In Indianapolis to accept an award on November 13, Andy Roddick spoke with clear-eyed bluntness about the sport of tennis: "You spend a few hours trying to kick someone’s [butt], and then some [butt] is kicked." The city he was in has a multi-faceted, even multi-surface history with tennis, one

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Dear ATP doubles players, It was terrific to watch your matches at the Nitto ATP Finals this past week. With all eight teams still having a chance to finish the year ranked No. 1, there was plenty at stake. In the end, as you know, the top spot was clinched

If we didn’t know better, we might be tempted to think that the off-season in tennis is too short. How else can you explain why Roger Federer is in the midst of a lengthy, six-match exhibition tour of South America (it started on Dec. 6 and ends on the 15th)?

By TennisWorld Contributing Editor Andrew Burton

• Picby Pete Bodo* It's an inevitable conversation that takes place the minute they crown the Australian Open champion. Can (fill in the name of the winner) be the first player to complete a calendar year Grand Slam since Rod Laver last did it in 1969 on the men's side,

• 201203291503542298684-p2@stats.comby Pete Bodo* MIAMI—It can’t always be easy being Maria Sharapova. For all of the accolades and rewards she’s earned, she’s too much of a competitor—too much the jock—to be content to sit back and smell the roses. Sharapova is still a focused, ambitious tennis player and, despite having

By Pete Bodo Before we get down to business, let me make one point. There were howls of outrage the other day when I playfully suggested that Roger Federer was trying to bamboozle us when, with a perfectly straight face, he suggested that Nikolay Davydenko was an overlooked threat to

Each day this week, Peter Bodo will review action from the Rogers Cup tournaments in Canada and preview upcoming matches. These "Good Morning Canada" posts will be published around 10 am EST, and we encourage you to discuss the day's play—along with Pete's thoughts—in the comment section below. Yesterday: It

My advice would be to forget about everyone else and be extremely selfish for the next three weeks. … You need to try to get into a little bubble. It can be difficult to manage your energy and your emotions, to concentrate on your practice and not think about anything

[Here is Asad's strikingly original analysis of the Rome final; I addressed the "perspective" issue that Asad handles near the end of his post from a parallel angle in Monday's ESPN column. You know what they say, fried minds think alike - PB] by TW Contributor Asad Raza

Peter Bodo continues his year-end awards—12 in all, for 2012—with the Tournament of the Year. You can see rest of his selections as well as the upcoming awards at the end of this article.

Men’s Champion: Roger Federer It is not a nostalgia-driven pick: Federer has moved fluidly in reaching five finals this year, he's healthy, and should be confident coming off his 14th career grass-court title in Halle. Rafa may be an insurmountable obstacle, but the seven-time champion matches up with anyone else

MELBOURNE—Hyeon Chung continued his incredible run through the Australian Open, at 21 years old becoming the first Korean to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament, courtesy of a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over another Australian Open Cinderella, Tennys Sandgren. This major tournament bills itself as the Grand

Ryan Harrison wanted to talk, judging by the protracted nature of his phrases. And boy, can he ever talk. Our interview, conducted over the phone just hours before his first qualifying match in Acapulco, exceeded 40 minutes. That from merely 11 questions. His first response alone lasted an uninterrupted eight

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It wasn't Maria Sharapova's choice to miss the last Australian Open. That decision was taken out of her hands because of a doping ban following a failed test on her previous visit to Melbourne Park. The five-time major champion said it was her choice to return,

Bag Check: Kevin Anderson

Today is Caroline Wozniacki’s 30th birthday. To honor her special day, we put together a list that looks back at 10 of her best career moments, from the early years to her resurgence to the top. Just a few weeks after her 18th birthday, Wozniacki won her first WTA title

NEW YORK—Emma Navarro sent defending champion Coco Gauff tumbling out of the 2024 US Open, scoring her second straight major victory over the No. 3 seed, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Born in New York City, the No. 13 seed shook off a second-set dip and backed up her Wimbledon win over

As Rafael Nadal prepares to play what may be his final Roland Garros, we look back at the 10 matches that made him the undisputed King of Clay. MATCH 5: 2006 Rome, final: Nadal d. Roger Federer, 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5)

He makes you doubt.