The Australian Open has been one for the history books and Martin Blackman joins the show to help put things in perspective. He's the current general manager of player development at the USTA and has a lot to be proud of this month.

HIGHLIGHTS: Novak Djokovic wins his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam title

Last week, as pro tennis resumed following its longest-ever hiatus, Tennis Channel analyst Martina Navratilova addressed the challenges of returning to match play. “What people forget is how much your head can hurt if you haven’t competed in a while,” she told me. “It just takes so much concentration to

As we've come to expect in recent years, the women's side of the Australian Open is anyone's for the taking. Current stars look to consolidate their success, up-and-comers continue to push for a breakthrough and players hanging around near the top look eagerly for their chance to take over. In

Having not won a match since January, Novak Djokovic came into the Monte Carlo Masters with lessened expectations. When he was drawn into the tournament's Group of Death—his quarter included two-time French Open semifinalist Dominic Thiem and 10-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal—those expectations were diminished further. But the Serb

MONTREAL (AP) Kei Nishikori beat Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in the ATP Tour's Rogers Cup in his first match since winning the Citi Open last week in Washington. The fourth-seeded Nishikori, a finalist last year in the U.S. Open, earned his tour-leading 27th hardcourt win of the season

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Wednesday from the Australian Open (all times local): 10:20 p.m. Rafael Nadal has beaten Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (7), 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semifinals, returning to the last four at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since winning the

It wasn't all celebrations and dancing for Novak Djokovic at Monday's grand opening of the the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Nice, France. In an interview at the event, Novak Djokovic revealed he is trying to enjoy tennis again. The Serb said he's looking forward to "enjoying sport and enjoying being

WATCH: Carballes Baena endured a tough defeat to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev at the Miami Open two weeks ago.

In our Shotmaking series, Anita Aguilar will provide the photos and Steve Tignor will provide the captions. Together, they'll tell the story of a match at the U.S. Open.

It seems that Novak Djokovic was one of the first to hear the news that the Miami Open is cancelled. A member of his team posted a photo, complete with face masks, of the group on a plane. The rest of the ATP was slower to hear the bad news,

Alexander Zverev came into the Miami opener against Emil Ruusuvuori as the clear favorite. Not only was he the event's No. 3 seed, but the German also entered the tournament fresh off winning Acapulco—defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.

IT IS RISEN Via For the Win: In the midst of an opening-match victory against countryman Nicolas Almagro, Rafael Nadal instructed a ball kid to resurrect his fallen water bottle:

WATCH: Petra Kvitova speaks after her first round win at the Guadalajara Open Akron.

ROME -- Back pain forced Andy Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He may have to sit out the French Open, too. Rafael Nadal began his bid for a seventh Rome title by cruising past local hope Fognini of Italy 6-1, 6-3

Juan Martin del Potro, who lost to Andy Murray in the third round of the French Open, has withdrawn from next week's grass-court event at 's-Hertogenbosch due to a groin injury.

WATCH: Rune improved to 12-2 since the US Open and scored a seventh straight match win in Basel over Ugo Humbert.

World No. 3 Jannik Sinner has made a winning start to his Indian Wells campaign—and his quest for the No. 2 ranking—with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Masters 1000 event. “It was a little bit breezy today so a little bit tough to play, especially in

There are four tour events on the Continent this week; the men are in Nice and Düsseldorf, the women in Strasbourg and Nürnberg. Yet with no Top 5 players involved, it still feels like a pause in the run-up to this Sunday’s start of the French Open. Here’s a quick

WATCH: Alexander Zverev defeats Tomas Etcheverry in the 2023 Roland Garros quarterfinals