Remember when Novak Djokovic famously walked out on court in Paris wearing a Darth Vader mask? The 24-time Grand Slam winner is once again embracing the Dark Side—or at least, its all-black aesthetic—thanks to an exclusive new racquet designed only for a “Legend”. Eagle-eyed Djokovic fans may have already clued

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer are all vying to end their careers with the most majors ever for a male player, and they’re all going to be in the hunt for another at Roland Garros. Could this year’s French Open reshape men’s tennis history? This week, we give

For the third time in 2024, Aryna Sabalenka will take on her favorite tennis player. “I love her so much,” the No. 2 seed of Paula Badosa, her next opponent at Roland Garros. “I love to see her play, and she's really a great fighter, so it's always great matches.”

With Simona Halep—the clear favorite on the women’s side—falling in the fourth round and world No. 3 Dominic Thiem being forced to go the distance, the second week of Roland Garros is off to a wild start. Or it could just be a continuation of the topsy-turvy action from Week

If you’re a Gael Monfils fan, or a tennis fan, or just a fan of life—anything but a Kei Nishikori fan, really—I’d recommend keeping a video handy of the third-set tiebreaker that those two players contested in Montreal on Wednesday. Whenever you want to be reminded of how good tennis

As Wimbledon comes to a close, we're counting down the 10 most memorable matches at the All England Club over the last 50 years. When a 25-year-old Venus Williams and a 29-year-old Lindsay Davenport met in this all-Californian 2005 Wimbledon final, many believed it could be the last chance that

Concerns about the playing conditions at the Australian Open have increased as air quality drops in Melbourne, though there is still a week before qualifying begins at the event. According to Australia's ABC, national bushfires have dropped air quality from below 140 to above 200, considered "very unhealthy" and placing

MELBOURNE—“I felt like I was one foot out of the tournament.” Those were Caroline Wozniacki’s words on Wednesday at the Australian Open. Now she’s into the quarterfinals after a routine 6-3, 6-0 win over Magdalena Rybarikova. Another player once said nearly the same words here and won the whole thing.

MELBOURNE—An American teen beat a Grand Slam champion on a big stage in the first round of the Australian Open. But Coco Gauff—who overcame Venus Williams for a second time at the opening hurdle of a major—had company Monday. Caty McNally collected her first ever victory at the Australian Open

WATCH: Nadal spoke to the press after his semifinal victory over Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros.

WATCH: Bouzova retires with hand injury against Kvitova in Madrid.

“Was this the greatest night in the history of baseball?” That question was posed by an ESPN anchor to Tim Kurkjian, the network's MLB expert, on Thursday morning. A few hours earlier, two teams, the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox, had completed historic end-of-season collapses at virtually the

It's hard to see how my predictions could have been further off. I picked Henin-Hardenne in two and Nadal in five. As we all know, it was Mauresmo in three and Federer in four. The first one was the real surprise. Henin-Hardenne folded and Mauresmo kept her game and her

“Many, many, many things are not clicking these two weeks on hard courts." This dire self-assessment was made by Novak Djokovic after his loss to Tommy Robredo in Cincinnati yesterday. That’s a lot of things that aren't clicking, especially for a world No. 1 and Wimbledon champion. But would you

“At times today, Murray wasn’t at his best,” Tennis Channel commentator Leif Shiras said after Andy Murray’s nearly three-hour 7-6 (8), 7-5, 6-0 grind-down of Juan Martin del Potro at the French Open on Saturday. “But he always dug deep to find something extra.” As far as match summaries go,

After a flying start, the new tennis season slows back down during week two. Most of the the game’s single-name stars—Nole, Roger, Rafa, Serena, and Maria—are in practice-and-promote mode before the year’s first major, the Australian Open, begins next Monday. But there are still four tune-up events on tap, and

Just when it didn’t seem to matter, when the players didn’t want to play and the tours were hoping to put another bloated season to rest, tennis fans were given a reason to watch again yesterday. At the most basic level, they got a well-played, five-set match in the final

The scattered, small tournaments that inevitably follow a Grand Slam are a mixed blessing. On the one hand, there’s a letdown effect. In Melbourne, there was no question that every game, point, and shot mattered; watching Rotterdam today, I found myself wondering exactly what the long-term significance of a rally

In our Shotmaking series, Anita Aguilar will provide the photos and Steve Tignor will provide the captions. Together, they'll tell the story of a match at the U.S. Open. Our latest edition focuses on two five-setters from Thursday: Andy Murray's 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 comeback win over Adrian Mannarino:

MELBOURNE—A lot of cool things happened to 15-year-old Taylor Townsend on her trip to Australia this month. She got a few toy kangaroo souvenirs for her family, as well as a couple of koala trophies. She watched Roger and Rafa go toe to toe—“I was in shock,” Townsend said of