Elena Rybakina made waves around the tennis world in the early hours of the New Year when she announced Thursday Down Under (Wednesday in the rest of the world) that her polarizing former coach, Stefano Vukov, will re-join her team for 2025. The 2022 Wimbledon champion made the announcement in

Just minutes after Rafael Nadal captured his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title, Nike was ready to do some winning of their own. Although the Spaniard's five hour 24 minutes victory over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev was one for the history books, it doesn't necessarily end the GOAT debate, but

Rome was the appropriate place for Jerzy Janowicz, a young Polish player on the rise, to have his first audience with the game’s Papal equivalent, Roger Federer. It went as many of us would have expected. Janowicz is a 6'8" slugger with a bomb serve who loves the drop shot

The keeper of the Spin will first add to the chorus: I do not believe Caroline Wozniacki's actions at the exhibition match in Brazil were racist, classless, or a flurry of other words ending in -ist and -less. Maybe poorly considered, but a lot of actions and words come out

[This is Doug Robson's last dispatch for TW from Dubai. You might also want to check out his post on Andy Roddick over at Doug's own weblog. Enjoy, and use this thread to discuss the Dubai final - PB] By Douglas Robson, TW Guest Contributor Outside of the tennis, I've

Jack Draper received a ringing endorsement for a herculean effort at the 2025 Australian Open early Thursday morning when he met former world No. 1 John McEnroe on court after a four hour, 35-minute comeback over Thanasi Kokkinakis. The high-quality contest saw both men striking more winners than errors, Draper

The pop-culture phenomenon Challengers didn't only impress movie-goers this summer at the box office. It also earned rave reviews from its real-life counterparts on tour, according to the film's A-list star Zendaya. "I've had a couple tennis players say, 'Thanks for making tennis sexy,' or 'making tennis cool,'" the 28-year-old

World No. 6 Alexander Zverev was tested on Tuesday by Dominik Koepfer in his first round match at Australian Open, needing four sets to see off the No.62-ranked fellow German, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. But after battling on Margaret Court Arena for three hours and 15 minutes, all eyes

WATCH: Kokkinakis has enjoyed a dream start to his 2022 season, including a first title and Australian Open men's doubles victory with childhood friend Nick Kyrgios.

LOS ANGELES (AP) The tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open who said women's pro tennis players ''ride on the coattails of the men'' resigned Monday night, ending his 29-year association with the event. Tournament owner Larry Ellison said in a statement that Raymond Moore was quitting as chief executive

Step aside, Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova? The biggest winner of the Wimbledon fortnight may just be Morgan Riddle, the social media influencer girlfriend of American quarterfinalist Taylor Fritz. The New York Times has already dubbed her the “most famous woman in men’s tennis” and now, British Vogue has highlighted

Flashback: Andy Murray hits a forehand passing shot in the 2021 European Open.

UPDATE—The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has issued a response to Feliciano Lopez's statement: "We respect the comments made by Feliciano Lopez, but notwithstanding that we continue to maintain the confidentiality policy that is applied to all investigative matters." Former doubles partners Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez have been identified in

Following Boris Becker’s love life has become something of a spectator sport in Germany. The tennis legend, now a pop culture icon in his homeland, has never shied away from his ladies’ man reputation, having been involved in several high-profile relationships – and spectacular break-ups – over the years. This

In early 2009 it looked as if the WTA tour was about to welcome two new, undersized players to the Top 10. Frenchwoman Alize Cornet and Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova, both coming off strong performances in 2008, were playing themselves toward the game's elite. Cornet hit No. 11 in mid-February after

"I will always be in Andy's corner and wish him nothing but great success as he too goes into a new phase of his career.”—Ivan Lendl, quoted in Andy Murray’s blog on the termination of their coaching relationship. With that gracious comment, one of the most interesting and wildly successful

Andy Murray's top pick for a coach is still Ivan Lendl, but he’s aware of the difficulties of getting former champions to commit to full-time coaching. In a Q&A session with ticket holders in Rome, Murray was asked who he would like his next coach to be. “I loved working

News anchor Dana Perino joins the show to share how tennis enriched her life during one of the most challenging periods of her career. She is proof that no matter what age you pick up the game, it can still be a sport for life. “It’s a great sport for

Former Top 10 player Daria Kasatkina made the surprise announcement Friday that she will soon begin representing Australia on the professional tennis tour, writing in a social media statement that her application for permanent residency has recently been granted. "Australia is a place I love, is incredibly welcoming and a

PARIS—There’s been a lot to follow: top-tier upsets, second-tier moonwalking, and stretcher-assisted exits on the women’s side; on the men's, we've had twilight battles, diet secrets, and the first possible case of fake non-cramps in world history. Now it’s time, after all the watching and the writing and the running