dimitrov were only allowed to answer questions with the “wrong answers.” Simple enough, but the ATP stars came up with

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were placed on opposite halves of the Australian Open bracket in the draw Thursday, meaning the owners of a combined 43 Grand Slam singles titles could only meet in the final at Melbourne Park. Djokovic, a nine-time champion in Australia,

NEW YORK—So much can be done with an extra 30 feet of space, not to mention enough land to place a brand new 8,100-seat stadium. Much of the focus on U.S. Open venues has centered on the new $150 million retractable roof playing like an umbrella over the 23,000-seat Arthur

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP)—Top-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia was the only seeded player to make it to the semifinals of the Tashkent Open, beating Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Thursday. The three other seeded players in the quarterfinals lost. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain defeated third-seeded Yvonne Meusburger

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—New Haven’s professional tennis tournament is becoming a women’s-only event, with Yale University and a couple of major corporations replacing a single title sponsor. The tournament, which had been one of just four sanctioned by both the men’s ATP Tour and the women’s WTA Tour, will be

The combined men's and women's event at New Haven will be a WTA-only tournament starting next year, tournament officials announced on Thursday. Long-time title sponsor Pilot Pen ended its commitment earlier this year, creating the possibility that the tournament would be sold or moved elsewhere. A replacement has not been

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) New Haven's professional tennis tournament is becoming a women's-only event, with Yale and several companies replacing a single title sponsor. The tournament, which had been one of just four sanctioned by both the men's ATP Tour and the women's WTA Tour, will be called the New

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Grigor Dimitrov may have come up agonizingly short of making his first Grand Slam final, but he's looking at the bright side. At 25, he's reached the second major semifinal of his career, and he took Rafael Nadal to five sets — in nearly five hours

Here’s a comment made by the famed poet Robert Frost that might best explain Members Only, a tennis-themed novel published earlier this year: “I’m never more serious than when joking.” Told with a deft touch, Members Only is fast-paced, enjoyable and often quite funny. But don’t confuse wit with lightness.

Karolina Pliskova enters the WTA Finals in Singapore draw as the only player in both the singles and doubles draws. Along with Dominika Cibulkova and Madison Keys, the Czech is a first-timer in Singapore. After years of showcasing her talent everywhere but the majors, the 24-year-old broke through at the

UPDATE: On Friday morning, Roland Garros announced that only 1,000 fans would be able to attend the tournament each day.

Doping, match-fixing, appearance fees straight through the roof: When you think about it, tennis isn’t all that bad today. You should have seen it in the 1980s, when there seemed to be no cure for an even more dangerous disease: the exhibition. At a certain point, Ivan Lendl, world No.

At the ATP Challenger $50,000 in Champaign, Ill., Michael Mmoh hit the deck during a critical break point opportunity against fellow American teenager Stefan Kozlov. He not only recovered almost instantly, but also won the point, and then served out the match. Only an 18-year-old would be able to get

Former No. 1 Martina Hingis will coach Germany's Sabine Lisicki at the Australian Open, but is only doing so as a favor to her friend for this tournament. According to the Hingis camp, Hingis has no plans to continue coaching the Wimbledon finalist after the Australian Open, at this point.

A first Masters title in Rome won’t be in the cards for Roger Federer this spring, nor will a third clay Masters title in Madrid. According to the well-connected Swiss tennis writer Rene Stauffer, the 38-year-old world No. 3 will only play one tournament on clay in 2020: the biggest

WATCH: Novak Djokovic captured his 23rd Grand Slam singles title win a win over Casper Ruud in Paris.