A peculiarly scorching sun had its way with the Wimbledon grass over this fortnight. But the sun also sets. Here, our ongoing roundup of passing shots from SW19, a curated much-ado-about-everything–if a bit less manicured than the Wimble-lawns themselves. See No. 9. 8 This one’s for you, Johanna Konta and

“Yeah, the game at five-all in the fifth, I could have easily have won that game. I played a pretty good game. I just missed a backhand wide on my game point to go up six-five. It’s a game of inches out there, really.”—Thirty-two-year-old Lleyton Hewitt, after he was beaten

Daniil Medvedev has been doing double duty at the BNP Paribas Open, both playing tennis and running scathing commentary about the state of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden courts—all this despite a career-best run to the quarterfinals. Less than 48 hours after his first rant during a topsy-turvy third round

WASHINGTON (AP)—Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic reached the final at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Donald Young on Saturday. The 32-year-old Stepanek convincingly beat the 22-year-old American—6-3, 6-3—to reach the finals at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Saturday. On Sunday, Stepanek will

Today, he was Richard "The Rocket" Gasquet. Recovering his composure—and game—following the loss of a first-set tiebreaker to 34-year old qualifier Tommy Haas, Gasquet produced a breathtaking display of firepower and shotmaking, and this time he appeared to have the determination and desire that doesn't always accompany those assets. He

With Peter Bodo back from Miami, the gang reviews Andy Roddick's inspired title run and then hands out grades for the best (and worst) performances so far this season. Who earned the top marks? Listen here.

Venus Williams is scheduled to return to the court just days after her appearance in the final of the Australian Open. The world No. 11 is playing this week's event in St. Petersburg for the first time in her career. Williams decided to play the tournament despite her Grand Slam

David Ferrer is the new tournament director of Barcelona, organizers have announced. The recently retired ATP player from Spain will be a familiar face in charge of the event, having competed there regularly during his career and been a four-time finalist. "Assuming the sporting direction of the Banc Sabadell Barcelona

The ATP World Tour Finals—the season-ending championship of men's tennis—begins on Sunday, November 9 in London. Over the four days, we'll take a closer look at the seasons put forth so far by the eight singles competitors. Whenever a major upset occurs in sports, we like to say that "the

It’s easy to forget now, after his run to the US Open final, but Taylor Fritz didn’t come into this year on a roll. At the end of 2023, he suffered early losses in Tokyo and Basel, injured his ab and had to pull out of his final event in

As an unseeded 17-year-old, Melanie Oudin shook up the tennis world with a run to the US Open quarterfinals. Now at the age of 25, after numerous health setbacks, the American has announced her retirement.

WATCH: Tiafoe began the year with a run of blistering form at United Cup, helping lead the U.S. to an emphatic victory.

One of my players hits a volleyball-style jump serve. He starts near the back fence, tosses the ball up and out in front of him, and then runs to smack it out of the air. Is this legal? —Keith Hayes, Novato, CA Nope. A player can jump to hit a

TOKYO (AP)—French Open champion Francesca Schiavone beat local favorite Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Date Krumm celebrated her 40th birthday on Tuesday with a win over Daniela Hantuchova in the second round, but was no match for the

WATCH: The Wolf of Flushing Meadows

When I imagined this match beforehand, I pictured Dayana Yastremska belting balls into the corners and Coco Gauff slipping and sliding from side to side to track as many down as she could. There was some of that. Yastremska basically only knows one gear for her strokes—fifth—and Gauff’s natural tendency

The beginning of November belonged to Paris Masters champion Jack Sock, and the middle of the month belonged to Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov. But no matter how the Davis Cup final between Belgium and France turns out, we have to acknowledge the achievements of David Goffin. The diminutive

Over the next two weeks, we'll run down our Top 10 Matches of the 2021 season. On Monday, No. 10 was unveiled.

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan won his third career title by beating French teenager Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-4 in the European Open final on Sunday. Bublik saved all three break points he faced and hit 28 winners to 18 for Fils. In their first meeting, Bublik

It was a bit rainy in Shanghai when 19-year-old Taylor Fritz paid a visit to the Disney Land in Shanghai, but he had a blast nonetheless. The world No. 87 even got to ride on the impressive Tron Lightcycle Power Run.