While tennis tournaments in several countries are being placed in doubt by the coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand is looking to add such events. The country has no locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and has lifted all internal restrictions, which would allow tournaments to have full crowds. That makes it an

TORONTO (AP) — Naomi Osaka of Japan beat another top player in her return from maternity leave, routing ninth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday in the National Bank Open. Osaka, a former No. 1 player, beat a top-20 player player for the fifth time in her return.

NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Forbes won the USTA 18-under singles boys national title to earn a spot in the US Open later this month. If Forbes enrolls as planned for his freshman season this year at Michigan State, he can't cash in on the minimum of $100,000 in prize

Tennis won’t be the only game played at the 2024 US Open: the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center announced Friday that its Chase Center will house a newly-minted Advantage Arena Gaming Zone with 13 playable stations for gamers of all ages. Might Fortnite fan Naomi Osaka or gaming

Two days after winning their team debut, Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios were in an ideal spot to close out the top seeds at the Brisbane International on New Year’s Day. But it all came undone near the finish line when the 24-time major winner double-faulted long. Down late in

There's no better way to celebrate (or in this case, predict?) a big win than with a shopping spree. Before they stormed to the doubles title at the Brisbane International last week, Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider shopped 'til they dropped on Brisbane's iconic James Street. The youngsters, winners of

As wildfires continue to devastate communities across Southern California, Sinclair, Inc., is partnering with The Salvation Army for Sinclair Cares: California Wildfires Relief to provide critical assistance to those affected. The Salvation Army is on the ground delivering essential meals, fresh water, and relief supplies to survivors and first responders

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The crowd was still buzzing about the comeback victory by ``Aussie Kim'' Clijsters, and the fans dressed in canary yellow were now in full voice for another one of their own. Then along came Roger Federer to flatten their hopes. Federer has won four of his record

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Thanks to a bit of advice from her big sister and a bunch of aces from her big serve, Serena Williams is back in the Wimbledon semifinals. With two more victories, Williams will be holding a Grand Slam trophy for the first time in two years. The

It accelerates from zero to 150 in 0.005 seconds, 1000 times faster than a Formula One car, and compresses to half its size at point of impact. If the racquet is a tennis player’s rifle, the ball is his bullet. But is tennis shooting itself in the foot by using

As we go from Indian Wells to Miami, an A-Z of players, events and observations... ATP, on a practice court in Indian Wells, undertakes a daft experiment of putting advertising across the net and then asks Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal what they think as they hit some balls (thumbs

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer. They were sending him letters with good wishes or - believe it or not - tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Rafael Nadal overcame the much-hyped potential future star of Australian tennis in his quest for a fourth consecutive major title. Despite a mostly parochial crowd of 15,000 at Rod Laver Arena, the top-ranked Nadal had a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win over 18-year-old wild card Bernard Tomic in

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price - mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and Venus Williams - shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimbledon, then the other. Undeniably great as she is, even defending champion Serena found it too tough to make a

NEW YORK (AP) They are two different players and, at times, it looks as if they're playing two different games. There's the Serena Williams style, filled with intimidation and huge shots. And there's the way Caroline Wozniacki does it, with great hustle and even better conditioning. Both players made it

Nicole Giusto can still hear Heidi Zepeda talking to her on the doubles court. “She’d tell me, ‘This is war, we’re going to war,” Giusto says of her 3.0 USTA League teammate. “She was fearless and aggressive and hit a hard ball, and she wanted to win.” Cassie Miller, another

WATCH: Match highlights from Belinda Bencic's victory over Ons Jabeur in the 2022 Charleston Open final.

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MY TENNIS LIFE: Tomljanovic did double duty at the 2022 US Open, documenting her run for Netflix and Tennis Channel.