PARIS (AP) Who said Americans can't play on clay? Not Tommy Paul, for sure. The 18-year-old Paul won the first all-American boys' final at the French Open with a 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 defeat of second-seeded Taylor Fritz on Saturday. Paul, who learned his trade on the slow surface, became

There are four young players, Daniil Medvedev, 23, Stefanos Tsitsipas, 21, Alexander Zverev, 22, and Karen Khachanov, 23, all in the Top 10 in the ATP rankings. Two others—Matteo Berrettini, 23, and Borna Coric, 22—are in the Top 15 in the rankings. Federer says they are now starting to push

Shedding light on our tech future and tech now for a generation of young girls and boys, Serena Williams revealed recently that she has taken to coding. Speaking at the Teen Vogue Summit in Los Angeles, Serena noted the necessity of such knowledge, offering that "It’s really important to me,

One of the last remaining grass-court specialists, Denis Kudla knows that he has to perform during the grass “season.” Down two sets to none to 2017 Boy’s Wimbledon champion and world No. 35 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Kudla came up clutch at 2-4 in the third set tiebreak. The American, who

Victoria Azarenka made her much-anticipated return to the tour in June, playing in Mallorca and then enjoying a fourth-round run at Wimbledon. The new mother brought her baby boy Leo around the courts with her, capturing the hearts of everyone.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Swiss player Henry Bernet gave himself a fairly impressive 18th birthday present Saturday and said he’d taken inspiration from countrymen Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka following his 6-3, 6-4 win over American Benjamin Willwerth in the Australian Open junior boys final. Bernet said he met Federer

The Swiss Indoors Basel has crowned some of the ATP’s greatest champions: from Bjorn Borg to Pete Sampras to, of course, former ball boy turned all-time event title leader Roger Federer. The historic tournament was due to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year. Instead, its Golden Jubilee will have

From the Backhand Boys to Bianca Andreescu, tennis is full of players with musical aspirations of varying seriousness. But perhaps the one with the most potential of them all is Carol Zhao, owner of two ITF titles and an NCAA championship with the Stanford team. Zhao has long been known

It could be said that you haven't lived until you have witnessed Fernando Verdasco posing for a photo as he holds up a beautiful baby boy sporting plaid. And now I've said it, so cat is out of bag. In any event, let's all take a breather from the bizarre

It's a tournament the Beastie Boys would love: New York City's five boroughs are engaging in combat, this time on the tennis courts. Organized by the USTA's Eastern Section and the City Parks Foundation in the Big Apple, a war of forehands and volleys will be waged—in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens,

As a result of year after year traveling together on tour, ATP players get to know each other awfully well—and can feel like members of a brotherhood, or maybe a boy band. So Grigor Dimitrov, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and more made a video answering fun questions about their tennis-playing

A trio of ATP players have just had their lives changed forever, announcing the birth of their first children within days of each other. World No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was notably missing in action at the Miami Open as he welcomed a baby boy with his girlfriend, Noura El-Shwekh. Last

Ahead of the US Open, Sloane Stephens surprised a young boy when she showed up at Walmart to help him pick up new school supplies. The surprise was facilitated by "Uninterrupted" an athlete empowerment brand founded by Lebron James and Maverick Carter. Stephens US Open run came to an abrupt

Daniela Hantuchova caught up with “Uncle Toni” Nadal in the latest episode of Credentialed: Roland Garros to discuss nephew Rafael’s astonishing 13 titles in Paris. “I always thought that since Rafael was a little boy, that he could become a wonderful player, but I never believed he could win 13

Andy Murray believes that youngster Alexander Zverev will eventually move up in the rankings, but said that the 18-year-old German has a lot of work ahead. Murray crushed Zverev, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, in the first round of the Australian Open. The former No. 1-ranked Boys’ player, now ranked No. 83,

WATCH: Tsitsipas nearly hits ball boy during Aussie Open quarterfinal win

Okay, everybody. Match call begins now. I'll be refreshing the screen at swift intervals to keep things moving. . . Jet Boy Nadal is dressed like a chica. First wedgie pick. A Murray error and Nadal service winner puts Jet Boy up, 30-love. This is their first match, ever; and

Long gone are the colorless constraints of Wimbledon. It's the dog days of summer, and when it comes to tennis fashion, anything goes. We break down the luny, the clumsy, and the suave in this week's fashion spotlight. Sartorial props to Go Soeda for his fresh, well-coordinated digs. The orange

It's simply one of the most adorable things you'll see this week. Novak Djokovic, celebrating son Stefan's first birthday, attempts to twist a balloon animal (a dog) to entertain the tyke. He finishes fashioning the green toy, he walks it toward the little lad, and he "barks" at the boy.

In case you’re wondering how a woman from Scotland—a country with no tennis tradition, terrible weather and hardly any indoor courts or coaches—managed to raise two boys to become professional tennis players . . . I can assure you, that wasn’t the plan. I played pro tennis very briefly in