With his 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Novak Djokovic in a four-hour, 43-minute, thriller of a final at Wimbledon, 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz achieved a lot of amazing things—here are 20 of them: He became the first man other than the Big 4 to win Wimbledon since 2002.

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Eight years ago, Martina Navratilova summed up the problem with the one-handed backhand in today’s game: “It practically takes a genius to hit [one],” she said. The great Czech-American champion used a single-hander herself to win 18 Grand Slam singles titles from 1978 to 1990. But by the time she

Naomi Osaka and Andrey Rublev have more in common than you might think at first. Both are 23, and were born within four days of each other, in October 1997. Both are exemplars of the modern, kill-or-be-killed power game, and have never met a tennis ball they couldn’t pummel within

The first ATP 1000 tournament of 2021 and the first WTA 1000 tournament in North America will be defined by three notable absences, yet is still shaping up as a must-see event on the tennis calendar. The most glaring absence is the first 1000-level tournament in the U.S., which traditionally

MELBOURNE—If the word Russia is never far from anyone’s lips in Washington D.C. these days, the same can be said of those of us involved in the tennis world that has been gathering at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Obvious or not, so many of the stories emerging from this

Welcome to one of the most hectic weeks in tennis history, as four different ATP and WTA events occur in the same week at Melbourne Park. The WTA fields at the Gippsland Trophy and Yarra Valley Classic are absolutely loaded, featuring eight of the world’s Top 10 players. The ATP

For nearly 20 years, the men’s favorite at Roland Garros was never in question: Whatever form Rafael Nadal was in that spring, you knew he would raise it to peak levels once he got to Paris. Can we say that again in 2024? Even the hardest-core Rafa believers might admit

WTA Finals Update: Maria Sakkari clinches a spot in Guadalajara

“Top 14” has never been a common phrase in any sport, but this weekend tennis commentators and pundits—including myself—gave it a workout. That’s because just one of the Top 14 men in the ATP rankings, Novak Djokovic, participated in the first round of Davis Cup. That’s a dismal percentage, and

As we search for candidates to replace the Big 3 in the men’s game, the unfolding drama at a chilly Roland Garros, warmed as much as the exploits of the players as a weakening sun, has produced a couple of performances that have offered pointers as to which burgeoning stars

“He’s writing checks that his body can’t cash,” Andre Agassi said of a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal back in 2005. It has been a decade and a half since Agassi spoke those not-so-prescient words, but during that time Nadal has done everything he could to make sure they’re never forgotten. With

Who said the Big Four are in decline? A decade after they took over the men’s game, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the Top 4 seeds at Wimbledon. This time, though, the roles have been reversed. While Murray and Djokovic, who have won the last

For someone bereft of wins and on the road for two months, Christopher Eubanks seemed in good spirits. That can’t be too much of a surprise, since the articulate Atlanta native hardly lacks in perspective. Furthermore, he bid au revoir to clay and said hello to grass, where his career

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2024 – Tennis Channel will again have exclusive coverage of the annual Laver Cup team competition with stars from Europe taking on stars from the rest of the world, live September 20-22. Among the many headliners taking part in the event are three Americans who recently

Long before a pandemic redefined how we live our lives, tennis players would refer to their global circuit as a bubble: a traveling circus of solo acts, with well-compensated players and their vast support teams insulated from many of life’s realities. You’d be hard-pressed to find a player who has

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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams rose from her sideline seat after a break during a training session inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, and as she walked to the baseline at the end of the court covered by shade on a steamy morning, a few voices from the stands

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:20 a.m. Rafael Nadal was cut on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in the face during the fourth set of his second-round match at the