MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal got off to a good start in his return from injury, defeating Miomir Kecmanovic in two sets to reach the third round at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Nadal showed few signs of rustiness in his 6-1, 7-6 (4) opening win at home. He cruised

Beware the tweener. Not necessarily for the player on the opposite side of the net from the trick shot, even if it's led to some jaw-dropping winners in the past. On Monday, the first day of Wimbledon, it was about the player who tried to execute it. When Alejandro Davidovich

HIGHLIGHTS: Djokovic beats Dutchman—and curfew—in QF return**

WATCH: Nadal's speaks with press after withdrawing

WATCH: Highlights from Novak Djokovic's victory over Maxime Cressy in Paris.

WATCH:Novak Djokovic defeats Cameron Norrie at the 2023 Italian Open Fourth Round Match Point

“The sky is the limit,” many have been told once or twice, or countless times over. For Chris Eubanks, that mantra has rung true all season long. But the American soared to even greater heights with a stellar run on grass courts to cement himself as a contender for the

WATCH: Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek for the second time this year in the semifinals in Montreal.

PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of finishing the season as the top-ranked player took a hit after a 6-3, 6-4 loss to qualifier Roman Safiullin in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday. In his return from injury, Alcaraz dropped serve four times and made 27 unforced

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Jannik Sinner is setting new standards match after match at the ATP Finals. The home crowd favorite from Italy registered a first career win over Holger Rune, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on Thursday, two days after beating Novak Djokovic for the first time. Sinner, who had already

So far this week we’ve covered this year’s title leaders and win leaders, and today we bring you the biggest ranking jumps from the 2022 to 2023 year-end ATP and WTA Top 100s. First off, the biggest ranking jump among the ATP’s year-end Top 100 this year goes to 19-year-old

WATCH: Emma Raducanu defeats Serena Williams in the 2022 Cincinnati first round.

It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals. The end of the thirtysomething Djokovic's 33-match winning streak at Melbourne Park. The end of his bid for an 11th championship there and 25th Grand Slam

It may feel like the 2019 tennis season just wrapped up, but fans won’t have to wait too long to see the best players in the world again. The 2020 tennis season kicks off in less than four weeks with almost all of the top players in action somewhere around

MATCH POINT: Djokovic defeats Shapovalov to reach 30th major final

Welcome to Underrated Week! From May 4 through 8, TENNIS.com is focusing on the most overlooked aspects of the sport, from stats to achievements to tactics, and beyond. We're also featuring 10 players because of something they do extremely well, but which isn't their signature quality. It's a series we're

Intermission, brief as it was, is over; it’s time for the second half of the tennis season to begin. Two weeks after Wimbledon’s end, the tours have left grass behind and begun their slow migration from Europe to North America. The biggest stars aren’t quite ready to reappear just yet—that

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Get ready for Coco Gauff vs. Venus Williams, Part II. That headline-grabbing pair of tennis players — Gauff, 15, is the youngest woman in the Australian Open; Venus is the oldest — will meet again in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament after Thursday's

With the Asian swing complete, and just one more trip back to Europe on most players’ calendars, the 2019 season is making its final turn and heading for home. Tournament-wise, this is a modest week; there are five events across both tours, but there are no Masters 1000s on the

WATCH: Denis Shapovalov outlasted Karen Khachanov in five epic sets to reach the final four at Wimbledon.