LONDON—When Venus and Serena Williams were young and in the early, heady days of their dominance, they used to talk about how they felt as if they took on new personas when they reached the second week of a Grand Slam. Like the born champions they were, they walked and

Andy Murray, who will play the Davis Cup final against Belgium this weekend, wasn't thrilled with former Great Britain Davis Cup captain David Lloyd's recent comments. Last weekend, Lloyd told the Daily Mail that Murray isn’t promoting the game enough, particularly for British tennis. The former ATP player was part

In August, the Davis Cup announced changes to the tournament starting in 2019. Instead of four weekends spread throughout the year, with the final two teams facing off each November, the team event will now be a one-week, 18-team competition after the ATP Finals. Players will also have to compete

A doubles team decided to put both players inside the service box that the server must serve to. Are they allowed to do that? Would two players inside a service box be considered a distraction, or is that allowed as long as they don’t do anything else to distract the

"Say yes! If you can’t do it they’ll tap you on the shoulder and get you gone, but just say yes. Experience it and work hard and be curious and do your thing, say yes."

Patty Schnyder's 14 consecutive appearances in the Family Circle Cup have made her a fan favorite at the event. In fact, after the Swiss player's loss to Caroline Wozniacki on Thursday, tournament officials decided to put on a Friday night doubles exhibition featuring Schnyder and Shelby Rogers against Ekaterina Makarova

Hi Nick: I’m a 4.0 player and I have two questions for you. 1) Sometimes when I play a match against players of a similar skill level, they start zoning. I am a counterpuncher and do not possess much power. But I do have variety in my groundstrokes (my forehand

Yesterday I took a second look at the men and their future prospects for 2014; today I’ll reassess the women one month, and one Grand Slam, into their season. If nothing else, the Australian Open threw derailed most people’s expectations for the year. Everyone who had Dominika Cibulkova in the

Your turn, Spinmeisters: Do you like the displays of emotionalism, or do you prefer your tennis pros rather stoic? The Spin says here that it's good to see these greats are just like us—entirely human. —Jonathan Scott (Talk to me on Twitter @jonscott9.)

There is no city that combines beauty, history, art, culture and food quite like Paris. Known as the City of Light, the stunning capital of France has played host to some of the world’s greatest artists, writers, thinkers and tennis players. Home to the only Grand Slam played on clay,

When you’re at the net, it’s important to reduce your opponent’s angles so that they can't pass you easily. The best way to do so is by cutting the court off, which will improve your odds of reaching the ball. To do so, cross the court at an angle instead

Doing nothing is not an option. But for millions of people around the world, this is what they are facing: nothing to do, nowhere to go. They get up every morning and face a void. It is unsustainable. As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, lockdowns, shelters and other methods

Sure, every player has days like Maria Sharapova experienced today in the Indian Wells final, when it appeared that she could do no wrong. It makes up for those days when a player doesn’t feel like he or she can do anything right. But as Sharapova pounded No. 8 seed

How do you beat a better player? More specifically, how do beat someone who plays very much the way you do, but who is faster, more consistent, just as motivated, and who fully expects to win? The simple answer is, you need to ride a high wire from start to

Roger Federer, who continues to revel in his enjoyment of the game, says he's skeptical when other players claim they don't like tennis. That includes Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic, who both expressed a lack of desire at times, along Andre Agassi, who in his autobiography he talks about hating

Rennae Stubbs had a long, healthy career because she had great technique, especially on her serve. She didn’t try to muscle the ball. She had a good stance, very relaxed shoulders and legs, and a lot of wrist snap. Her motion was simple and smooth. That’s why club players should

Learn to win by doing what you do best more often. HAVE AN ATTITUDE News flash: It’s not practical to try to be Serena Williams. While Williams does everything well, most pros don’t, so how are you going to accomplish that lofty goal? Just like most pros, you can win

The people cannot get enough of GEMS Life, also known as tennis power couple Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils. The duo are busy doing preseason training for the start of 2021, but took some time to do a fan Q&A on Instagram. Here's what everyone learned about the Frenchman and

Caroline Wozniacki, who defeated Nadia Petrova in her opening match in Doha on Wednesday, on her alleged lack of weapons. "Um, well, if I don't have a weapon, then what do the others have? Since I'm No. 1, I must do something right. I think there're not actually criticizing me.

Momentum can do so much. Bob and Mike Bryan, those illustrious twins of tennis, have not reached a major final since 2014 but appear primed to make the deepest of runs at this US Open. They're doing so in style – in IZOD styles, to be specific, from a vaunted,