[Mornin'. Im happy to bring you a special feature from a long-time member of the TW tribe and frequent contributor to this blog. Please keep your comment on topic, and use this post to call and discuss the Blake match once it starts. For all other business, use the Crisis

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This whole Olympic experience and stuff is pretty crazy. So now I understand it more. R E S P E C T for everything that you achieved and how you did that.

WATCH: In contrast to the growing picture of ATP rage, Davidovich Fokina brings a lighter energy that is no less competitive through his run in Monte Carlo.

Garbine Muguruza and her coach, Sam Sumyk, have a testy exchange at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai:

• Picby Pete Bodo* It's tough enough these days to produce a tennis professional, even if you're willing and able to turn your child over to competent professional coaches and trainers and leave the developmental work in their hands. So imagine how much harder it is if you're bent on

The early bird always gets the worm, or so the saying goes. But what’s a girl to do arriving an hour before the gates open on Day Three of The Legg Mason Tennis Classic? And that's two hours before any matches begin? Walk… walk, look and listen, because the sights

On the grounds of the All England Club in 2004, a mesmerizing presence commanded attention with his athletic gifts and a welcoming smile. He was 17 with a bright future ahead, for he had already won the Roland Garros boys’ trophy, and was a win away from repeating his success

(Ed. note: TennisWorld never sleeps. While we at TW have been contemplating the contents of Ubaldo Scanagatta's recent, ominous email regarding the fate of certain Masters Series events, our man on the scene in Shanghai, Miguel Seabra, has been doing the hard digging. Here is his report on the hottest

Novak Djokovic - World No. 1, age 36 - 2024 record: 11-4, two semifinals - 52-week record: 50-8, 5-1 in finals, including 2023 ATP Finals, US Open, Roland Garros Paul Annacone, the Tennis Channel analyst and long-tenured former coach of Roger Federer and Pete Sampras, knows some secrets of greatness,

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NEW YORK—"At the end of the day, it was really a fight and a battle." For once, those words, which were spoken by Genie Bouchard after her late-night win on Thursday, weren't just clichés. Bouchard had been to the semifinals at the Australian Open and French Open. She had reached

I would have written this sooner, but I didn’t have an ending. Now I have one: Maher is carrying on, teaching at his own facility. That little fact caps a true and wonderful story that I haven’t told in almost 30 years. In 2004 I went to Jordan to visit

Hi, everyone. Like many of you, I'm still in suffering from Wimbledon hangover (for a look at one tangential aspect of this condition, click here). And I still have some unfinished Wimbledon business in my notebook. Some of it may be hopelessly dated, but one item is very relevant to

by Pete Bodo What better time to curl up with a good book than a week or two after the end of two crucial weekends of Grand Slam play? To that end, I'm happy to announce that Jay Clark and Sam Starnes, two friends who are regular TennisWorld readers and

The Rally, a series of discussions between Tennis.com writers Joel Drucker and Steve Tignor, continues back and forth across the Continent–Joel in California, Steve in New York–each wrestling with what it means to engage with tennis (and seeking to keep it in perspective during this current global crisis). Steve, I’m

For more on recreational tennis during this unprecedented time—including the best quarantine workout; a guide to improving your ball toss from your couch; what the pros have done to stay active; nutrition tips, advice on how to cope with COVID-19; and drills while hitting against a wall (of any size)—click

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's & This Week's Tournament** Roland Garros (ATP & WTA - Clay - Paris, France) - Men's Singles - Women's Singles - Men's Doubles - Women's Doubles - Mixed Doubles - Boys' Singles - Girls' Singles - Boys' Doubles - Girls' Doubles (Television

90726054 by Pete Bodo Afternoon, everyone. It didn't seem wise to write at length about Kim Clijsters on the day of the men's US Open final, so I saved my thoughts for today. Tomorrow, I'll take a closer look at the Serena Williams incident, and will spend the rest of

The Rally returns, with talk between freelance tennis writer Kamakshi Tandon and I about the Australian Open just past, and what it might mean for the near future.

First, a little housekeeping: I'm not sure where Steggy found the armadillo (should we make it the official TW mascot, or would I be accused of choosing the animal that's the most like me?), and I don't think i'm gonna ask. For those of you interested in the Tennis in