Don’t expect Holger Rune to hold back what’s on his mind, whether it’s during a match or after he's had time to mull things over. A day after falling to Jannik Sinner in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals, where the Dane was the recipient of a rather questionable unsportsmanlike conduct warning,

Petra Kvitova, who discovered she had mono right after Wimbledon, says she feels significantly better but is not quite 100 percent. “I’m able to practice a little bit more than I did when I found out after Wimbledon,” she told TENNIS.com. “It’s on the good way so I can practice

CHAMPIONSHIP POINT: Djokovic wraps up seventh Wimbledon title

British teenager Laura Robson is disconsolate after losing a tough, 7-6 (6), 7-5, fourth-round match to Kaia Kanepi at Wimbledon and says that she put too much pressure on herself. "I'm really, really disappointed," the 19-year-old Robson said. "I thought she played a really solid match. She can hit the

Simona Halep attempts to play the Dubai tournament even though she contended with an inflamed Achilles tendon during her title run in Doha last week. On Tuesday, she retired against Alize Cornet while trailing, 6-1, 1-1. “I was very tired during the match and I felt that I cannot continue,”

Sam Querrey says that after breaking up his fiancée last summer, he found it difficult to maintain motivation. “I didn't have the same energy and desire to be out there, the effort wasn’t 100 percent," Querrey told USTA.com. “It was a tough year personally because I was engaged and it

October means Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and with that at hand, tennis GOAT and noted cover-song belter Serena Williams shares a brief new clip in which she takes on the Divinyls' hit "I Touch Myself."

In a disarmingly honest contribution to The Players Tribune, Taylor Townsend discussed the challenges that stemmed from being an unconventional athlete in a cookie-cutter sport. "Once I climbed that mountain?? Now they'll be proud to have me. Now I'll be treated like a part of American tennis. Now I'll be

Dick Pound, the former chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency, has criticized Novak Djokovic's comments about the amount of doping in the sport. "That's a Lance Armstrong approach. 'I never tested positive therefore I am clean.' Wrong," Pound told STV. "As long as there is no proof that somebody is

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Roger Federer arrived Down Under on Saturday for the Brisbane International with a refreshed outlook for 2014, no injuries and a new coach on his team. ''It's the first time in a year that I could practice three, four weeks in a row without any setbacks ... I

Since having to put away her racquet, Naomi Osaka is doing a lot more talking. The 22-year-old Japanese hasn't been playing a lot of tennis since the tours were suspended, saying it allows her to do something different. "I feel like I want to take this time to learn something

After being asked by a local reporter at the China Open whether he is considering retiring, an irritated Andy Roddick responds: "I think you should retire." No. 15 Roddick fell to Kevin Anderson in the opening round, 6-4 7-5. The 2003 U.S. Open champion has not won a title since

Former world No. 7 Nicole Vaidisova won her first match on the WTA tour in four years at the Miami Open by defeating Timea Babos, 6-1, 7-6 (4). On Friday, she lost to world No. 3 Simona Halep, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. The 25-year-old began playing again last September on the

PARIS—World No. 1 Serena Williams says she is quite pleased to see that the United States has 15 women in the Roland Garros draw, the most of any country. “I think the quality over the past year has jumped tremendously with the female U.S. players,” she said. “I think last

The chronically injured Gael Monfils says his battle with knee injury is over. The former world No. 7 beat James Blake at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Monday. “I can truly say the nightmare is now behind me. I am 100 percent (physically),” Monfils told the Houston Chronicle.

Borna Coric has begun working with coach Zeljko Krajan. The 17-year-old Croatian, who defeated a surgery-bound Rafael Nadal in Basel, recently reached the Top 100. "I am happy to announce as of immediately I will be working with Zeljko," Coric said in a statement. "He has a world of experience

After he was upset by Horacio Zeballos in the final of Vina del Mar, Rafael Nadal says his legs aren’t strong enough yet. Nadal returned to play last week after taking seven months off due to knee trouble. “I’m lacking reaction speed, energy and leg strength I need in order

Simona Halep, who was knocked out of WTA Finals round-robin event after losing to Agnieszka Radwanska, admits that after losing the first set she was done both emotionally and physically. The world No. 2 rank was up 5-1 in the first-set tiebreak, but fell 7-6 (5), 6-1. “I was done.

At 6-3, 3-2 in favor of Roger Federer last night, it looked like this exhibition match against the all-time Grand Slam singles champ, Pete Sampras had everything - everything but the tennis. Of course, the way things are these days, that may not be a fatal flaw. Still, that sellout

NEW YORK—Madison Keys’ third-round win over Agnieszka Radwanska set up a match against Serena Williams, their second at major this season. Williams is trying to become the first player since 1988 to win all four majors in the same season. "I think it's exciting, you know. Obviously since the draw