It was “the ballet of Federer versus the ballistics of Wawrinka,” put so articulately by Tennis Channel’s Jim Courier late in the third set of their French Open quarterfinal. The two Swiss shotmakers and former French Open champions were engaged in a gripping war-dance, each having taken one set, and

John Isner was all business in his 7-6 (5), 6-4, victory over Gael Monfils Friday night in Toronto. Unable to break the Isner serve, Monfils resorted to dancing around the baseline while returning. His movements were a bit excessive, but they were technically within the rules.

They've got the need for speed! The final days of the tennis off-season saw a collection of stars pay a visit to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over the weekend, led by world No. 1s Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner. Sabalenka took a break from her jam-packed preseason schedule, which

The moment when any organism becomes all that it is meant to be is always a pleasure to behold. Think of an apple, so heavy and ripe that next kiss of a breeze will send it falling to the earth with a pleasant “thunk.” Or regard the mayfly, drifting on

LA QUINTA, Calif.—Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka have staged some memorable on-court battles throughout their careers. There was the classic 2012 US Open final, won by Serena, 7-5 in the third. There was the dramatic 2013 Cincinnati final, won by Vika, 7-6 in the third. Just a few weeks later,

The Pure Drive is designed to rock the ball. The Pure Aero wants to make it dance. Babolat fashions the Pure Strike for players who want to play attacking tennis—take the ball on the rise and use precision and creativity to finish points. For this fourth generation of the frame,

Season's greetings, Tribe! Hope you're all dreaming of dancing sugarplums and have completed the holiday shopping. (When I was a child, I always thought a sugar plum was a candied, sugar-covered plum. Alas.) This photo looks very grey and wintry, taken at the grounds of Bercy. I'll let you guess

Czech fans will see one last dance from Andrea Sestini Hlavackova, who announced her farewell tournament will be at the Livesport Prague Open alongside longtime doubles partner Lucie Hradecka. Ranked as high as No. 3 in doubles, Sestini Hlavackova won three major titles—two in women’s doubles with Hradecka, one in

Madison Keys’ rollercoaster win over Sofia Kenin on Saturday afternoon ensured that Team Kindness would still have a chance to win the Credit One Bank Invitational on Sunday. Two Team Peace wins later, and visions of Lloyd Christmas and Mary Swanson—Dumb and Dumber, of course—were dancing in my head. So

WATCH: Sabalenka's great day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden ended with victory at the Eisenhower Cup.

Has Gangnam danced its way over the shark yet? You could make a case, a very good case, that it has. But before it landed on the other side, tennis got in a few last moves on Twitter this week. First to make the rounds was this video of Novak

Two-time defending U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will not play this year's tournament, the USTA confirmed to TENNIS.com. Since tearing a ligament in her ankle while dancing at her cousin's wedding in early April, Clijsters has only managed to play five matches. She returned to play last week in Toronto

It's 9:30 on Friday night - do you know where your parents are? Here's a quick update: Faithful poster Lisa is enroute this weekend to Memphis, where she'll be pole danc. . .er, representing TennisWorld at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. We will be publishing a Memphis Diary starting Sunday

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Retired three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 (9), 7-5 in an exhibition match Saturday. More than 10,000 people packed Maracanazinho Arena for the indoor match on clay. Coming off the ATP Finals title, the top-ranked Djokovic entertained fans by dancing and putting

On Monday night, Citi Taste of Tennis put on its annual party to jump start the Miami Open with music, dancing and food. Held at the SLS Brickell in downtown Miami, the night combined pro players and a slew of celebrity chefs. "We buy into all culinary fads," Citi Taste

1. She Loves That Shakira Video. “I think Rafa’s very lucky, because Shakira is an artist. She’s great, but so is Rafa—he has a good personality, fantastic body. It’s a good mix. They could dance and make a beautiful video with a fantastic song.”
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NEW YORK—Andrea Petkovic busted out a new variation of the robot dance to celebrate her 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over China's Jie Zheng, but there was nothing mechanical about her performance. The No. 10 seed won the wildly fluctuating second-round match by doing what she needs to in order to

NEW YORK—Darting all over the court, Andy Murray has made running strikes look as routine as rally shots during the first week of the U.S. Open. Bouncing inside the baseline, Novak Djokovic has been busy taking shots on the rise—and dancing with fans in celebration after sending opponents packing. These

Lining another flat forehand into the net, Serena Williams shoved the air in disgust, as if admonishing a dance partner for repeatedly stepping on her toes. The fifth-seeded American looked out of step and out of sorts, fighting both herself and an inspired Virginie Razzano. Williams would win neither battle.

It was kids’ day at the Australian Open on Saturday. The central area of the grounds, between the main entrance and the front of Rod Laver Arena, had been remade into a fair for dancing, laughing, game-playing, autograph-seeking, player-hounding child Aussies. They bashed foam balls at each other, did something