Since signing as Wilson's first head-to-toe tennis player in 2023, Marta Kostyuk has been on the cutting edge of on-court (and off-court) fashion with her high-performance kits and dresses, But in 2025, that collaboration is deepening further still: this time into innovative footwear. Built with Kostyuk's input, Wilson this week

The resurgence of Nick Kyrgios has been one of the biggest stories of the year in tennis, and one of the biggest factors in that resurgence has been his serve—he’s always been one of the best servers in the game, and he’s caught fire once again. In fact, until midway

LONDON (AP) — Two low-ranking tennis players have been banned for corruption offenses after they bet on matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit says Mihaita Damian of Romania has been banned for a year and fined 5,000 euros ($5,300) for placing 199 bets on games from 2011 to 2013. The 23-year-old

With his slalom-style movement, exquisite timing, and beautiful two-handed backhand, many people have compared Jannik Sinner to Novak Djokovic, and it’s easy to see why. Both players may have begun their athletic careers on a ski-slope, but they were put on this earth to hit a tennis ball. On Wednesday,

Tecnifibre’s T-Fight is a racquet that lives up to its name. Whether slugging from the baseline or carving up opponents with precision, it’s a jack-of-all-trades frame that can adjust to any battle. And with seven models of varying weights in the line, it can suit players at just about every

My soccer career ended very early. I was about 12, and I was playing a two-on-two game in one of the unused, semi-public yards that gave the kids in my neighborhood a little room to run. I had a breakaway (at least that's what we call it in basketball). I

How do you beat the best player in your zip code? Every once in a while you’ll come up against a player with a big reputation. This opponent might be the champ at your club or in your league, or a Division I college player home from school. While the

The serve is the most important shot in tennis. It's the only shot a player has complete control of hitting, and it sets the tone for every point. If you have a great serve, it will take you far, no matter how good the rest of your game is.

Carlos Alcaraz may be the Paris Olympic Village’s selfie king, but Naomi Osaka may have just taken the title of its style queen. The Japanese player has been serving up looks and mingling with the fashion world in Paris during the 2024 Olympic Games—which has already been declared the most

Racquet: Yonex EZONE 98 Aqua Night Black ($269) Ably bridging the ‘tweener and player’s categories, the seventh generation of the highly user-friendly frame maintains its mass appeal. The Yonex EZONE 98 performs best from the back of the court, where full cuts can taking advantage of its quick handling, easy

• Picby Pete Bodo* In tennis, as in the game of chess, the opening moves are almost always made by pawns. The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam event of the year, which means that almost all the players see the tournament as an annual fresh start. Everyone has

“Tennis doesn’t belong in the Olympics.” This phrase was uttered often enough during the 1980s, when the sport was making its return to the Games after six decades away, that it began to be regarded as a given, even among tennis fans. Yes, Steffi Graf was obviously thrilled to play

Racquet: Wilson Blade 98 (16x19) v9 ($259) The Blade 98 has surpassed the Pro Staff as Wilson’s favored frame amongst its Tour-level players. It’s a do-it-all, Swiss Army knife of a racquet that attracts a wide range of competitors and styles. Whether attacking opponents with pace, precision, patience or all

ROME (AP) — Jannik Sinner says it's "a good thing for us tennis players" that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn't want to arrange a game with the top-ranked player—ostensibly because of his name. During a meeting between the new

TOKYO (AP) — HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: China won all four gold medals in Rio. It was China versus China in the women's singles gold medal match, with Ding Ning beating teammate Li Xiaoxia, reversing the result from the London Games. A rule change ahead of Rio that many saw as

THE BREAK: A special edition on the Olympic Games

The tournament also hosted some legends of the game for high-quality exhibition matches.

“She leads 2-1, somehow, in set number three.” That was the call behind the mic Tuesday in Bogota during a first-round match between Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Astra Sharma at the Copa Colsanitas. It wasn’t a commentator’s reaction to a competitor surviving a tough stretch of games, but rather, a competitor

In case you’re wondering how a woman from Scotland—a country with no tennis tradition, terrible weather and hardly any indoor courts or coaches—managed to raise two boys to become professional tennis players . . . I can assure you, that wasn’t the plan. I played pro tennis very briefly in