Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have done it again. Dressed as Hulk Hogan and Daphne from "Scooby-Doo" (complete with a picture-perfect canine), the championship-winning tennis couple absolutely destroyed all the costume-heavy competition. They even out-did themselves from year's past, showing that couples who costume together, stay together. It's far from

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Venus Williams is having such a blast with her tennis again at age 36, she has many more tournament titles in mind before she's done. Her next chance comes Sunday in the Bank of the West Classic - with a shot at adding a 50th singles championship

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands(AP) Gael Monfils of France defeated defending champion Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro tournament. He will face fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau. In another all-French match, Marc Gicquel defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-3. `It's interesting that French players have done so

Iga Swiatek has been named the European Sportsperson of the Year, topping a survey of 20 news agencies done by Poland's Press Agency. Among those polled, the 21-year-old Swiatek received 118 votes, ten more than second-placed pole vault champion Armand "Mondo" Duplantis and 36 more than third-placed F1 champ Max

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty’s quest for her first Australian Open title continues in her meeting with world No. 51 Madison Keys in the semifinals. Considering Keys' form—and the fact that she's also a former world No. 7—you aren’t going to want to read too much into the discrepancy in

Will turn 22 on - 3/30/2023 What she’s done since last summer - Reached the third round of the Australian Open - Made first WTA 1000 quarterfinals in Dubai - Scored wins over Belinda Bencic and Madison Keys Key Stat - Potapova earned her first Top 5 win at the

The question for the WTA as the WTA Finals get underway in its new home of Singapore is: What could be done to keep the tournament from degenerating into a Singabore? After all, world No. 1 Serena Williams has dominated this event, winning 26 of the 31 matches she’s played

Will turn 22 on - 12/21/2024 What she’s done since last summer - Won her first WTA title in Lyon - Reached her first clay-court quarterfinal in Charleston - Entered the Top 100 Key Stat - Tauson didn’t drop a set through seven match wins in Lyon, including two in

It’s essentially become the norm on the ATP Tour now, players either proving they’re far from done past the age of 30, as seen by the Grand Slam-winning ways of the current Top 3, or posting their career-best results at a stage when athletes of the past would be eyeing

MELBOURNE—For two and a half sets, everything went according to plan. Novak Djokovic was up on Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-3, and he had an early break in hand in the third set. Djokovic had done the expected, controlling the points with his returns, his speed, his consistency, and his ability

Sports have always been about 'what have you done for me lately,' and despite exerting themselves with quality play for 81 games, Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey ultimately had to answer that question. In the end of the second-longest match in Wimbledon history (five hours and 31 minutes; I think

The New York Times has released new polling related to ATP Tour players' best, strangest and most feared-by-peers shots. Voting was done by players, coaches and credible observers in such arenas as best mental game, best movement and who one would want to play a match for their life. Predictably,

Rafael Nadal has reached the semifinal in Miami, but says he does not want more hard-court events played during the year. Some of the South American clay-court events are talking about switching to hard courts to attract a better field, as the Acapulco event has done. But Nadal said having

Today in Toronto, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played the kind of match that everyone knew he had in him, but which he’s rarely exploited when facing a top player. Like he's done to many lesser opponents, he overpowered world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-2, in the third round of this Masters

Tennis matches are won by breaking an opponent’s game apart. At the world-class level, that usually calls for taking away response time, sometimes by hitting the ball harder, sometimes by hitting it earlier. Do both, as Iga Swiatek has done now for two weeks at Roland Garros, and you enter

Novak Djokovic walked back to the baseline, stared at his strings and flashed the slimmest hint of a smile. He had reached match point for the sixth time in his semifinal against Rafael Nadal at the BNP Paribas Open, and he had done it with a trademark touch of Djokovichian

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) In their latest public display of friendship, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki posted a photo of getting their nails done before the Australian Open. The camaraderie, in a sport better known for its rivalries, has prompted discussion among players on what it's like in the locker room

Alexandra Eala made all kinds of history with her breakthrough run at the Miami Open over the last two weeks, but even though the tournament is now over, she’s not done breaking records. After reaching the semifinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament, she rises from No. 140 to No. 75

Sloane Stephens needed a few tries once again, but she got the job done to best 2016 champion Garbine Muguruza in the Roland Garros fourth round, 6-4, 6-3. "I think she's been playing some good tennis, and I think so have I," Stephens said. "So it was kind of just

CHARLESTON, S.C.—“We’ve seen this before.” Three-time Grand Slam champion Virginia Wade told me that when Yanina Wickmayer lost her break-of-serve lead in the second set of her Friday quarterfinal with Caroline Wozniacki. It didn’t seem like much longer before the top-seeded Dane was done with her duty. I was fortunate