Summer is flying by, but the tennis tours are taking their sweet time getting the season’s U.S. swing started in earnest. This week, after the men tested the waters, and the heat, in Atlanta, they jump in at a 500 event in Washington, D.C.; the women join them with an

*92592485 by Bobby Chintapalli, TW Contributing Editor The Six Million Dollar Woman Let’s start with Serena Williams, because how can we not? This year you can’t say much about women’s tennis — and hardly anything about money in women’s tennis — without uttering her name. She broke the career prize

87961097 by Pete Bodo Yesterday I wrote about how Roger Federer is at a significant career crossroads, and one of the more interesting subplots in this plot-rich rivalry Federer enjoys with Rafael Nadal is that the same could be said for Nadal. And if the events of the last 12

• Picby Pete Bodo* In tennis, any number of great ideas have gone by the wayside. But one that has survived and is standing the test of time awfully well is the "Masters" concept. It has not only served the interests of that elite grade of nine sub-major tournaments, but

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Novak Djokovic absorbed plenty of pressure from Radek Stepanek before advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open, then unleashed some stinging shots at Lance Armstrong after the doping-tainted cyclist's long-expected confession. Djokovic broke the 34-year-old, 34th-ranked Stepanek late in each set of a 6 -4,

NEW YORK—Opportunity is knocking for Taylor Fritz at the US Open, and not just because the 26-year-old American leads the home charge at one of the most wide-open Grand Slams in recent memory. The No. 12 seed has already capitalized on Arthur Ashe Stadium by reaching his breakthrough first major

As triumphant returns to Paris go, Naomi Osaka’s reappearance in the French capital for Roland Garros won’t compare to Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile in 1840, or to President Charles De Gaulle’s march of liberation down the Champs-Elysees near the end of World War II. It may not even match

LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Denis Shapovalov's argument with the chair umpire about a late call grew into a spat with his opponent during his first-round 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) loss to Jerzy Janowicz. Shapovalov, an 18-year-old Canadian who won the Wimbledon

PARIS —Shortly after she won her 16th Grand Slam title at the French Open today, Serena Williams was asked to compare herself to the 20-year old ingénue who won this title unexpectedly over her sister Venus Williams in 2002. “I prefer the Serena of 2002 because she still has a

103784954 By Pete Bodo NEW YORK—When Beatrice Capra lost at the USTA 18 Nationals a few weeks ago, she was utterly disheartened. She turned to her mother, Laurie MacGill, and said: "That was my last nationals as a junior, what's left for me?" MacGill, having been a tour player back

I could just picture the conversation that took place between Willy Canas and Tommy Robredo in the locker room shortly before they strolled out to play the last remaining quarterfinal of the Sony Ericsson Open this evening: Willy: Okay, Tommy, I have an idea. Let's go out and you pretend

Garbine Muguruza and her coach, Sam Sumyk, have a testy exchange at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai:

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's & This Week's Tournament** Roland Garros (ATP & WTA - Clay - Paris, France) - Men's Singles - Women's Singles - Men's Doubles - Women's Doubles - Mixed Doubles - Boys' Singles - Girls' Singles - Boys' Doubles - Girls' Doubles (Television

By claiming his first singles crown on the ATP tour with a remarkable triumph on the hard courts at the Delray Beach Open in Florida last weekend, Radu Albot of Moldova climbed deservedly from his location at No. 82 in the ATP rankings up to No. 52. His triumph has

Professional tennis players never lack the motivation to succeed at a tournament on home soil. However, the pressure—whether self-imposed or from game opponents—can have a negative impact on their prospects. It’s an experience many of the “hometown hopefuls” at the Australian Open have had to deal with over the years.

What would the French Open look like if it were played somewhere other than Roland Garros? Let’s take a step back: Could there even be a Grand Slam in Paris at any other location? The tournament and the site where it has been played since 1928 are so intertwined that,

I wouldn’t call it a slow start to the hard-court season, exactly, just an unexpected one. Highly unexpected: After Sunday’s finals in Indianapolis and Stanford, the leaders of the U.S. Open Series are two seemingly nice young people named Gilles Simon and Aleksandra Wozniak. Neither are from the U.S., neither

Not so long ago, the introductions to my women’s Grand Slam previews all had two words in common: “wide open.” As late as the end of 2011, that’s how the WTA draws always felt. Things have changed in a hurry. Coming into Roland Garros in 2013, the top women are

Many Americans heard the name “Paul, Weiss” for the first time in recent months. The New York law firm has been in the news—much more, surely, than it would like. First the company came under fire from Donald Trump; then it was buried in an avalanche of criticism for caving

NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 1:50 a.m. Eighth-seeded Madison Keys rallied from down a set and a break to outlast fellow American Alison Riske in a first-round U.S. Open match that ended at 1:48 a.m. Tuesday morning. Keys, who took a medical timeout