PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:25 p.m. John McEnroe says he is returning to Grand Slam tennis - as a coach. The seven-time major title winner said Friday on the Eurosport show ''The Commissioner'' that he is going to be a consultant to Canada's

If you start with the premise that the chance to live a life is a miracle, then you’ll understand why Pancho Segura conducted himself with such passion and generosity. This was a man of relentless engagement, for 96 years dedicated to showing anyone he met that the cost of the

Catch up with Fashion Week on Baseline: - The year of Tenniscore: How the 'Challengers' effect transformed tennis fashion in 2024 - From big bows to bold prints, who wore on-court fashion best in the 2024 tennis season? - How Taylor Swift, Maria Sharapova, Morgan Riddle and more aced courtside

Catch up on Day 1 at Roland Garros with Tennis Channel's wrap-up show. PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Yuichi Sugita was making an impressive comeback against Steve Johnson of the United States in the first round of the French Open when

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 12:10 a.m. Rafael Nadal swept aside 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the tournament the Spaniard won in 2009. The 14-time major champion

If the rectangle of clay at 1406 Orange Street could talk, Lenny Simpson knows exactly what it would say. This spring, the 71-year-old Simpson presided over a re-opening ceremony, complete with ribbon cutting, for a backyard tennis court at this address in Wilmington, NC. At first glance, you might wonder

On Monday night, former New York City mayor and staunch tennis supporter David Dinkins died at 93. Besides his significant involvement with the US Open—he helped broker a 99-year lease of land in Queens between NYC and the USTA—he founded the David Dinkins Tennis Club at "The Jungle," a set

Every player has a story, only most first-round losers at Grand Slam events often don’t get to tell it. It’s because the first two rounds are so hectic, so loaded, that it’s easy to lose track. Hence this casualty report, which may even keep some of you from asking, a

PARIS (AP) The Latest from the French Open: 9:56 p.m. Five more seeded players have been sent packing on Day 4 at the French Open. Four of them in the men's draw - No. 19 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 24 Ernests Gulbis, No. 28 Fabio Fognini (28) and No. 32

Something wonderful is suddenly happening in Great Britain, what with all those British tennis players gaining traction in the rankings, the media, and the public eye. Andy Murray, double-medalist at the London Olympics and recent U.S. Open champ, is at the head of yet another, different “British invasion.” Then there’s

by Pete Bodo Watching the Atlanta Tennis Championships final yesterday, a borderline surreal stat caught me eye. It seemed a poignant and somehow fitting comment on the present state of the U.S. game. Mardy Fish and John Isner, the finalists and two of the three best American players at the

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Friday at the Australian Open (all times local): 12:15 a.m. After saving two match points and trailing 5-1 in the third set in her last match, there were no real dramas in the third round for Caroline Wozniacki. The second-seeded Wozniacki beat Kiki

There were five service breaks in the first set, and its Jelena Ostapenko who tipped the scale in securing a 6-4 lead over No. 2 seed Karolina Pliskova. The winner here three years ago, Ostapenko was dead even on winners and unforced errors with 12 on both sides. Pliskova ended

Or will it forever be known as the Massacre in Mar del Plata? That depends on your point of view, of course, but clearly this weekend’s Davis Cup final in Argentina meant many things to many people. As the fifth set unfolded between Fernando Verdasco and Jose Acasuso on Sunday,

The Mutua Madrid Open, after a downer of a week, closed on a couple of up notes on Sunday. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the active Grand Slam leaders on each tour, came to Ion Tiriac’s rescue with two memorable final-round wins. Williams’s quick victory over Victoria Azarenka was a

The Center Court at the Paris Masters tournament buzzes, literally. I arrived at Le Palais Omnisport de Bercy last Tuesday, late morning. Spectator numbers were sparse, and the sound was the first thing I noticed. Sitting alone in my seat, sans neighbours, I could hear a powerful hum, as though

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Serena Williams' defense of her French Open title is off to a comfortable start, with a 6-2, 6-0 first-round win against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia that took just 42 minutes. The top-ranked Williams barely broke a sweat

LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon: (all times local): 9:45 p.m. Elina Svitolina became the latest seed to fall on day one at Wimbledon as she lost to 57th-ranked Tatjana Maria 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1. The German took advantage of the fifth-seeded Svitolina's 44 unforced errors to reach the

Reading Julie Heldman’s new book—fittingly entitled Driven(A Daughter’s Odyssey)—I found myself thoroughly immersed in the story of her fascinating life. Navigating the pages of Heldman’s riveting autobiography/memoir, I wondered how she summoned the courage to write so forthrightly about the arduous and sometimes crippling campaign she has fought so valiantly