There will be an echo every time a ball is hit as the Nitto ATP Finals are played for the last time in the cavernous emptiness of London’s 02 Arena this week. An echo reflecting the virus-ridden times we are living through and an echo of the past – great

If you want to know what the US Open means to Rafael Nadal, you could go back and watch the way he has celebrated his successes in New York over the last 15 years. The fist-pumps, the vamoses, the leg kicks, the flat-on-his-back victory plunges: All of them have kicked

ROME (AP) — Even when he’s out injured, Jannik Sinner is still winning. The Italian tennis player has a chance to become No. 1 in the rankings even if he misses the upcoming Roland Garros because of a hip injury that has kept him out recently. Unexpected losses for top-ranked

PARIS (AP) — They feted Roger Federer with as loud as applause gets from a crowd capped at 1,000 people in Court Philippe Chatrier — when he walked out with a wave, when he hit one of his 48 winners, even when he attempted a back-to-the-net 'tweener and hit the

WATCH: Roger Federer fends off an entertaining challenge from Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets at Wimbledon.

MELBOURNE—Oh Rafa, you stole my opening line. As the highly anticipated Australian Open gets underway, there is a very large elephant in the locker room. “There are too many injuries on the tour,” said Rafael Nadal, the tournament's No. 1 seed, voicing the problem in the most succinct fashion. Elaborating,

Tennis steps down from Mt. Olympus this week, and lands back on more familiar territory in Canada, at the National Bank Opens. Toronto and Montreal are the first 1000-level events since May, and the first of the North American summer season. But after the gold-medal match we just witnessed between

Here we are, in the gut of the clay-court season, and it seems that the gloom that has lingered over the clay-court fortunes of American men like a cold and wet spring for a long period may be yielding to sunnier times. The future is as changeable as the current

From individuals to organizations, weekend warriors to professional players, minute observations to big-picture ideas, tennis has been top of mind across the board over the past two years. “I feel like this is the tennis boom part two,” says Trey Waltke, general manager of the Malibu Racquet Club in southern

It was an emotional night in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night, as Juan Martin del Potro played his first match in more than two and a half years—and after falling to fellow Argentine Federico Delbonis, 6-1, 6-3, Del Potro—one of the most accomplished players on the tour over the last

WATCH: The Alexander Zverev incident, in Acapulco

Tennis Channel Live: Wimbledon denies entry for Russian and Belarusian players

Tennis Channel Live: Alcaraz wins the US Open

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 8:15 p.m. Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud offered their thoughts to New Yorkers and Americans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Following their U.S. Open final match that was played with 9/11/01

Carlos Alcaraz lit up Arthur Ashe Stadium this year with epic victory after epic victory, and at the end of the two weeks he lifted up the US Open trophy. Here are 10 incredible things he achieved with his first Grand Slam title: He’s the first man born in the

Three Days in Turin. Title of a thriller? Travelogue? Romance? No on all counts. In this case, it describes the final stages of Novak Djokovic’s complicated yet productive 2022, a rollercoaster-like year capped off Sunday evening with a 93-minute, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Casper Ruud in the finals of the

WATCH: Jessica Pegula led off the U.S.'s 4-0 sweep of Italy in the United Cup final with a win over Martina Trevisan.

HIGHLIGHTS: Tsitsipas and Lehecka, two Next Gen ATP Finals alumni, battle it out in the Australian Open quarterfinals

The two men’s round of 16 singles matches won today on Court Philippe Chatrier by Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic were each won in straight sets. But more pointedly, what took place revealed much about playing styles—and, perhaps, though only perhaps, insights into how tennis might look in the years

The record will show that today, Dominic Thiem won a second-round match versus Jack Sock, 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Credit Sock for nearly sending it into a fourth. With Thiem serving in the third at, 4-3, 40-15, Sock took advantage of some sloppy play from Thiem and strung together several