A lot of parents want to know what it will take for their children to succeed in tennis. The answer is pretty simple: It’ll take everything they have—all the energy, strength and hours they can commit to the game at the expense of many other fun things like school dances

STANFORD, Calif. (AP)—Daniel Nguyen made a shot to earn a break point, flipped off his hat, started taking off his shirt and then danced around the court until his Southern California teammates could reach him and pile on. Nguyen downed Sanam Singh 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to give Southern California a

LONDON -- Marion Bartoli wasted little time in advancing to her second Wimbledon final, dancing and grunting her way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Kirsten Flipkens on Thursday. The 15th-seeded Frenchwoman led 3-0 in both sets and took 62 minutes to wrap them up. Flipkens, a Belgian seeded 20th,

Today on Rod Laver Arena, Li Na saw to it that Andrea Petkovic didn’t dance. Li won, 6-2, 6-4, extending her winning streak to 10 matches. If she stretches that to a dozen, she’ll have more than a 12-0 record to show off. She’ll have her first Grand Slam singles

Stanislas Wawrinka danced with danger on the edge of elimination before high-stepping past Nikolay Davydenko today in Indian Wells. The 12th-seeded Swiss fought back from a one-set, one break deficit in defeating Davydenko, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a two hour, 40-minute match that ebbed and flowed with some spectacular

Serena Williams jumped and danced for joy on Centre Court today as she completed the career Golden Slam, bringing home her first singles gold medal for Team USA after summarily dismissing Russia’s Maria Sharapova, 6-0, 6-1. The fact that Williams had lost just 16 games in five matches and her

Smashed racquets. Balls hit behind the back and through the legs. Questionable drop shots, and unquestionably brilliant drop shots. 57 aces and 137 winners. People, in the stands, watching, cheering, booing, dancing, and screaming just for the fun of being able to scream at a sporting event again. One match

MELBOURNE—For nearly a fortnight, Stefanos Tsitsipas had thrilled Melbourne. He had thrown himself into his matches, whipped winners in all directions, slain Roger Federer and not so much marched as danced his way into the semifinals. Not only was it unprecedented to see someone from Greece do so well, it

We’re getting there. February, traditionally a time of respite, went in like a lamb and came out like something of a lion. This past weekend Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov closed the month with potentially significant 500-level titles in Dubai and Acapulco. At the very least, their wins serve as

For those who missed it in real time, as did I, here's footage of Andrea Petkovic skedaddling from the court last week during her semifinal match against Agnieszka Radwanska in Carlsbad, California.

The Wimbledon singles champions, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, closed the 2015 Championships with a dance. This isn’t standard practice anymore; the last two winners to cut a rug together were Bjorn Borg and Virginia Wade in 1977 (an event, I confess, that I find hard to picture). But a

Justine vs. Serena should be a classic rivalry. They’re pure opposites, right down to the way they lined up at the baselime to start a point last night: Williams wearing black, standing still, stolid, looking right into her opponent's eyes; Henin in bright orange, doing her little-step dance to the

Yes, in between games, the DJ at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia—the Italian Open to us old-timers—revs up the crowd with 2 Unlimited’s 1990s synth-dance classic “Get Ready for This.” A favorite for decades in minor-league baseball parks across the USA, it was once judged to be the No. 1 “Jock

As hard as it is to compete with Canadian bobsledders, a dancing Shaq, and the assorted Dales of Daytona, tennis hung in this weekend with an entertaining threesome of its own: Murray, Moya, and McEnroe, three guys at very different stages of their careers who all took home winner’s trophies

After Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova won on Centre Court, Serena Williams became the center of attention. On Thursday, more than 5,000 miles away from Wimbledon, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion hosted the 32nd ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. And though Williams retired from professional

• Picby Pete Bodo* He's getting to be like the guy who's still dancing with a lampshade on his head and crying, "Whoo-hooo!" while everyone else is played out and leaving the party. Or like the ex-boyfriend who just won't go away—and just may end up marrying the fickle beauty

On a Monday night in Philadelphia, some 3,500 miles from the All England Club in London where she had just finished as runner-up, Venus Williams strode through Hagan Arena ahead of the start of her 12th Mylan World TeamTennis season. She suddenly broke into a dance, smiling big and wide.

NEW YORK—Tap-dancing in place, Alison Riske bounced inside the baseline eagerly awaiting an approaching serve. Even when she wasn’t moving forward, Riske looked like a woman going places. The 81st-ranked American wild card played near flawless tennis in reeling off eight consecutive games to close a stunning 6-3, 6-0 rout