On the ATP Challenger Tour, the spotlight often shines on ambitious young talents eager to ascend the ranks of world tennis. However, it's also a battleground where seasoned veterans, aiming for a resurgence, cross paths with these rising stars. Such was the case recently when former Grand Slam champion Marin

LONDON (AP) Fed up with being accused of doping, Rafael Nadal has written to the president of the International Tennis Federation and asked for all of his drug-test results and blood profile records to be made public. ''It can't be free anymore in our tennis world to speak and to

On Wednesday, Wimbledon announced its 2019 seedings for the singles and doubles events, reigniting the debate over whether the tournament’s unique grass-court formula has merit, or detracts from the game. The formula, enacted in 2002 but used only in the gentlemen’s singles event, enabled eight-time champion Roger Federer to leapfrog

Novak Djokovic continued his impressive return to action at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, the No. 2 seed steeling past Jacob Fearnley, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. The seven-time champion was playing only his second match since undergoing surgery to repair a torn medial meniscus in his right knee—an injury that forced

Melbourne, Australia (AP)—Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro outclassed defending champion Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1 Saturday in a 53-minute final of the Sydney International. Del Potro finished the match with his eighth ace and made only four unforced errors in securing his 18th career title and first in Sydney. He lost

With TEN--US Open-Querrey Out, TEN--US Open-Spain's Day, TEN--US Open Notebook AP Photo USO168, USO166, USO164, USO162, USO157, USO152, USO148, USO141, USO137, USO131, USO121, USO118, USO113 By HOWARD FENDRICH= AP Tennis Writer= NEW YORK (AP) Venus Williams arrived at this U.S. Open with a bum knee. She hadn't played a match

PARIS (AP) As is his wont, Rafael Nadal declined to assess whether the 2012 French Open is his best French Open yet. Perhaps the question was too narrow. Truth is, Nadal is putting together one of the most dominant runs ever at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament - or any

ROME (AP)—Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start and defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1 Friday to reach the Rome Masters semifinals and stay unbeaten on clay this season. Aiming for his fifth title at Foro Italico in six years, Nadal had trouble finding his range off Wawrinka’s powerful serve. But he

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Sloane Stephens says there's no need for hand-wringing over the future of American women's tennis in the post-Williams era - the kids are going to be all right. The 18-year-old Floridan, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 89 last fall, moved into the second round of

ROME (AP) — Sports ground to a halt throughout Italy late Monday night when Premier Giuseppe Conte announced that games and travel will be banned nationwide. “There’s no reason for the games to continue,” Conte said. “The fans will have to deal with it. We won’t even allow gyms to

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Serena Williams' defense of her French Open title is off to a comfortable start, with a 6-2, 6-0 first-round win against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia that took just 42 minutes. The top-ranked Williams barely broke a sweat

Most of us would agree that the 2021 tennis season is off to a bit of a slow start. So far it has consisted mostly of Novak Djokovic sitting on a hotel balcony. As a new month nears, though, we can begin to see light at the end of the

Players still got in plenty of practice on a rainy day at Queen’s Club. LONDON—The weather gods in England just couldn’t keep it up. Last year at Wimbledon, with the new roof waiting to make its debut, the fortnight produced mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures. Organizers were actually hoping

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Rafael Nadal has criticized Roger Federer for letting other players ``burn themselves'' by complaining about tour conditions while maintaining his good reputation by rarely making negative comments about tennis. The two have always been respectful rivals, but the ongoing debate about the overcrowded tennis calendar has exposed

Rarely in contemporary tennis will you see a style contrast as clear-cut as the one seen in tonight’s US Open quarterfinal between Pablo Carreno Busta and Denis Shapovalov. Call it conservator versus creator; or, more crudely, defense against offense. On this occasion, against sustained attack, Carreno Busta held down the

As we make our way toward the 2024 season—which begins Friday, December 29 with the United Cup—our writers and editors tackle the most important questions of the new year. First question, as Rafa prepares to see goodbye to the game: Will we remember Rafael Nadal’s last dance fondly?

The last 1000-level tournament until the fourth quarter of the season is taking Ohio by storm with the latest edition of the combined Cincinnati Open. Inspired by the Buckeye State is this top-tiered travel itinerary from resident reporters Stephanie Livaudais, David Kane, Steve Tignor, Matt Fitzgerald and yours truly. With

MIAMI, USA — “JOAO. FONSECA. JOAO. FONSECA.” For over two hours and 30 minutes at the Hard Rock Stadium, that’s all that Alex de Minaur could hear every time he walked to the Stadium Court baseline to face Brazil’s Joao Fonseca—and his passionate legion of yellow-and-green clad supporters. Their chanting