PARIS (AP) — His French Open title defense nearing an end, Novak Djokovic stumbled and tumbled to his knees on the red clay, his racket flying from his right hand as his opponent's backhand zipped past. Even Djokovic found it hard to fathom how far he's fallen, only a year

LONDON—Compared to taxi drivers in New York, London cabbies know their tennis. On the way from Heathrow to SW19 on Saturday, my driver asked me why I had made the trip from the States. “To see Wimbledon,” I said. “Ah,” he answered. After a pause, he added, “Well, it starts

A few seconds after David Ferrer won the title in Valencia on Sunday, two odd things happened. First, as Ferrer began to jog off the court to find someone in the stands, the arena’s DJ cued up...“Call Me Maybe.” Was he worried that Ferru was never coming back to the

NEW YORK—After the first set of Friday night’s semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro, ESPN’s Pam Shriver did a short sideline interview with Rafa’s uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, who is retiring after this season. Del Potro had won the first set 6-4, and to that point

“I hope that there will be something to see with me next year,” Roger Federer told reporters earlier this month at the Switzerland Sport Awards. “If not, then that’s an unbelievable end point.” “End point”: They were just two short words, but they were enough to send a shock wave

Let’s try this again. Last week in Madrid, Serena Williams played Maria Sharapova in the final. This is the matchup that many in tennis would love to be able to call a rivalry, but Serena stubbornly refuses to let it happen. And she refused yet again at the Caja Magica,

Because of the result, we can say that the big Czech's caution to the wind approach was the right way to go, the smart, proactive play. After all, “be aggressive” is the default strategic position recommended to all professional tennis players, no matter what the circumstances. But if Berdych had

HIGHLIGHTS: Maria Sharapova kicks off the WTA season with a victory

In the first set of his match against Dominic Thiem on Tuesday, Gael Monfils appeared to be on the verge of tanking. He hit floating slices for no reason, rushed the net heedlessly, stopped moving in the middle of points and flexed his knee as if it were bothering him.

Tennis Channel Live breaks down the main draw in Paris:

PARIS (AP)—Rafael Nadal is still the “King of Clay” at the French Open, and he will be for at least another couple of days after beating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 Friday to reach his sixth final in seven years at Roland Garros. The top-ranked Spaniard wasn’t perfect against Murray,

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—No one has ever beaten Caroline Wozniacki in New Haven, and Hurricane Irene couldn’t do it either. The world’s top-ranked player stayed ahead of the storm Saturday and won her fourth consecutive New Haven title, defeating Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-1 in the finals. Wozniacki, the

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP)—Roger Federer suffered an upset loss to Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6) in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday. With the win, Berdych ended a streak of eight consecutive losses to Federer. The Czech also had lost 11 matches in a

STANFORD, Calif. (AP)—Olga Govortsova figured a few extra matches the past week led to an extra special win. Govortsova, ranked 83rd in the world, ended a frustrating streak with a convincing 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 2 seed Samantha Stosur in the second round at the Bank of the West

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and offer his predictions.

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and offer his predictions.

Picby Pete Bodo Alex Bogomolov Jr. has lived mostly in or around Miami, Fla. since his family moved there in 1992. But he recently—and unexpectedly—declared that he'd prefer to compete for his native land, Russia. Coming soon to an arena near you: "Bogie" and the Russkies v. "A-Rod" and the

Hi TW Tribe! I'm excited to be doing the very first of what will be my weekly Deuce Club posts, where we will gather and distribute social notes and news from the Tribe, including announcements of gatherings at or around tournaments. Pete's already introduced me beautifully in a previous post,

Signs of stress — an unruly second serve, escalating errors, the ominous cluster of clouds that darkened the sky and a stubborn opponent who kept crunching drives into the corners — all seemed to conspire against Serena Williams. Pushed to the limit by 74th-ranked Caroline Garcia, Williams showed her multi-tasking

WIMBLEDON—Unquestionably, Wimbledon is tennis’ grand theatre, the sport here as stately as it comes. But as Ben Shelton showed over the last two days, theatre can take on many forms. On Monday night, he’d left Court 18 in both literal and figurative darkness, trailing two sets to one versus a