WATCH: Serena Williams speaks at Wimbledon, after her first singles match in 12 months Editor's Note: On Tuesday, Serena Williams posted that she will "relish these next few weeks" before officially calling in a career in professional tennis. Click here for the latest updates.

WATCH: Brandon Nakashima is at the Next Gen ATP Finals for a second straight year, reaching the semifinals in 2021.

On the final day of first-round play at Roland Garros, Steve Tignor meandered through the packed schedule and wrote about the matches and moments that caught his eye. After last year’s French Open final, Simona Halep admitted that she had come out “too strong” against her opponent, Sloane Stephens. For

HIGHLIGHTS: In front of a capacity crowd, Rafael Nadal edges Jack Sock in an electric night session at the Citi Open.

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Last spring, as they gained momentum through the clay season, I began to refer to Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova together as the Persistents. That trait, which they obviously share, paid off in Roland Garros titles for both of them. But it didn’t pay off forever. Neither would

NEW YORK—Unless bagel sets and night-session blowouts are your thing, this won’t go down as a U.S. Open to remember. But its champions certainly will. Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal moved even higher on the historical totem pole, and partially redeemed the tournament with their final-round performances. Now it’s time

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic is https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-novak-djokovic-sports-tennis-mens-tennis-556d71d2f85f662e5af4b4899c7d2dcc, moving him two victories from being the first man to win all four major tennis championships in one season since Rod Laver in 1969. Djokovic, a 34-year-old from Serbia who is ranked No. 1, won seven matches at the Australian Open, seven

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local): 8:35 p.m. Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 by the All England Club for damaging a court during practice before the Wimbledon tournament started. Fabio Fognini was fined $3,000. The Italian said during his third-round loss that he wished

by Pete Bodo It looks like 2012 may go down as the year when the tennis at the Olympics hit the tipping point. By the time it was over, very few critics could voice complaints about the level of commitment or interest by the players other than those, perhaps, who

Court Report: Rafael Nadal wins ATP's sportsmanship award

MELBOURNE—Once this year's Australian Open climbed out of its swampy first days, it was a tournament to cheer, with a new surprise in store each day of the second week. If its two singles finals were underwhelming and unfortunate, in that order, its champions were anything but. Li Na and

Throughout November and December, we'll be highlighting the true heroes of tennis with our annual celebration of the gifted, the courageous, the inspired and the inspiring. You can read about heroes we've honored previously here. The sun has just begun to rise over the East River in New York City

When it comes to individual sports, there’s nothing like team play to bring out the best in America’s opponents. This weekend we got a good look at the phenomenon in both tennis and golf. First, there was the Ryder Cup (it was easier to see, certainly, than the Davis Cup,

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Phpk1rgpbam Last Week's Tournaments BCR Open Romania (ATP - Clay - Bucharest, Romania) - Singles Final: Gilles Simon def. Victor Hanescu 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. - Singles Semifinal: Gilles Simon def. Carlos Berlocq 6-7, 6-2, 6-3. - Singles Semifinal: Victor Hanescu def. Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-3. - Singles Bracket - Doubles

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments** BMW Open (ATP - Clay - Munich, Germany) - Singles Final: Fernando Gonzalez def. Simone Bolelli 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. - Singles Semifinal: Simone Bolelli def. Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. - Singles Semifinal: Fernando Gonzalez def. Younes El Aynaoui 3-6, 6-4,

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Davis Cup World Group Semifinals (ITF - Various) - Argentina 3, Russia 2 - Tie Details - Spain 3, United States 1 (4-1)* - Tie Details Davis Cup World Group Playoffs (ITF - Various)

- Chile 3, Australia 1 (3-2)*

20120728_swby Pete Bodo As the Olympic tennis event began today, the panaromic view of Wimbledon's field courts, with the stadium in the distance, reminded me of one of those old and to me always stupendously uninteresting prints of Victorian gentlemen and women at play at the country club. The courts

He concluded 2017 stationed at No. 100 in the world, establishing himself as the first Chilean to reside among the year-end top 100 since Fernando Gonzalez in 2010, rising no less than 300 spots from his status at the end of 2016. He made it to the finals of five

On a December day 12 months ago, the Los Angeles Tennis Club (LATC) buzzed and hummed with talk and tennis. Begin with the magical glow that accompanies playing outdoors underneath a glittering winter sky, while most of the rest of the country is shoveling snow. This weather advantage—especially during the