NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas—Here is John Newcombe, the lion in winter. The 26-time Grand Slam champion will turn 80 next year. He continues to boast the iconic moustache he grew just over half a century ago—the moustache that became a logo, and grew into what contemporary parlance calls a brand. Variations

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Not since the indefatigable Spaniard Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario came from behind to oust Steffi Graf in the 1994 final had a woman prevailed in a US Open final from a set down. It is a tall task to realize that feat in any major final, and it takes not only steadfastness

The third round of the Australian Open comes to a close Saturday in Melbourne. Beginning Friday evening in the United States, we'll bring you updates on the many matches and happenings Down Under in this running blog.

In an essay titled “The Crack Up,” the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” One day in 2010, this was the case for

As triumphant returns to Paris go, Naomi Osaka’s reappearance in the French capital for Roland Garros won’t compare to Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile in 1840, or to President Charles De Gaulle’s march of liberation down the Champs-Elysees near the end of World War II. It may not even match

If there’s a universal truth in tennis today, it is this: The Davis Cup cannot win. In 2009, the big idea was to move the quarterfinal and semifinal ties to the weekends right after Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, so the players could go straight from one to the other.

Why does summer fly by so much more quickly than any other season? It’s July 4 before I know it, it’s August 1st before I know it, it’s—give me strength—time for the U.S. Open before I know it. This phenomenon is obviously tied up with our memories of summer vacations

“He’s a big guy, I try to move him around.” NEW YORK—This was all Philipp Kohlschreiber could come up with when he was asked how he had just beaten John Isner for the third straight year at the U.S. Open. It must be hard for Kohlschreiber to know exactly why

The most articulate devotees of any sport don’t merely watch it or play it. They make it into a metaphor for life itself. Sports, it seems, can’t just entertain us or get us a little exercise; they must teach us something as well. Roger Angell writes about how baseball teaches

• Nd I'm at the beach this week, so I'll wrap up Toronto (seems so long ago, doesn't it?) and do a quick preview of Cincy as I head out*. Tennis tournaments carve up time; you can live in them. When you look at a season’s worth, only four will

A draw is a conversation starter, but it may be more valuable as a conversation killer. Once the men and women are locked in their brackets, we can leave behind the airy speculation about “favorites”—a meaningless word if you’re a player—and stop pondering the endless “what ifs” about who might

NEW YORK—Has there been an official, rubber-stamped changing of the guard on the men's side this year? Not yet. But there has been head-spinning change nonetheless. Consider where we are now, with the final Grand Slam of the season set to begin—assuming Ashe Stadium is still standing on Monday—and where

The tennis fans of America were out early and often in Portland Friday morning. Walking past the restaurant at my hotel at 8:00, I passed a blur of red, white, and blue hats, shirts, scarves, and bow-ties sitting down to breakfast. Coming in the opposite direction, through the revolving doors,

There isn’t much love for Andy Roddick around TENNIS.com's neck of the woods. There’s isn’t much hate, either, but that may make it even worse—there isn’t much of anything. If it’s true that the only thing worse than having people talk about you is not having people talk about you

Written by Michael Steinberger; photos, videos and captions by Ed McGrogan Forty years ago this summer, the US Open was held for the last time at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens. It went out with a bang—literally. During a night match between Eddie Dibbs and an

This week, Peter Bodo and Steve Tignor will offer their thoughts on some themes for the 2013 season, which begins next week. One outstanding feature of the ATP tour in 2012 can be considered a mixed blessing: There were no great surprises when it came to the Grand Slam finals,

** Welcome to Florida Week! As the tours head southeast for the Miami Open, TENNIS.com and Baseline will feature all things Sunshine State. You’ll learn about the personalities, stories, teams and venues that have made Florida one of the tennis capitals of the world. We’ll also be reporting from the

By Pete Bodo By now, most of you probably have heard the news: Guillermo Coria has officially retired - although I would never take any retirement announcement by a professional athlete as a binding decision. Kim "Champagne Kimmy" Clijsters is plotting a comeback, Martina Navratilova appears to have been given

by Pete Bodo Yesterday, we looked at how the men's field is shaping up at the big summer hard-court tournaments, and today we'll check out the women. The big news, though, is that Cincinnati is a full-fledged combined event this year, bringing us one step closer to completion in the