The dugout at the south end of Arthur Ashe Stadium was overflowing, but a tense silence reigned inside. A swarm of photographers had squeezed themselves, and the prodigiously long, 12-pound cameras they were hauling, into this small, dark, low-ceilinged room. There they jostled for a view of the court, where

These days every Grand Slam produces a surplus of memorable stories, so many that by the end only a few stick in your mind. But this Wimbledon had something extra. It had resurgent champs and rookie runners-up; a valiant local hero; an epic upset and a perfect set; late-night drama

Why do we watch tennis matches? It’s a minor, niggling little question, I know, but it wouldn’t leave my head Friday morning during the quarterfinal between Novak Djokovic and David Nalbandian in Monte Carlo. There you had a square red stage and an audience huddled over it, all next to

by Pete Bodo Rafael Nadal's strategy for the spring now seems pretty clear. It's the age-old BTD approach: Bludgeon Them to Death. Early in this man's career, it was not only a reasonable option, but almost a necessary one. Nadal's skills on surfaces other than clay, while good (and better

by Pete Bodo Lest I be regarded as some sort of scrooge during the holiday season, I feel obliged to get away from my dissident "5 Worst Matches," or that guaranteed-to-be-riveting "5 Most Forgettable Moments" that never actually gets written because. . . well, you know the rest. So let's

by Hannah Wilks, TW Contributing Writer* On the protracted journey to North Greenwich this morning (London transport is laboring under major engineering works and facing a tube strike), almost every conversation I overhear is a discussion of Federer and Nadal. It makes me so pleased that on a weekend when

One of the four has been compared to Luke Skywalker and recently “warmed up” for his match with Rafael Nadal with a meal consisting of an entire pizza and a platter of ham. Another of them only gave up smoking recently, but insisted that many players ranked above him at

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:40 p.m. Sloane Stephens wrapped up play for the day at the French Open with a 7-6 (0), 6-1 win over qualifier Veronica Cepede Royg in the second round. Stephens, who has reached the round of 16 at Roland

It’s the Monday morning after the US Open has ended. WTA doubles player Giuliana “GuGu” Olmos is practicing with her good friend and prior doubles partner, Desirae Krawczyk, at the Los Angeles Tennis Club (LATC). L.A. is in the middle of a heat wave, so by 10:00 a.m. it’s already

LONDON— Once upon a time, not very long ago, reaching the penultimate round at a major tennis tournament was not a particularly big deal for the estimable Novak Djokovic. This extraordinary athlete and prodigious tennis champion has secured 12 major titles across his sterling career. He won four Grand Slam

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12 a.m. Maria Sharapova held on to edge 39-year-old Patty Schnyder, the oldest female qualifier in Grand Slam history, in the U.S. Open's first round. Sharapova let a big second-set lead slip away, then needed

“This thing is blinding me now,” Alexander Zverev said at London’s O2 Arena last November, while looking at the gleaming trophy he just won at the ATP Finals. The 21-year-old didn’t win a Slam in 2018, but he claimed the year’s final prize in a blaze of glory, with victories

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:50 a.m. Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev ended the historic run of Wu Yibing with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory in the third round. The defending champion moves on to face Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios on Sunday.

PARIS (AP) — With 14-time champion Rafael Nadal out of the tournament, here are top men to watch at the French Open, which begins at Roland Garros on Sunday: ___ CARLOS ALCARAZSeeded: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1

The red-clay road to Roland Garros was closed to all traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Paths to glory in places like Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Stuttgart and Budapest went untrodden. Even the French Open was postponed. Nary a pair of white socks emerged from the hotel dryer

There are many perverse elements to the tennis season. We know them well: It’s too long, it starts too early, and in the end, rather than rising to a crescendo, it fizzles into obscurity. But what seems strangest to me at the moment is how, despite that meandering length, the

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 8 p.m. Andy Murray has some thoughts about the way reporters keep track of everything he does during a tennis match — including between points. The three-time major champion and current No. 1 player is known for muttering

What was the measure of a great tennis match in 2014? It was too hard to win the first time around. Yesterday, in our No. 2 contest of the year, we watched as Maria Sharapova snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the French Open final, before snatching the

I finally had a chance to catch an extended amount of tennis from Beijing today, and just in time. After a largely fanless week, the men’s semis gave us spectators in the stands, passion on the court, and two moments that will live in tennis infamy. Let’s start with the

6a00d83451599e69e200e54f785dd08834-800wi You could hear it at the end of President Obama’s speech last night: Nostalgia for 9/11. Not for the event, of course, but for the way it brought Americans together afterward. For a few shining, fragile months, there was no left or right, no socialists or right-wing nut jobs.