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

All through his storied career as one of the greatest players in tennis history, Rafael Nadal has defined his character as an indefatigable competitor with an oversized heart, a limitless supply of ambition and an unmistakable sense of fair play. He has always gone out into his workplace and performed

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 2:20 a.m am American tennis player Frances Tiafoe had a small, late-night crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium going wild on every point in an upset win that pushed the record for the latest finish

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Olympic Tennis Event (ATP & WTA - Hard - Beijing, China) - Men's Singles Gold Medal Match: Rafael Nadal def. Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. - Men's Singles Semifinal: Fernando Gonzalez def. James Blake 4-6, 7-5, 11-9. - Men's Singles Semifinal:

by Pete Bodo

by Pete Bodo The gods of thunder and lightning were kind to tennis today, and with so many matches on the schedule, the action was fast and furious, from the 11:30 start time until dusk settled over the heavily trodden courts. They scheduled 55 matches for Monday and they managed

Last Week's Tournaments Gerry Weber Open (ATP - Grass - Halle, Germany) - Singles Final: Tomas Berdych def. Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-4. - Singles Semifinal: Tomas Berdych def. Jarkko Nieminen 7-6, 6-4. - Singles Semifinal: Marcos Baghdatis def. Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6, 6-4. - Singles Bracket - Doubles Final: Simon Aspelin/Julian

Highlights: Novak Djokovic defeats Juan Martin del Potro in US Open final

The 2024 tennis season was filled with noteworthy stories, breakthrough moments, and countless trophy lifts. But what were the best matches of the year that was? We rolled the tape, and this week, TENNIS.com counted down some of the best WTA matches of the past year (with our ATP picks

The Jack Kramer Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, where legendary coaches such as Vic Braden and Robert Lansdorp helped shape the nascent games of Open-era icons including Tracy Austin, Pete Sampras and Lindsay Davenport, added another significant chapter to its legacy last December. It hosted the inaugural California Championships.

The 2015 Australian Open was the first Grand Slam in two years in which the top seeds in both draws ended up holding the winner’s trophies. The unusually cool fortnight Down Under produced its share of drama and surprise, and gave us a few glimpses into the future along the

by Pete Bodo Howdy, everyone. I missed most of the election discussions last night because of the state of our apartment, which will be going on the market this weekend with an open house, kicked off by an ad in the real estate section of the New York Times. But

*by Pete Bodo It was a classic Grand Slam-style moment, available only to television viewers but memorable nonetheless. Out on Centre Court at the All England Club, in a first-round Olympics match, Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci was giving as good as he got in a rally of warp-speed ground strokes with

Fresh off his run to the final of the Barcelona Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas—an estimable 19-year-old from Greece, and a swiftly ascending tennis player with a clear view of who he is, what he wants and where he might be going—told me how much he values his heritage. “Traveling around the

The year’s first Grand Slam is in the books, with Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys crowned Australian Open champions—and it’s nearly a podium sweep for their shared apparel sponsor Nike, who outfitted three of the four singles finalists in Melbourne. But it wasn’t just the big names that waves Down

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Oceane Dodin of France to reach the third round of the French Open. Kuznetsova, who won at Roland Garros in 2009, beat the 20-year-old Dodin 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3 in the