NEW YORK -- Defending champion Andy Murray could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic only in the semifinals at the U.S. Open, while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer -- who have never played each other at Flushing Meadows -- might meet in the quarterfinals. Murray earned his first Grand Slam championship by

It is not often that those of us who play recreational tennis have the opportunity to feel a real sense of kinship with those who play tennis professionally. Even if we play at a reasonably high level, our tennis generally bears only a passing resemblance to their tennis. What they

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty hopes to wrap up a dream season in front of her home crowd this weekend, as she leads Australia against France in the Fed Cup final at the RAC Arena in Perth. Barty began 2019 playing Hopman Cup on these very same courts and was

Team Europe are hoping to make home-court advantage account at the 2024 Laver Cup. Retiring captain Bjorn Borg has assembled a heavyweight squad to try and halt Team World's two-Cup winning streak. Despite the late withdrawal of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, Europe still has experience and silverware in

NEW YORK (AP) -- His match tightening up, John Isner still had the tiebreaker. The top-ranked American man at the U.S. Open needed nearly 3 hours to win a four-set match in the first round Wednesday. Isner, seeded ninth, outlasted Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-3, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (9).

NEW YORK(AP) Jesse Witten's pals from his days at the University of Kentucky are going to be sticking around at the U.S. Open longer than they expected. And longer than he did, too. The 276th-ranked Witten earned the first tour-level victory of his career Tuesday at Flushing Meadows, upsetting No.

WATCH: Taylor Fritz defeats J.J. Wolf in the 2023 Atlanta semifinal

(Editor's Note: This article was originally published in October 2012.) It appears that, after six months on the sidelines, Rafael Nadal will return to a tennis court by the end of 2012. When his debut will be is still up in the air. Yesterday we heard that he’s scheduled to

The final round of Australian Open qualifying came to a thrilling conclusion on Wednesday, as the event played across Doha and Dubai yielded 32 men and women heading to Melbourne as main draw entrants for the 2021 edition of the tournament—set to take place in early February. Catch up with

Garbine Muguruza has some pointed words for her coach, and the cameraman, during a changeover (Caution: language):

Earlier-than-expected losses; no titles for several months—and counting; questions about form: Those are all circumstances world No. 3 Simona Halep is going through as she begins her 2019 Mutua Madrid Open campaign. She defeated qualifier Margarita Gasparyan, 6-0, 6-4, on Sunday in a solid opening round performance. In what might

What’s my prediction for the Serbia-France Davis Cup final this weekend? The only thing I’m sure of at the moment is noise. Hair-band-level noise. Reporting from the 16,000-seat Belgrade Arena this week, the Times’ Clive White wrote, “It’s debatable which has achieved the greater decibel level [in the arena]: any

What do you think of when you think of summer vacation? It might be the fine smell of sunscreen, or the perfectly greasy and way-too-big cheesesteaks down the shore. It might be a boozy, sloppy sunset bar in Montauk or Fire Island. It might be the seagulls that wake you

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — The timing couldn't have been better in so many ways for Nelly Korda, the new face of American women in golf and No. 1 in the world. As she stood on the first tee at Atlanta Athletic Cub, tied for the lead in the KPMG

We know what this quarterfinal—the quarterfinal—means to Novak Djokovic. At what seems like the peak of his powers, he has a chance to remove the biggest reason he won’t win his first French Open and complete the career Grand Slam. The world No. 1’s form has been imperious in 2015,

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE Both tours convened at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow last week, and the final outcomes could have scarcely been more different. The women’s WTA 500-level event saw the second seeds, Jelena Ostapenko and Katerina Siniakova come away with the indoor title. Playing together for the first

LONDON (AP) Leave all the chatter about Serena Williams' pursuit of her 22nd major singles trophy to others. Williams and her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, do not discuss that number. ''We don't talk about it all. Zero,'' Mouratoglou said Tuesday at Wimbledon after watching Williams win her first-round match. Why is

Tennis fans can now be a part of the professional tours—off court, that is, by investing in the future stars of the sport. Commonwealth is a sports investing platform that allows for anyone in their 17,000—and growing—sports fan community to buy shares of its players and fund their professional journey.

📣 🚨Attention tennis fans traveling to Indian Wells: Casper Ruud is still on the premises. We repeat, keep your eyes peeled for three-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud. With the BNP Paribas Open wrapping up in just a few days, eliminated players have shifted their focus to the next event—also

ROME, Italy—“Who said that?” Iga Swiatek wanted to know the source of rumors claiming she planned to skip the upcoming Wimbledon Championships. “Shouldn't believe this stuff,” the former world No. 1 confimed during her Media Day press conference at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. “During past few days I saw million