Somewhere along the way tennis ceased to be thought of as a quintessentially American sport—it’s “international” now, for better and for worse, like swimming, cycling, track and field, soccer, and a dozen other games no one cares about here. Yes, tennis is played around the world, and no, it can’t

One day you are an idiot, and the next day a genius. That is the captain of a Davis Cup team." That's how Niki Pilic sums up the lot of a Davis Cup captain, and he speaks as one with plenty of experience in the hot seat. He won the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Vera Zvonareva calls her great for women's tennis.'' Li Na says she's an amazing player.'' Doubles star Mike Bryan considers herone of the best in the mix.'' Justine Henin's retirement brought tributes across tennis Thursday for the seven-time Grand Slam winner who was competing only days

NEW YORK (AP) Neither her words nor her play indicated that Serena Williams was distracted one bit Thursday at the U.S. Open. She would have been forgiven if they had, of course, given that sister Venus withdrew from the tournament 24 hours earlier and revealed a recently diagnosed immune system

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live discusses Novak Djokovic’s status for the upcoming Australian Open.

** Welcome to Florida Week! As the tours head southeast for the Miami Open, TENNIS.com and Baseline will feature all things Sunshine State. You’ll learn about the personalities, stories, teams and venues that have made Florida one of the tennis capitals of the world. We’ll also be reporting from the

View the entire women's bracket at our Wimbledon tournament page. MATT FITZGERALD: Karolina Pliskova She doesn’t have a great history at the grass major, but having avoided a brutal top quarter and with coach Conchita Martinez by her side, it’s finally Pliskova’s time. STEVE FLINK: Ashleigh Barty The Aussie will

Complete commitment. An unwavering desire to succeed. Conviction in one’s abilities. Recognition to adapt with conditions. Respect for the opposition. The will to fight until the final point has been claimed. Before I pursued a career in a sport boasting these collective qualities, I was first exposed to this set

So far we’ve discussed, among other things, the players, matches, points, disappointments, and train wrecks of the year on this web site. But what about its phrases? In the age of social media, the players' most memorable bursts, and outbursts, of words become a linguistic shorthand for fans. I mean,

With recreational and professional players testing the limits of what’s possible on a tennis court, their equipment needs to be up to the challenge. The last decade saw racquets, strings and shoes all adapt to the increasing power and physical demands of the modern game. The trend will continue as

Mornin' all. For those of you might be interested, Rafael Nadal is blogging for Tennis.com, for as long as he's in the Miami draw. Also, the Talk About Tennis website has posted some of my thoughts on tennis, and how I got into the game, in a Q an A

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND—It should have been a lazy summer day here in London. The sun was out, the humidity was up, the temperature was in the 70s, and the thick, scattered clouds in the sky didn’t appear to have anywhere better to be than right over the All England Club. But

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) After her surprising run to the fourth round of Wimbledon, Melanie Oudin is hoping to establish herself as a regular contender on the women's tour. `I'm very proud of myself how I did here,'' the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., said Monday after losing 6-4, 7-5 to 11th-seeded Agnieszka

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live discusses Novak Djokovic denied entry into Australia for the 2022 Australian Open.

In January, CiCi Bellis had a small taste of returning to the top level of tennis when she advanced to the third round of the Australian Open. The American's journey was well-documented, one that saw the former junior No. 1 out of action from March 2018 to November 2019 after

Many a meme posted early in the pandemic encouraged an embrace of the pause provided by quarantine—that this unwanted period could nonetheless yield unexpected intellectual or emotional breakthroughs. Former world No. 1 Dinara Safina was already in the midst of professional meditation when COVID-19 lockdowns halted her still-nascent plans to

NEW YORK—Everything seemed normal during the second day of qualifying at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. The sun was out and the weather was warm—too warm to plant yourself on a metal bleacher for very long. The courts were filled with little-known hopefuls fighting for their livelihoods. Top players like

“She did all the great volleys and all the doubles stuff,” 18-year-old Belinda Bencic said after helping Switzerland clinch its first-round Fed Cup tie against Germany on Sunday. The “she” in that sentence was Martina Hingis, Bencic’s teammate, idol, and sometime-coach. Fourteen years after her first retirement from tennis, Hingis

This has been an era of greater and greater glory in tennis. The older the top players get, it seems, the better they become. Once upon a time—before March 7, 2016, to be exact—we might have expected a similarly satisfying fate for Maria Sharapova. The Russian was one of the

Where do we go after Indian Wells? Straight to Key Biscayne, as quickly as possible. In years past, after two weeks on hard courts in the California heat, there was a sense of déjà vu about the prospect of spending the next two weeks on hard courts in the Florida