In the acclaimed 2002 drama City of God, named for the eponymous slum in Rio de Janeiro, a boy named Rocket spends the entire film walking a line between comfort and peril. At the Rio Open Saturday night, a man named Rafa did much the same. Rafa was on clay,

NEW YORK (AP) — John McEnroe wants more anger in tennis. Not the kind of racket-smashing, profanity-flying tantrums he threw as a player, when he could go from the sport's best player to its baddest boy in the same service game. He wants to see players get fed up that

If you’re sick of those 34-shot rallies and five-and-a-half hour, knock-down drag-outs between the ranking titans of tennis, boy have I got a guy for you: Joachim “Pim Pim” Johansson. The only problem is that the lanky, snake-bit Swede may not be around long enough to satisfy your taste for

Shortly after Ryan Sweeting won the Junior (18-and-under) boys' title at the U.S. Open, Colette Lewis of Zootennis came back to the media center, happy as a clam. “Guess what,” she said. “Ryan's a great kid and he’s going to go to college instead of turning pro. He’s going to

Sixteen of the top junior boys from the USTA Eastern, Middle States and New England Sections, as well as the Harlem Junior Tennis League, competed in the 2011 Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament on Saturday, April 9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The event was hosted

LONDON—When he isn’t playing tennis, Stefanos Tsitsipas’ biggest hobby is photography. Over the last two days, his second-round match versus Jared Donaldson generated enough vivid, passionate images to fill a coffee table book that will be eternally cherished by his loving family. But those memories will also be a testimony

German phenom Alexander Zverev has scalped some tennis titans already this year, and with those in hand, he guests on the new cover of an Italian style publication timed to the 2017 French Open. Though he sputtered out in the first round to the dangerous Fernando Verdasco, things are still

Mornin' folks. Are you ready for the semis? Some of you might appreciate this video featuring Jet Boy's long-lost twin brother, whom Uncle Toni has been keeping in reserve, should our current model get into a slump, or decide the become a surfer dude instead of a tennis player. But

PARIS—In 2005, Andy Murray was the top-ranked junior boy when Roland Garros rolled around. The Dunblane native would reach the semifinals of the tournament, and while Murray is the first to admit he needed time to navigate the surface once moving up to the professional ranks, he’s more than proven

Ivan Lendl is getting back into coaching to try to groom the next American tennis champion. Lendl, an eight-time Grand Slam title winner and former coach of Andy Murray, is working with about a half-dozen 15- and 16-year-old boys as part of the U.S. Tennis Association's player development program. The

A few short months ago, four of the top five junior boys in the world were Americans. For a nation that has gone without a men’s Grand Slam singles champion since 2003, it’s been long overdue for rising talent to produce encouraging results. It’s been an even longer drought to

I think the new column went over well yesterday, so I will keep the back and forth theme going for another day. A decent column Steve [on Doha], but your cynicism towards Clijsters play and attitude in the final is a little disheartening/disconcerting. It’s just the way Kim is.—Northern Boy

Howdy. Well, I’m back from a four-day weekend at Little View Farm, our country place in rugged, game-rich Andes, our Catskill Mountains hideout. I spent a lot of time mowing hay (although I kept breaking the shear-bolt on the tractor’s PTO—if you’re a farm boy, write!) and did a fair

WATCH: The moment Stefanos Tsitsipas' Australian Open campaign almost ended in a moment of frustration

Dual-gender tournaments really are better, aren’t they? Yes, the women can get the short end of the court-assignment stick, but there’s an energy at events like Beijing that never gathers when the two tours go it alone. Put the boys and girls together and it’s like our favorite Vicarious High

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Novak Djokovic tosses the ball up and catches it. He’s seen something out of the corner of his eye. He looks to the side of the court, where a ball boy is belatedly scurrying back to his designated kneeling spot next to the net. Djokovic shakes his head.

by Pete Bodo Boy, for a guy who did a lot of complaining about the length of the season not so long ago, Andy Murray is playing some pretty fresh-looking tennis. This isn't an unusual thing, come autumn. Murray ought to remember that old saw, Be Careful What You Wish

In the mid-80s, as a teenager, I attended a summer boys’ tennis camp outside of Pittsburgh. At the end of each day, the camp director liked to get up in front of us so he could rant and rave about all the things we were doing wrong. Looking back, I’m

MELBOURNE, Australia—Fernando Verdasco's talent, on and off the court, has never been the issue. But good looks and flashy forehands can take you only so far (just ask his recent ex Ana Ivanovic), and the Pretty Boy/Playboy from Spain has his sights set on being a player. That's why on