The last time we saw Rafael Nadal, he was confronting Roger Federer in the penultimate round of Wimbledon. The Spaniard had been on a spirited run into that highly anticipated clash, toppling a highly charged Nick Kyrgios in four riveting sets, concluding that contest with a pair of clutch tie-break

The singularly arresting Rafael Nadal has always loved the hard-court conditions at Indian Wells. While some players struggle to find their range off the ground in the desert air and lack the backcourt control they find in other places, the Spaniard with the heavy topspin artillery seems right at home

Considering that Laver Cup was launched only seven years ago, it’s amazing how much traction this event has already generated. From the presence of legends Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe as captains, to the historic aura of Rod Laver, to the extraordinary worldwide popularity of Laver Cup’s founder, Roger Federer,

From the perspective of the general sports fan, there’s still a (misguided) sense that tennis doesn’t belong in the Olympics. In their minds, it did just fine without the Games from 1924 to 1988, and tennis players already have four Holy Grail two-week events of their own, called the Grand

February is the season of small victories. Lots of them. Every week brings us multiple events, played on multiple continents and surfaces. Few will be mentioned at the end of the year, and even fewer will be recorded in the sport’s history books. Sometimes, though, they can be building blocks.

One of the biggest surprises of the 2025 film awards season was seeing the way Challengers (2024)—a film starring Zendaya set on the lowest rungs of the professional tennis tour—was completely panned by the Academy of Motion Pictures. Despite all the buzz around its Golden Globes-winning techno soundtrack created by

Learner Tien speaks to interviewers the way he plays tennis: without a lot of wasted motion. On Saturday, the 19-year-old was told that that the last player his age to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open was “a man named Rafael Nadal.” When the roars from the crowd

OSLO, Norway—People-watching: it’s one of life’s addicting activities that doesn’t cost a dime to pass the time. It can be especially useful when the forecast isn’t great, or when finding yourself in an unfamiliar city. Looking outside my hotel room in Oslo, snowflakes signal winter is already here. Icy sidewalks

The pros on the WTA and ATP tours are back on court for 2022. Doubles Take looks at the action leading up to the Australian Open. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Canada has been knocking on the door at the international team events on the men’s side for the past

It was apt that an Austrian won the 2020 US Open, the first Grand Slam tournament in 15 that didn’t crown either Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic as its men’s singles champion. I say this not as a follower of Austrian tennis, or as an admirer of Dominic

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are enjoying quite a run in the Australian sun. For the first time, two Canadian men have reached the Australian Open quarterfinals. Auger-Aliassime wore down 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Monday to join

WATCH: Auger-Aliassime's search for a first ATP title came to an end in Rotterdam on Sunday after a win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.

From grass-court winning streaks to tying his childhood idol with his seventh Wimbledon and closing in on the all-time Grand Slam record, Novak Djokovic just kept piling on the career numbers with his latest triumph at the All England Club. Here are 21 things the Serbian legend achieved at SW19

CONFESSIONAL CART: Frances Tiafoe faces his biggest fears

WATCH: Khachanov returned to action after missing Wimbledon in Hamburg, where he reached the quarterfinals.

On the first night of this year’s Laver Cup in Vancouver, Felix Auger-Aliassime asked a question that many of us have pondered over the years: “Are we playing by ATP rules?” the Canadian said to the chair umpire early in his evening-session match with Gael Monfils. “Or is this an

Novak, Rafa, Iga, Coco…Dino? Tennis has a handful of players who we know by their first names alone. After the opening day of the 2024 Australian Open, the consensus among the sport’s cognoscenti seems to be that Dino Prizmic, an 18-year-old newcomer from Croatia, is destined to join them. His

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka walked back through the players' tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions. Three matches into her return from 15 months off the tour, and six months after

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to 50th-ranked Linda Noskova on Saturday, leaving no top 10 players in the bottom half of the women's draw. Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past

WATCH: Before Federer pulled the plug in Paris, he gave an extended interview that touched upon, among other things, how his return to tour will continue to be impacted by pandemic restrictions.