When Cori “Coco” Gauff became the youngest player since 1991 to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon, she received congratulations via social media from megastars like Michelle Obama, Reese Witherspoon and Samuel L. Jackson. After her third-round comeback win over Polona Hercog, the 15-year-old used Instagram Live to express her

This week I'm Rallying with fellow Tennis.com editor Richard Pagliaro. We're going to talk about the re-energized WTA side of the sport, as the women make their way into the heart of the clay swing.

I’ve never fully understood the question, “Which is the hardest tournament to win?” The French Open is the most popular answer, but in that case shouldn’t the question be, "What’s the most grueling tournament?" Or, "What tournament gets your socks the reddest?" When it comes to overall difficulty, aren’t all

Bongo by Pete Bodo LONDON—When Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was asked to explain why he might enjoy meeting Muhammad Ali, the boxer whom Tsonga resembles in a number of ways, he was hard-put to come up with an elaborate reply. The trace of a smile crept over his face and he offered

When the news came my way that Colette Evert had passed away at 92 last Thursday, it hit me awfully hard. She was an extraordinary woman I had known well since 1972, and was the matriarch of a close-knit and strikingly accomplished family of seven, joining forces with her singularly

V By Pete Bodo For long, long stretches of their two-hour and 56 minute encounter under the translucent skin (roof) above Centre Court, five-time Wimbledon champ Venus Williams probably couldn't tell which Kimiko Date Krumm she was up against. Was it the 40-year old, 5' 4" sprite, that Asian smiley-face

Timf by Pete Bodo Yesterday, Roger Federer lost a match he should have won. He was up a set and a break, serving at 4-3, against Richard Gasquet, who's not exactly known as one of the mental giants of the contemporary game. Federer ended up losing in three; the final

This week I'm going back 40 years, to tennis in the tumultuous year of 1973. On Monday I wrote about the men's boycott at Wimbledon; yesterday I covered Arthur Ashe's trip to South Africa. Today we switch to the women, who were going through their own tennis revolution that season.

Hi Steve, What a year it’s been for the world. And who in tennis best personifies all that’s happened any more visibly and viscerally than Novak Djokovic? Off the court, he has been in the thick of various controversies involving everything from the properties of water to the staging of

In this special edition of The Rally, senior writers Steve Tignor and Peter Bodo remember the ATP's Brad Drewett, who passed away late last week at 54 after battling motor neurone disease. Pete, Brad Drewett's death at 54 has to be one of the cruelest twists of fate imaginable. He

UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Sitting in the lobby of the Long Island Marriott—situated just a short walk away from the famed Nassau Coliseum, where the New York Open is underway—Ivo Karlovic is not noticed by most people passing by. Karlovic likes it that way. He is soft-spoken, unassuming and self-effacing. The 6’11” Croatian

It was the spring of 2017, and Sloane Stephens was sidelined with a foot injury. In her downtime, the future US Open champion tried her hand, and her sense of humor, as a talk-show host for Tennis Channel. Stephens was a natural, of course, and not afraid to dig into

WATCH: Modern Health and the WTA honor World Mental Health Day

It only took Djokovic 66 minutes to dispatch Shapovalov for a place in the round of 16. The three-time Rome champion, who captured Madrid last week, will face Philipp Kohlschreiber later today. The German previously upset the world No. 1 in the third round of Indian Wells.—Ashley Ndebele UPDATE: Marketa

We’ve reached that time of year again: The dry season, or as I like to call it, Appearance Fee February (anybody got a catchier name than that?). For those of us in the U.S., the first post-Super Bowl weekend also marks the end of the NFL for nine long months.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently had a chance to catch up with Gil Reyes, the man who trained Andre Agassi during the remarkable resurgence that transformed him from a "mere" multiple Grand Slam title winner into a beloved icon of tennis. All you need to know

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournament** Wimbledon (ATP & WTA - Grass - Wimbledon, England) - Gentlemen's Singles Final: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7. - Gentlemen's Singles Semifinal: Roger Federer def. Marat Safin 6-3, 7-6, 6-4. - Gentlemen's Singles Semifinal: Rafael Nadal

What's up, dawg? I caught your gold medal doubles performance in Beijing the other day and just want to say, wa-a-a-a-aaaay to go! When I saw you up on that medal podium, rockin' the red-and-white Swiss team warm-ups with a gold medallion worthy of Mr. T (don't even think about

I was pretty eager to see the conclusion of the Arnaud Clement vs. Rainer Schuettler quarterfinal today; it had been postponed due to darkness at one set apiece late yesterday. The resumption promised to be hugely entertaining, partly because the winner was doomed to play Rafael Nadal in the semifinals;

I have to be honest, I've never really warmed to Fernando Verdasco, although there's much to recommend him, beginning with the fact that he's left-handed, and has no inhibitions about smacking the fur off a tennis ball. But something held me back. I thought about that today as he warmed