There aren’t many players who can come out of nowhere and win a Grand Slam title, but to come out of nowhere and completely steamroll to a Grand Slam title is another thing entirely. Enter Iga Swiatek. Though she’s been a rising star on the tour for a few years

MIAMI, Fla.—Thirty-two-year-old Li Na knows what it’s like to be 19-year-old Madison Keys, and she’d just as soon not have anything to do with it anymore. But today she was happy to revisit that age and the state of Keys’ development after a series of impressive escapes left the world

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Even advanced players will be challenged by this drill, which helps add control to your volleys:

After the Davis Cup final, the last sanctioned event of the year, players from both the WTA and ATP tours hit the courts in Asia for a relatively new team event. Setting: Founded by Indian doubles legend Mahesh Bhupathi, the International Premier Tennis League was in its second season in

Andrey Rublev has always been a top performer at ATP 500-level tournaments, even being nicknamed the ‘King of ATP 500s’ in the past—and on Monday, he reached a big milestone at that level. The world No. 8 stormed to the 100th ATP 500 win of his career on Monday evening

I don’t know about you, but this struck me as a pretty big week in tennis, which is something we’re unaccustomed to saying in the fall. Things are bound to become even more intriguing, and perhaps even more resonant on the global media stage, now that the first of the

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—When you’ve watched and written about a player long enough, sometimes you can tell that he’s playing well, and is probably going to play well, even if he might not be so sure himself, and even if the scoreline would suggest the opposite. Such was the case when

Roger Federer has done it all, seriously. He's even winning matches in a skirt, or technically, a kilt.

Each day until the US Open, we'll highlight one statistic from Serena Williams' unparalleled career that will in all likelihood never be broken.

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Editor's Note: Nick Kyrgios received a walkover in the second men's semifinal following Rafael Nadal's withdrawal Thursday evening due to an abdominal tear.

By the time Rafael Nadal finished his post-match press conference Wednesday morning, it was nearly 2:00 a.m. As always, he’d labored hard, taking nearly four-and-a-half hours to beat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Said Nadal, “Well, of course we have a lot

NEW YORK—“I’ve seen that there’s life after tennis,” Anastasija Sevastova said early last week at the U.S. Open. “That if you lose a match, it’s not the end of the world. That the world does not collapse.” But Sevastova, a 26-year-old, oft-injured Latvian who retired in 2013 before un-retiring in

Venus Williams hit the courts in Acapulco for a practice session, and came away with a keepsake. The 39-year-old is excited to start her Mexico campaign but she seemed even more thrilled to snap a photo with Rafael Nadal.

Some nights tennis is tough. Other nights, it’s...not. Novak Djokovic went from one to the other over the last 24 hours in Montreal. On Thursday, he survived a three-set battle with a stubborn Dennis Istomin. Today he might have been on court by himself for the all the resistance that

Steve Tignor blogs from the 2010 French Open: Roland Garros, One Sight at a TimeIt's hard, even for an American, to stereotype the French Open and its fans. * Maria SharapovaThe Drive vs. the Slide*Even in defeat, Maria Sharapova showed how far sheer will can take a player.

Over the years, Rafael Nadal’s experienced his fair share of success in the weeks following the US Open, with his most recent title coming at last week's China Open. Here’s a look at five of his best performances in Asia: 1 2008 Olympics, Beijing (champion) A four-time Davis Cup champion,