This week the revamped and condensed version of Davis Cup, eagerly awaited by some, nervously awaited by others, debuted in Madrid. That may come as news to most sports fans in the United States. So far, only two of the competition’s dozens of ties—the U.S. team’s loss to Canada, and

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Roger Federer, for one, figures questions about whether Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic — or both? — will surpass his men's record for most Grand Slam singles titles are moot. That's because he's sure it's going to happen. And he's OK with that. Ending

I found Tim Henman on the Players’ Lawn staring into space. I put my hand on his shoulder to bring him out his trance. Henman, four times a Wimbledon semifinalist, had just finished commentating on Novak Djokovic’s five-set victory over Roger Federer for BBC television. “I’m in shock,” were Henman’s

It started when he missed the shot he never misses. Rafael Nadal had a two-set lead over Stefanos Tsitsipas, and a 1-0 lead in the third-set tiebreaker. Up to that moment, he had controlled play with his serve, made targeted strikes with his backhand return to break, and stayed a

For a few pure and shining moments on Monday in Paris, Rafael Nadal sloughed off the burdens of age and injury and played like the paragon who has claimed 14 Roland Garros singles titles. Serving in the fifth game of his first-round match with Alexander Zverev, the soon-to-be 38-year old

Steve Tignor and Joel Drucker talk about Thursday’s scorched-earth masterpiece between Serena Williams and Venus Williams; and players, like Coco Gauff, whose games are easy to write about. Hi Joel, Leave it to Serena and Venus to turn what looked like a potential death march in the Kentucky heat into

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NEW YORK—Dominic Thiem’s decade-long run at the US Open ended on the first day of this year’s event, on the same court where he enjoyed the most glorious moment of his career. But the then-and-now couldn’t have been more different. In 2020, with Gotham in the grip of the Covid

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7, 2024 – Tennis Channel, the network’s app and website (www.tennischannel.com) will be home to the Nitto ATP Finals, the most exclusive event in men’s tennis, November 10-17. Coverage will begin Sunday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 a.m. ET, live from Turin, Italy. The annual tournament features the

How open is this year’s Australian Open men’s tournament? That may be the most important question as the year’s first Grand Slam event gets underway. Has the ATP gone straight from a three-man ruling class to a new, two-man version, led by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz? Or is there

Tennis players, especially great ones, very quickly learn that while it’s okay to berate chair umpires, denigrate journalists and trash-talk feisty rivals, the one line you do not under any circumstances cross is the one where the court ends and the seats begin. Lest we forget, this year’s Australian Open

A year after capturing his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner won it again this year, and with that repeat triumph he achieved a lot—here are just 20 of those things: First of all, he’s the first man since Rafael Nadal in 2017 to win a

Like any world-class athlete, the competitor inside Casper Ruud is constantly looking for more. There’s a special kind of mindset required to stay elite, one that pushes boundaries, makes hard sacrifices and asks questions that ultimately lead back to, ‘How can I get better?’ For Ruud, he identified 2025 as

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Roger Federer never let 'em see him sweat. He played tennis with a style that only rarely betrayed the effort behind the masterful serving, the rare-in-its-day attacking and the flawless footwork. He was not one to grunt loudly on shots or celebrate wildly after them. The way he wielded a

The Break: Nick Kyrgios fined at the US Open