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

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LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 9:10 p.m. Maria Sharapova lost in the first round at Wimbledon after fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko came from a set and a break down to oust the former champion. Sharapova served for the match at 5-3 in the second set

For Steve Tignor's essay on the first Open tournament at Roland Garros, fifty years ago, click here. In the summer of 1968, Abe Segal drove to London’s Heathrow Airport to pick up friends from his native South Africa. Big Abie, as he was known, had been one of the most

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open on Monday (all times local): 11:55 p.m. Eugenie Bouchard was late starting her first-round match, so didn't waste any time in beating American Louisa Chirico 6-0, 6-4 in 56 minutes. The pair didn't begin play until nearly 11 p.m. on

In 2009, the headline-making players and stories have remained the same. The record books of the future will remind us that Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Serena Williams continued to make history this season. What will be forgotten are the reasons that tennis fans kept watching in surprise from match

PARIS (AP) The Latest from the French Open: 10:26 p.m. Forget flowers, try saying it with shorts. Seems to have worked for Victoria Azarenka. She gave Serena Williams a pair of her shorts after their fiery French Open third-round match - despite a testy exchange of gestures and words between

LONDON— There is no higher honor for a tennis player than winning Wimbledon. It is the sport’s preeminent tournament, the Kentucky Derby of our game, and a grass-court festival played out across an incomparable fortnight when observers from every spectrum of life seem to be paying attention. “The Championships” are

Tennis fans Down Under were buoyant at the beginning of this year when one of their own, Alex de Minaur, commenced the 2018 ATP World Tour campaign with a flourish. Before he even turned 19 in February, the determined fellow from Sydney signaled to his countrymen— and the world at

When 20-year-old Sebastian Korda arrived for the qualifying rounds at last fall’s pandemic-delayed Roland Garros, he had never before won a tour-level match. Less than two weeks later, he had become the youngest American to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam since Michael Chang in 1991, earning a

Hi Steve, Here comes the next edition of Roland-Garros, sooner than ever after its fall ’20 version. It’s been great to see the entire clay court season roll out—darn amazing to see players traveling, staying safe and competing. Every Slam has its own flavor. Roger Federer dubbed the Australian Open