Good afternoon. This is today's thread for discussing ongoing tennis, whether it's Marin Cilic's defeat of Paul-Henri Mathieu in Gstaad, or Marat Safin's loss in three sets at the hands of Potito Starace in Bastad. Studying the draws for the four ATP tournaments taking place this week, all squashed into

90197582 Howdy. I'll have a post from special guest Andrew Friedman a little later today, as I'll be getting out to the USTABJKNTC a little later than usual today. In addition to watching India's finest yesterday, I did catch some of Roger Federer's beatdown of promising American rookie Devin Britton.

There aren’t many things that could make us revisit the Davis Cup massacre at Carson, but Andre Agassi’s final word on the debacle is one of them. He got together with his teammates here at Indian Wells, some of whom professed relief at being back on a surface that plays

By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Something else we'll need to bid adieu to? The 2009 ATP season, which has ostensibly come to a close. (Yes, I recognize we still have Davis Cup. But for most, the season ends once the year-ending championship is decided.) Thus, as promised about a

83490310 Mornin'. I don't know how it is where you are at this moment, but here at the farm in game-rich Andes it's a regular Rocky Mountain morning - the air is so sharp and cool you'd think it was distilled from an icy, clear mountain brook. And it's bright,

John Isner says he is questionable for the Australian Open, as a bone bruise on his right knee is not healing quickly enough. Doctors have told him that the injury needs more than 3-4 days of rest to heal, and that it could get worse if he plays on it.

Continuing his recovery from surgeries, Bernard Tomic is hoping to return at the Monte Carlo Masters in April. The 22-year-old Australian underwent two hip surgeries after the Australian Open. Tomic's doctors believe he should move more freely than he did during his Australian Open first-round loss to Rafael Nadal when

It turns out that even a 20-time Grand Slam champion has to follow the rules. Roger Federer was caught without his credential outside of the locker room at the Australian Open and the security guard didn't let him pass. The exchange was caught on hallway cameras, and show Federer having

Another of those random "awareness" days, Love Your Pet Day, and the Brasil Open itself are both recently in the rear-view mirror, but that doesn't detract from the ongoing presence of pups on the pro tennis tours.

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Djok Good morning all. This year's first balls will be struck at Wimbledon just after noon local time (7 a.m. EST) on Court Two and all of the outside courts, while matches on Centre Court and Court One commence an hour later. Here's today's Order of Play. You'll have a

So, is it time to start thinking about the newest member of the Career Grand Slam club? I'm talking of course about Maria Sharapova, who's kept up the level she hit in Rome thus far at Roland Garros. And who is there out there with the game and, more important,

As poorly as Fernando Verdasco played throughout the first four sets of today's match with Janko Tipsarevic, I always felt that if he could extend the match far enough, his strokes would find their marks and get him through. Why? Verdasco was missing from advantageous positions, getting good looks at

Issac Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And so, after a pair of semifinals that extruded every bit of energy from its participants, it wasn't a shock that today's final was a letdown. Not that it mattered to Robin

Novak Djokovic tried to distance himself from his father Srdjan’s negative comments about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. "Federer is perhaps still the best tennis player in history, but as a man he's the opposite," Srdjan told the newspaper Kurir recently. "He attacked Novak at the Davis Cup in Geneva

LONDON—Rafael Nadal once again comes out in favor of switching surfaces at the ATP World Tour Finals. Nadal, who has won Grand Slam and Masters Series tournaments on every major surface, has said that the current choice, fast indoor hard courts, does not suit his game. Nadal has never won

U.S. Fed Cup captain Mary Joe Fernandez selects Christina McHale and Madison Keys to be her starting singles players for this weekend's first-round tie against Italy in Cleveland. World No. 62 McHale will open against Italy’s Karin Knapp, and Keys will follow against Italy’s Camila Giorgi. Both teams are young

Sara Tomic, the teenage sister of Bernard, says she tends to "get a lot of hatred" because of her brother. "They get the wrong image of him," said Sara Tomic, also a tennis player. "Everyone thinks my brother’s a tool—he’s actually a good guy. It really frustrates me a lot."

Nicole Vaidisova has described the first match of her comeback as an initial step, saying it will take a while for her to return to a tour level. The 25-year-old Czech defeated another former prodigy, Sesil Karatantcheva, at Albuquerque’s $75,000 ITF pro circuit event. Vaidisova held in nine of her

Former Top 10 player James Blake, who played his friend and former No. 1 Andy Roddick in an exhibition in New Haven, gave his thoughts on Nick Kyrgios’ comments toward Stan Wawrinka. The 20-year-old Australian's derogatory remarks were picked up by on-court microphones during their match in Montreal. “He clearly