PARIS— “It feels good, because I have control of the game, and I can do whatever I want, and that’s very important for myself.” So said Juan Martin del Potro, in his trademark raspy monotone, after one of his straight-set demolitions late last week. Most of us, I’m guessing, will

NEW YORK (AP) — How long is too long to take in the bathroom? That, believe it or not, is a real debate at the U.S. Open, thanks to a kerfuffle between Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas over the toilet break rule in tennis. Article I, Section W, Paragraph 4

by Pete Bodo Mornin'. This will be a brief one, folks, because I'm working on an exclusive story most of you will be very interested in come tomorrow. Be warned, though, but it has nothing to do with doping. Reviewing the comments (and I'm sorry I couldn't answer many of

Athleta launched a stylish new tennis-specific collection this week, becoming the latest big name to join the increasingly competitive game of women’s tennis apparel—and its first offering proves it's determined to become a major player. The Gap-owned brand hit all the right notes with the Advantage Tennis Collection, which features

• 201104101542565549280-p2@stats_comby Pete Bodo* The final tournament of the U.S. clay-court season is well underway in Houston, Texas. The event also happens to be the first tournament of the U.S. clay-court season—that is, unless you want to count the WTA event played last week on green clay in Charleston, South

Do you know your racquet's "swingweight"? You should. What’s the right weight for my racquet?” It’s one of the more common questions any prospective racquet buyer asks. Yet the weight of a racquet is just a number. It won’t tell you how it’s going to feel in your hand, or,

Roger Federer: 99 Titles and Counting

WATCH: Sabalenka was ruthless through a 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Panna Udvardy on Tuesday.

The young lady who once described herself trying to play on clay as a “cow in ice” skated—okay, lurched and bulled—her way to the 100th clay-court win of her career as she set out to defend her Stuttgart title for the second year in a row. In this first-round match,

WATCH: Kasatkina has been in full flow at Roland Garros, striking a spectacular tweener in her second round.

by Pete Bodo On the face of it, you couldn't come up with two individuals more different than surly Marcelo Rios, the former ATP world no. 1 who still retains the distinction of being the only male player who's been ranked no. 1 but never won a Grand Slam event,

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see men's and women's matches—and offer his predictions. (3) Maria Sharapova vs. (20) Dominika Cibulkova Head-to-head: Sharapova leads 3-2 Rod Laver Arena, first match The four-time Grand Slam champion is nearly a foot taller than Cibulkova, but Sharapova sometimes

Marta Kostyuk isn't afraid to take feedback, whether it’s about her forehand or her fashion sense. Having been primarily coached by her mom for most of her career, Kostyuk made her first big coaching hire by adding Sandra Zaniewska to the team last year. The move quickly paid off as

by Pete Bodo The Madrid Masters began yesterday, and did you know it's being held on blue clay? Ha. It's been fascinating watching the debate about this color unspool, and once again it's shown just how resistant people are to change. Since previews often involve making predictions, here's my main

This is part one of two dispatches from the 2014 EntouRaj for Kids charity event. It's been years since Indianapolis thrived as a professional tennis outpost, with an annual tournament highly rated by the ATP World Tour's nomadic players, many of them stars at the time or soon to be.

If you’re a U.S. tennis fan who went to bed at your normal hour on Sunday night, you didn’t miss much at the Australian Open. In fact, you did exactly the right thing. On the sport’s unofficial opening day of 2018, America sent 15 players into battle, and only three

It’s an early afternoon in Long Beach, Calif. The sun glistens at full capacity on this Friday in late February, though luminosity raises another level when Vania King approaches with a warm smile and embrace. Set to put pen to paper on her tennis career in the coming weeks, at

• Milos by Pete Bodo* I'll look at the Fed Cup match-ups of the coming weekend tomorrow; for today, we go Around the World in 1000 Words again, to comment on some of the newsworthy happenings around tennis. To me, this first week after the Australian Open is the Commander

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Sunday, Ann Li defeated María Camila Osorio Serrano, 6-1, 6-4, to win her first career WTA title in Tenerife, Spain. For the 21-year-old American, it's the first of what she hopes are more victorious Sundays—at more prestigious tournaments. The below feature on Li, written last summer, highlights

Hi Joel, Was that the calmest Davis Cup-winning celebration you’ve ever seen? Daniil Medvedev clinched Russia’s first Cup title since 2006…and then just walked up to the net and shook hands with the man he had beaten, Marin Cilic of Croatia. Medvedev couldn’t even muster a US Open-style dead-fish fall