Rafael Nadal has admitted he could withdraw from next month's ATP Tour Finals in order to have appendix surgery. Nadal was diagnosed with appendicitis in Shanghai. The world No. 3, who is taking antibiotics to control the condition, is expected to have the surgery in the next few weeks in

The ATP World Tour Finals—the season-ending championship of men's tennis—begins on Sunday, November 9 in London. Over the next four days, we'll take a closer look at the seasons put forth so far by the eight singles competitors. Like Don Draper in "Mad Men," it was a grim 2013 for

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These are the days that must try a WTA player’s soul. Fresh off a Grand Slam in one corner of the world, they scatter for Fed Cup duty the next weekend, and then put their noses back to the tour grindstone at events in Paris, Bogota, and Pattaya City, Thailand,

David Ferrer has joined Andy Murray in taking a wild card into this week's Vienna tournament as he tries to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals for the fifth straight season. The 32-year-old Ferrer is currently in ninth place in the Race to London with 3,715 points, just 35

Andy Murray said the courts at the O2 Arena in London—site of the ATP World Tour Finals—are not as slow as a year ago, which could improve the quality of play. “It’s quicker than it has been in the past, so that changes the way you play the matches a

I have a problem with the names of tennis’ season-ending championships. It's not that I don’t think “WTA Championships” accurately conveys the importance of the event, or that the former “Tennis Masters Cup” sounds so much cooler than today’s “ATP World Tour Finals.” And I’m not even talking about the

The viability of a career in professional tennis for those outside the sport's stratosphere has been a discussion point for decades, with many pointing out prohibitive challenges. On Tuesday, the ATP Tour responded in perhaps the most tangible way possible: with dollars. Whether it is enough dollars to adequately support

TENNIS editor-in-chief James Martin, executive editor Steve Tignor and senior editor Peter Bodo preview the ATP World Tour Finals – and make some bold predictions.

TENNIS editor-in-chief James Martin, executive editor Steve Tignor and senior editor Peter Bodo break down the action from the Barclay's World Tour Final, plus preview the Davis Cup Final.

Now we've reached that brief, awkward stage when the tennis season is over, but it's not yet over over. Yesterday Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played the final match of the ATP tour’s World Tour Finals—you obviously can’t get any more final than that, right? Yet no sooner had the

Svetlana Kuznetsova has a reputation for being one of the most popular players on the WTA tour, and she explained what it takes to get along with her fellow pros in the locker room. “I mean, for everybody it’s different,” Kuznetsova told reporters at the WTA Finals. “You know, for

The stiff competition on the WTA tour carries from the court to the internet. The players are asked who has the best Instagram account, and while it's a tough question, the winner may just have to be Dominika Cibulkova. The Slovak posts often, and it's rarely about tennis with tons

LONDON (AP) Robin Soderling has become the fifth player to qualify for the end-of-season ATP World Tour Finals in London. The 26-year-old Swede lost in the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open on Friday, but his place in the eight-man field was guaranteed for the event on Nov. 21. It is

The Grand Slam season has ended for 2019, but, to the surprise of many casual fans, the tours themselves haven’t. This week the men head for Europe while the women get a jump on the Asian swing. While many of the ATP’s marquee players will gather in Geneva for the

The ATP World Tour Finals—the season-ending championship of men's tennis—begins on Sunday, November 9 in London. Over the four days, we'll take a closer look at the seasons put forth so far by the eight singles competitors. Whenever a major upset occurs in sports, we like to say that "the

Rafael Nadal plans to have surgery for appendicitis following the ATP World Tour Finals in London, but will play on until then as scheduled. The Spaniard was diagnosed with the condition before the Shanghai Masters, but chose to take antibiotics to control the inflammation rather than having immediate surgery. Though

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Maria Sharapova says she doesn’t try and spend time making friends on tour. Sharapova, who just won Rome, will travel to Paris with her fiancée Sasha Vujacic, her coach Thomas Hogstedt, her physical therapist Juan Reque and her hitting partner Cecil Mamiit. Sharapova’s mother Yelena, who traveled with her for