MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY Top-ranked Ash Barty will continue her bid to break a long Australian Open drought when she plays No. 60-ranked Amanda Anisimova in the fourth round. Barty is aiming to be the first Australian woman to win the championship here since 1978. Anisimova saved

WATCH: Rafael Nadal's pre-tournament press conference.

“This is not the right player to play in a quarterfinal, I guess,” Carlos Alcaraz said with a smile when he was asked about facing Novak Djokovic in his next match at the Australian Open. Whether it’s right or wrong, it will be a new experience for both men. The

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Elina Svitolina put on the yellow and blue colors of Ukraine and beat Anastasia Potapova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday in the opening round of the Monterrey Open, deciding she could do more for her country by playing than boycotting the match. Top-seeded Svitolina earlier

Hi Joel, Was that the calmest Davis Cup-winning celebration you’ve ever seen? Daniil Medvedev clinched Russia’s first Cup title since 2006…and then just walked up to the net and shook hands with the man he had beaten, Marin Cilic of Croatia. Medvedev couldn’t even muster a US Open-style dead-fish fall

Round-the-Clock Coverage Begins May 22, with More than 2,000 Total Hours Set for Tennis Channel, Samsung TV Plus’ T2 Channel, Streaming Service Tennis Channel Plus and Bally Sports Networks LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2022 – Tennis Channel will add two former top-ranked tennis champions to an already star-laden roster during

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Matteo Berrettini, last year's runner-up at Wimbledon, dropped out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament hours before he was scheduled to play his first-round match Tuesday, saying that he tested positive for COVID-19. The eighth-seeded Berrettini became the second high-profile player to pull out of the

Men to watch at the French Open, which begins Sunday in Paris: RAFAEL NADAL Ranked: 1 Age: 24 (Turns 25 June 3) Country: Spain 2011 Match Record: 36-6 2011 Singles Titles: 2 Career Singles Titles: 45 Major Titles: 9 - French Open ('05, '06, '07, '08, '10), Wimbledon ('08, '10),

If you didn’t know better, you might have assumed that Novak Djokovic’s win over Roger Federer at Indian Wells represented a continuation of the status quo that has reigned in men’s tennis for the better part of a decade. That is, the Big Four keeping its stranglehold on the Grand

UC Santa Barbara's men's and women's tennis teams are back in action, but with a pretty major difference compared to years past. The California university got a substantial upgrade thanks to UCSB alumnus John Arnhold who graduated from the school in 1975 and his wife, Jody. The Gauchos kickstarted their

My Tennis Life: Tennys Sandgren's Tokyo travelogue

WATCH:Carlos Alcaraz, the second-ranked men's player, defeated qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-3, 6-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Murray's latest Week 1 exit at a Grand Slam tournament did not discourage him. The three-time major champion still thinks he can go toe-to-toe with the best in men's tennis — even after two hip operations, even as the years without a trip past the

Andy Roddick said a lot of things during his brief farewell tour at this year’s U.S. Open. Lost among the wisecracks and reminiscences was a quick but telling statement that he made about the future of American men’s tennis, and his relationship to it. In the press conference that followed

As watershed tennis events go, the recent Korea Open in Seoul become the first WTA 500 tournament on the Asian peninsula, leveling up from a 250. The event also produced another historic first when eight players, including world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 3 Jessica Pegula, withdrew for an

It was an exciting week in Milan with the Top eight, 21-and-under men playing in anything but traditional matches. The Next Gen Finals not only showcases a new generation of players, but also new technologies and innovations. The third installment of the end-of-year event saw nine different concepts brought onto

Tennis Channel Live: The American men at this year's US Open

WATCH: Iga Swiatek enters Roland Garros on a 28-match winning streak Click here to view the complete men's and women's French Open draws.

ROME (AP) — More competition days, more tickets sold, more TV time, more money. For tennis organizers, the long-sought upgrade of tournaments in Madrid and Rome—expanding them from eight days to nearly two weeks—has been a bonanza. For the players? Well, they haven’t been nearly as enthusiastic. With Madrid and

The world’s best women players have made a stronger showing in Rio than their male counterparts; eight of the WTA’s Top 10 are in the Olympic field, and the draw is stronger among the rank and file as well. That has been true ever since tennis came back to the