The all-time great discusses what today’s players need to succeed, her career regrets and the future of coaching Q: You’ve been credited with pioneering the tennis “team”—a player’s staff that includes coaches, physios and additional support. What are your thoughts on today’s teams? Like everything, it’s a balancing act. What

Reilly Opelka isn’t in the ATP’s Top 10 just yet, but according to him, he’s among the elite in another important category. He’s “first-team all-bot.” Servebot, that is. Among tennis fans, this is a less-than-affectionate term for the sport’s towering ace machines, the players who rely on their serves to

PRESS CONFERENCE: Serena Williams after her three-hour, three-set defeat to Harmony Tan at Wimbledon

Not long after this year’s Mylan World TeamTennis draft, Springfield Lasers coach and three-time Coach of the Year honoree John-Laffnie de Jager unveiled his strategy for the 2015 season: ladies first. “We all know WTT, it’s a lot about the women,” de Jager told wtt.com during Indian Wells. “…and we’ve

Former U.S. No. 1 Mardy Fish once said that whenever he and his fellow Americans went up a set on a European player in Miami, they knew there was a chance that the opponent would start thinking of home, and stop thinking quite as hard about winning. Miami marks the

Up until today, Kei Nishikori had beaten exactly one Top 40 player on clay. That was Mardy Fish—who was never accused of being a clay-court expert by anyone—whom Nishikori eliminated in Houston way back in 2011. But today Nishikori earned some street cred in the dirtballing crowd by taking out

Friday United States Order of Play (All times EDT) Ashe at 11 AM - Larsson vs Jankovic Armstrong at 11 AM - Vinci vs Peng followed by Dimitrov vs Sela ending with Safarova vs Cornte Grandstand at 11 AM - Monfils vs A Gonzalez Court 17 at 11 AM -

NEW YORK—“Downs and downs and downs and downs.” That’s what a disappointed Serena Williams, speaking to her team in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday night, said her career mostly consisted of these days. She was exaggerating, of course, but her frustration at losing her fourth straight Grand Slam final was

Roger Federer is now a father of four, after his wife Mirka gave birth to twins for the second time. Myla Rose and Charlene Riva were born on July 23, 2009; today, they are joined by Leo and Lenny:

A breakthrough moment in women’s professional tennis came in 1972. That was the year Bonnie Logan became the first Black woman to compete on the Virginia Slims Circuit. “A trailblazer in so many ways,” said Leslie Allen, a former Top 25 WTA pro in the 1980s, of Logan, “I stand

There's no picture from the match on Getty Images. There's no clip of it on YouTube, or even from a videos search on Google. And on the surface, the result feels relatively inconsequential. Roger Federer's 6-2, 7-6 (6) final-round win over Jonas Bjorkman in Marseille, on February 16, 2003, was

On Wednesday, USTA celebrated its inaugural Pride Day at the US Open. Rainbows were prominent throughout the grounds, from wristbands on ball persons to lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Messages popped up on scoreboards reminding spectators of the occasion. Pre-match coin tosses featured same-sex couples, including former Top 100 player

WATCH: Anastasia Potapova knocked out top seed Ons Jabeur in the second round in San Diego.

102839994 Mornin'. It's cool, damp and rainy here in game-rich Andes today, so my thoughts are returning to home and work. The headlines offer pretty slim pickin's today. Victor Hanescu falls in Stuttgart! Serena Williams to miss the entire (four-match, for Serena) World Team Tennis season! Apparently, Serena cut her

I asked him whether the shoes served him well. He's like, ‘maybe not today but generally yes.’

Monday United States Order of Play (All times EDT) Ashe at 11 AM - Pennetta vs Dellacqua followed by S Williams vs Kanepi ending with Tsonga vs Murray Armstrong at 11 AM - Doubles match followed by Djokovic vs Kohlschreiber then comes Makarova vs Bouchard ending with Wawrinka vs Robredo

This is your daily post for discussing today's action at The Championships. The order of play can be found here. Today's weather seems set fair, though not particularly bright. No guarantees. Yesterday I had a ticket for Court 1 at Wimbledon, all arranged weeks beforehand. Then I saw the Order

It's a big college football Saturday, and I know Matt Zemek won't be joining us for too much of the tennis today; we'll miss you Matt. BTW, I'm an Oklahoma fan, but I'm for Texas today, and not just because they have by far the best helmet logo and those

Mornin', all. I think Rosia might be MIA today, so here's a Your Call thread to get you going today after our interesting discussions of yesterday. Which reminds me, I know Barack Obama is a big basketball fan, but that skinny dude might have made a very good tennis player.