WATCH: Federer Through The Ages

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

John Newcombe says that fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios must get along better with his fellow players. In August, Kyrgios was widely criticized for an incident in Montreal where he insulted Stan Wawrinka during their match, which may result in a suspension for the 20-year-old. Newcombe recalls getting into battles with

Switzerland's Martina Hingis says that while she was disappointed in losing to both Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska in singles, she was pleased to have helped coach the deciding doubles rubber in last weekend's Fed Cup tie in Poland. The Swiss team of Timea Bacsinszky and Viktorija Golubic beat Agniezska Radwanska

SINGAPORE (AP) Agnieszka Radwanska beat fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday at the WTA Finals to clinch the biggest title of her career. The fifth-seeded Pole's previous best at the season-ending championship was reaching the semifinals in 2012 and 2014. ''Definitely I didn't expect it at all,'' a tearful

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.

ATLANTA (AP) John Isner opened his bid for a fourth straight BB&T Atlanta Open title Wednesday night, overpowering France's Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-0. ''I don't know if I've ever won 10 games in a row, but I'll take it,'' Isner said. The 6-foot-10 former University of Georgia star has reached

Kei Nishikori, who will face Fernando Verdasco on Sunday in Miami, says that this season he wants to win an ATP 1000 title. The No. 4 reached the final of the 2014 US Open and the 2016 finals at Miami and Toronto. Now, he wants to lift the trophy. “I

Rafael Nadal has set a new record for most clay titles among men. He won his 50th event on the surface on Sunday, defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the Monte Carlo final. He had been tied with Guillermo Vilas at 49 titles since his 2016 victory in Barcelona. The record was

Novak Djokovic says his three-set win over Gilles Simon in Monte Carlo on Tuesday could help give him confidence, but he was unhappy with his level of play during the second half of the match. Simon, who took Djokovic to five sets in their previous meeting at the 2016 Australian

Kei Nishikori is the latest top player to pull out of the U.S. Open because of an injury. The agent for the 2014 runner-up and 2016 semifinalist at Flushing Meadows said Wednesday that Nishikori will miss the rest of the season because of a torn tendon in his right wrist.