WATCH—The fourth episode of The Ten: Seasons airs on Sunday at 8 p.m. EST:

It’s 9:05 A.M. Monday morning. A deeply tan and muscular woman, 6-foot-tall, her face concealed beneath a black visor, is hitting volleys on Stadium 3. There’s no one in the stands or in the vicinity other than myself, until a father and his two young sons walk up to peek

"I know that Sloane got elected because every day she came up to me and asked me to vote for her,” Naomi Osaka says with a laugh when asked about the new WTA Players’ Council. Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens is one of five fresh faces to join the

The stage is now hers to take. Except today, in place of a bursting Centre Court full of cheers and claps, is a room of about 15 serious, steady faces. Most of these formidable figures are unlike her on the outside: they are white, they are older, and they are

John McEnroe and I were on the same flight back from Paris to New York, and we chatted at the baggage claim area while waiting for our stuff. Like everyone else, McEnroe was first and foremost amazed by the powers of Rafael Nadal. But the thing that got him really

On a warm New York evening inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, Justin Gimelstob got his chance. It was 2007, and the American had just lost an entertaining match to his close friend and rival Andy Roddick. Retirement was imminent. Yes, there would be a few more matches before he officially walked

Dent by Pete Bodo How could we not lead our nominal News of the Day with anything but Taylor Dent's decision to retire? It seems like just yesterday that I was down at the IMG Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and Taylor was enthusiastically telling me that he fully expected to

To tide everyone over until the Wimbledon draw tomorrow, we bring back the Book Club. Today I'm talking with author and tennis historian Steve Flink about the new edition of his book, The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time, which has just come out in hardback, and which will make

Something's been bothering me about Roger Federer and the French Open since the final on Sunday, and the other day I finally put my finger on it. I think Roger needs a coach - not because I think he would have taken out Rafael Nadal, 2-2-3 if he had one,

MIAMI, USA — Joao Fonseca knew there were a lot of Brazilians in South Florida. He just didn’t think that so many of them were going to show up to the Miami Open on Thursday, passionately cheering him on late into the evening during his electrifying tournament debut. After needing

[Once again, our main man in Europe, Miguel Seabra, has stepped up to bring you this update on Novak Djokovic's present, torrid run. Miguel is a very busy guy during Estoril; he's the Portuguese Bud Collins, but he found time to file this terrific firsthand report for us. I'm always

On Saturday and Sunday, I’m Rallying with Kamakshi Tandon, former editor of Tennis.com, who has just taken the plunge and started a digital magazine with a few of her fellow writers, called Tennis Journal.

88774856 by Pete Bodo As you read this, Devin Britton is somewhere in Spain (actually, he's at the Barcelona Total Tennis academy, training for a few weeks before he dips his foot into the competitive waters at a few local Futures events. This is a somewhat bold and counter-intuitive move

NEW YORK—You never know what the millennial generation is going to get up to next. They helped elect President Obama and looked ready to save the planet, but somehow got distracted by their Instagram feeds along the way. This morning they seem to have sunk to a new low, at

82217113 by Pete Bodo Howdy, everyone. I'm a little late to the party today, but I didn't want to knock Mike and Bob Bryan off the perch they've occupied on the home page since late last night, after I had a quick visit with a very tired Mike a few

Each day this week, Peter Bodo will review action from the Rogers Cup tournaments in Canada and preview upcoming matches. These "Good Morning Canada" posts will be published around 10 am EST, and we encourage you to discuss the day's play—along with Pete's thoughts—in the comment section below. Yesterday: In

WATCH: Daniil Medvedev won his third straight title this year with a win over Andrey Rublev in Dubai.

Tennis these days is all about hairline margins, precise technique, a degree of consistency in which each point is gold not to be frittered away. It’s about economy of motion and in thrall to the general embrace throughout sports of data and statistics. Shirts may be collarless these days, but

Rf by Pete Bodo Roger Federer has earned the right to feel awfully good about himself. He’s had a great career and, with the exception of a few relatively minor injury issues, a remarkably smooth one. He frolics in the deep end of the pool, but he wasn’t flung into

[[Mornin', everyone. Rosangel is on the case, big-time! This will be your Watercooler post for today. If you have any questions for Rosia, or anything you may want her to ask any of the players at the BlackRock Masters, I suggest you post them in the comments. Perhaps she will