We talked to five recreational players from the United States and Canada about how it felt to be back on court after the early coronavirus shutdowns eased this summer; how the sport has changed for them; and what they appreciate about it now that they may never have appreciated about

by Pete Bodo Mornin'. I took a quick look at the comments yesterday, and feel obliged to point out to all those ROTs (Rapid Offense Takers, among whom tennis fans besotted with particular players comprise a healthy segment) that I did, in fact, write about the Rome men's final. It

(1) Serena Williams vs. (5) Li Na Head-to-head: Williams leads 8-1

by Pete Bodo It was supposed to happen just like this, only one month earlier. One month earlier in any number of recent years, and you could argue it might even go as far back as those painful Tim Henman years. When Andy Murray of Great Britain, with a few

L1010103 by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Evening, everyone. I want to start by wishing TW and Deuce Club vet Beth a very happy birthday. Hope you’re livin’ it up, Beth! After much back and forth, I’ve decided not to make my way to Cincinnati this year. Long story.

I debated the other day over writing a tongue-in-cheek post (as opposed to a flat-out encomium) when Roger Federer clinched his fourth-consecutive year-end No. 1 ranking in Basel. I decided on the former mostly because of the "X" factor in journalism. That "X" factor, which is responsible for bringing readers

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—“I’m just incredibly lazy!” The yell comes from Alex Michelsen, the 110th-ranked player in the world, as he lines a sidespin forehand into the net on Court 12 at The Tennis and Pickleball Club at Newport Beach. Of course, that’s not true. On this Tuesday morning, shortly before

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Bothered by her surgically repaired left wrist, 12th-seeded Madison Keys of the United States was upset in the French Open's second round 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by 290th-ranked qualifier Petra Martic of Croatia. Martic was the lowest-ranked

NEW YORK—“Let’s go, Frances!” a woman in the 10th row cries. She doesn’t say it loudly enough for her player of choice, 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe, to hear her, but it’s the thought that counts, right? “He’s improved so much,” she gushes, mostly to herself. As she speaks, she also whips

Through most of the fall, there had been some hope that the ATP’s World Tour Finals would, for once, do what it’s designed to do: Settle the race for No. 1. That hope ended last weekend when Novak Djokovic clinched the top spot after his rival for the position, Roger

“You know, we’ve been talking about schedule length for a long time with not a lot of success,” Andy Roddick said at the U.S. Open in September. “There’s been, OK, new schedule, new schedule, and we’re all supposed to celebrate, but it all ends kind of at the same time,

Hi Steve, What a year it’s been for the world. And who in tennis best personifies all that’s happened any more visibly and viscerally than Novak Djokovic? Off the court, he has been in the thick of various controversies involving everything from the properties of water to the staging of

Walking out onto Rod Laver Arena not long after Roger Federer had astonishingly saved seven match points on his way to a five set triumph over Tennys Sandgren, Novak Djokovic was primed for his quarterfinal appointment against a resurgent Milos Raonic. He had never lost in nine previous duels with

Now we've reached that brief, awkward stage when the tennis season is over, but it's not yet over over. Yesterday Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played the final match of the ATP tour’s World Tour Finals—you obviously can’t get any more final than that, right? Yet no sooner had the

This story was featured in the September/October issue of TENNIS Magazine. For a year-long subscription, featuring exclusive interviews, expert instruction content and more, click here. Trying to interview a famous athlete today can be a Kafka-esque process, one filled with delicate negotiations and maddening delays—and that’s if you’re lucky enough

On Friday, wild card Bethanie Mattek-Sands will face Serena Williams. Can the 101st-ranked player in the world upend the tournament? It would make for a great story. But does the wild-card system work fairly for all players? I discuss the subject with U.K. freelance writer Leigh Walsh, who offers a

What do we do now that the 2015 season is over and tennis is in its all-too-brief December recess? Go back and watch the best matches of the year, of course. Over the next two weeks, I’ll count down my 10 favorite contests, accompanied by video highlights, of this season.

“Hugely, hugely destructive,” SquashTV commentator Joey Barrington said as he watched Amanda Sobhy put the finishing touches on the biggest title of her career, at the Oracle Netsuite Open in San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza on Monday night. By that point, as he watched Sobhy steamroll her way to a 33-minute

WIMBLEDON, England—It was never going to be easy with Andy Murray, was it? Future generations of British sports fans who look back at clips of the 2013 men’s final at Wimbledon will see a cloudless 80 degree day, a Royal Box with a beaming prime minister in the front row,