It’s way too late to complain about the schedule at this point, so we might as well revel in the glorious illogic of it all. It’s December, so why wouldn’t tennis hold its final event on clay, a surface the men left behind months ago, and in Barcelona, a place

The last time Madison Keys was in a Grand Slam final, at the 2017 US Open, she lost 6-3, 6-0 to fellow American Sloane Stephens. Eight years later, Keys is back in the big dance, as she’ll take on Aryna Sabalenka in the 2025 Australian Open final. Sabalenka has won

Alexander Zverev and Matteo Berrettini have each completed a great week of clay-court tennis. Besides fighting from a set down to beat Berrettini, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3, in the Mutua Madrid Open final, Zverev’s second run to the title in Madrid was highlighted by back-to-back wins over the best clay

World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, who has beaten Serena Williams in their last two hard-court finals after falling to Williams in the 2012 U.S. Open final, explains why she has had success against the world No. 1. “When you play against Serena, you have to play your best because she

Billie Jean King says she's hurt by Margaret Court’s recent comments regarding same-sex marriage, but the Australian Open arena name can remain unchained. Last month, Court wrote a letter to the editor in The West Australian boycotting Qantas for its support of same-sex marriage, and also shared her thoughts regarding

WATCH: Can Keys' recent singles success—including a run to the Western & Southern Open semifinals—translate to a mixed major win?

Yesterday we kicked off our countdown of the Top 5 Stats of the Year with Barbora Krejcikova’s historic feat in Dubai, where she became the first woman in WTA rankings history to defeat No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 at the same event in three consecutive days. Today, we

WATCH: Monica Puig runs New York City marathon | The Break

WATCH: Kyrgios' doubles success quickly translated to singles with a run to the BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals.

Hopefully you haven’t run out of tissue paper, because Wimbledon’s heartfelt tribute to to the healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus might make you cry.

Madison Keys wants to keep building upon her run to the Australian Open semifinals, with the teenager winning her opening match at Indian Wells over Klara Koukalova. The 20-year-old American plays Jelena Jankovic in the next round. Keys was playing her first match since her breakthrough run, having experienced a

Frank Dancevic, who returned to the tour last month after back surgery, has reportedly cut himself badly by running into a scoreboard during his Atlanta qualifying match against Nick Lindahl last weekend. "Frank was playing match point when he hit the board at full run," Canadian Davis Cup captain Martin

The 2010s on the internet were dominated by Twitter and Instagram. But now, a new decade is upon us, and so is a generation of players influenced by the video app TikTok. Coco Gauff and Caty McNally are only 15 and 18 years old, but they've already done a whole

LONDON (AP) -- Roger Federer says Wimbledon's tighter enforcement of its all-white clothing policy for players is ''too strict.'' There have been complaints this year from some players over the more stringent regulations that include undergarments, the amount of colored trim on shirts and shorts and headbands and wristbands. Seven-time

TOKYO (AP) — Rising teenager Zheng Qinwen continued her winning run at the Toray Pan Pacific tournament on Saturday, beating the sole remaining seed Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the semifinals at the Ariake Coliseum. In another Chinese-Russian matchup, unseeded Liudmila Samsonova overcame Zhang Shuai 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

If America runs on Dunkin', American tennis player Taylor Fritz runs on Chipotle. The top-ranked U.S. man on the ATP Tour said earlier this year that it was a "dream come true" to unveil a new brand deal with the restaurant chain, and has been sporting a patch of the

Sachia Vickery has a story to tell, and it unspooled for all to see in the desert last week. She backed up her sound defeat of Eugenie Bouchard at the BNP Paribas Open by upending two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza in three sets. Her mother, Paula Liverpool, has willed and

​The precocious, wildly quotable Naomi Osaka upended the WTA field in Indian Wells this past week, and has already enjoyed the upset of a lifetime over Serena Williams in Miami. Despite her penchant for good-natured truth-telling, and for pausing with refreshing awkwardness at times as she talks, ​Osaka was hardly

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and misses on tour. RUNNING MAN: Surely this is Sam Groth as you've never seen him before. And it's delightful.

Leave it to a UK tabloid to teach us yankees a new phrase, even post-Wimbledon. Introducing "budgie smugglers." The phrase comes from the Aussies, actually, and it's apropos given the support provided to one Novak Djokovic recently in Marbella, Spain.