PARIS (AP)—Rafael Nadal celebrated his 27th birthday Monday by advancing to the French Open quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Kei Nishikori. Nadal is seeking to become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam event. He won a record seventh French Open championship

Backcourt Baby NewsAnother first for Ashley Harkleroad, the first professional tennis player to pose for a nude pictorial in Playboy: According to online reports, Harkleroad and her coach and fiancé Chuck Adams welcomed their first child, a baby boy weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces, on March 25. Harkleroad, a

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Basketball fans may have done a double take upon seeing the Australian Open schedule on Sunday: Matthew Dellavedova was playing his first-round match on Court 7. It wasn't the Australian-born NBA player, though. It was his cousin, 16-year-old Matthew Dellavedova, who's entered in the boys' singles

Boy, the parents out there – except the ones who have issues with how much energy and time their children absorb, are going to eat this up. Sybille Bammer, the 26-year old Austrian who is in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open, is playing the best tennis of her

In his younger days, prone to perfectionism as he was, there came moments when the promising young athlete lost his cool. Spotting this tendency, his college coach jokingly referred to him as "John McEnroe." More recently, as the boy grew into a man, he realized that if he wants to

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It's not the least bit surprising that Jaden Agassi—son of tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf—had a racquet in his hand from the time he could walk. The little boy loved to run. He loved to hit the ball. The problem was accuracy wasn't his

In July 2016, a largely unknown, unseeded competitor slashed his way through the USTA Boys’ 18 & 16 National Clay Court Championships draw in Delray Beach, Fla. “It feels good,” the youth told the local CBS TV affiliate after his win. “I think I wanted a gold ball more than

I’ve taken over the desk formerly occupied by USA Today’s tennis reporter, Doug Robson. He’s going on to Miami early next week and wanted to get home to spend at least a few days with Sophie, his chocolate lab. She’s also his screensaver. It’s an eight-hour drive home for Doug,

Age: 18 Rank: No. 156 Career-Best Rogers Cup Performance: Second round, 2016 2017 High: A year removed from capturing the Wimbledon boys’ title, Denis Shapovalov has had a fairly rapid ascent up the rankings, peaking at No. 130 in July. His biggest moments have come on the ATP Challenger circuit

A nine-year-old walks with his mother on a Sunday in London. Trekking to their destination, an enchanting wind whispers hello as butterflies border the blonde-haired boy. The pair arrive and find their seats. Two revered men cloaked in white emerge: one is bold and boisterous with bellowing brown curls, the

TC Live: Nadal into the Indian Wells semifinals after holding off Kyrgios

The Swiss Indoors Basel announced on Tuesday that its hometown son and 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has agreed to compete in the tournament through 2019. The former ball boy for the tournament, who has won the title seven times, will be 38 years old if he really does

98231495 - [[Leave it to our very own Master Ace to file a clay-court season preview. . . for men's doubles. That boy certainly is hardcore, eh? It's an especially good idea, though, because doubles really gets short shrift here (and most everywhere else in print or on web). So

So a few weeks ago, Susan Seemiller, the webmistress of the Vamos Rafael website called me. She wanted to know if I would deliver some birthday presents from Vamos Rafael to Dirty Boy Rafa at Roland Garros. I groaned. “Susan! You know, I’m a reporter. It isn’t considered professional for

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—At 7:00 a.m. on Friday, March 8, more than 50 members of the Palisades “Pali” Charter High School boys’ and girls’ tennis teams, along with many of the players’ parents, commenced a two-hour journey from Los Angeles to Indian Wells. This day also happened to be precisely two

Shortly after celebrating her third wedding anniversary with husband David Celt, Agnieszka Radwanska had her first child.

Entering the Monte Carlo Country Club on this day in 1991, 34-year-old Bjorn Borg had not played an ATP Tour match in nearly seven years. Borg’s last two decades had been polar opposites. The ‘70s was all about ascent, the tale of a quiet boy from Sweden who had won

A new era begins for the U.S. Davis Cup team this weekend, when the boys head for an opening-round tie in Serbia. What will this future look like? All we can say for sure is that it’s going to be taller. After a decade of stalwart service, Andy Roddick and