Andy Murray needed only a couple of days in Australia to realize the hip problem that has kept him out of competitive tennis since Wimbledon was not going to improve in time for the season's first major. The five-time finalist withdrew from the Australian Open on Thursday, two days after

It appears as if chair umpires at the Australian Open will not be calling time violations as strictly as ATP officials have been in recent weeks. ATP tournament rules permit players to take 25 seconds in between points, while the Grand Slam events have a 20-second rule. Australian Open tournament

The poach is one of the most aggressive moves in doubles, and nothing feels better than executing it. Have your partner serve down the center. Timing is the most important key; go too soon and you open up the alley, but go too late and you won’t reach the volley.

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Benoit Paire of France reached the Chennai Open semifinals for a third time when he beat 2015 runner-up Aljaz Bedene of Britain 6-3, 6-0 on Friday. He will face second-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain, who rallied to win 2-6 6-4 6-4 against seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny

For the third straight year, Naomi Osaka landed on the Time Magazine’s Time 100 Most Influential list. Star NFL quarterback Russell Wilson wrote a touching tribute to the four-time Grand Slam champion. "Naomi Osaka shows you can be among the best in the world at what you do, and still

After a historic first half of the season, and after years of coming so close, Novak Djokovic finally rose to No. 1 on the ATP rankings for the first time on July 4, 2011, exactly nine years ago today. He clinched No. 1 by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals

MADRID (AP) — Organizers at the Davis Cup Finals are switching to earlier start times to minimize the chance of late finishes. The change comes after the series between Italy and the United States ended at 4:04 a.m. local time on Thursday, the second latest finish in the history of

Rafael Nadal's bid for a ninth Monte Carlo title was denied by Novak Djokovic yesterday. The seven-time French Open champion says he needs more match play and believes he has enough time to prepare for Roland Garros, which begins on May 26th. “I needed more physical performance,” Nadal told reporters.

Over the last few years several all-time greats have called time on their professional tennis careers, and we’ve given them a statistical send-off, counting down some of their most incredible records that may never be broken. We did it for Serena Williams, Roger Federer and most recently Andy Murray. And

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have been a legendary force—not only have they won 66 of the last 77 majors between them, a stretch that began with Federer’s first at Wimbledon in 2003, but they’ve won almost a third of all of the majors in the

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson announced his retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday at age 35. The 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) South African was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in 2017 — No. 32 at the time, Anderson was the lowest-ranked finalist in tournament history — and

WATCH: Roger Federer argues with chair umpire after receiving a time violation during his second-round match in Paris.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal is seeded No. 1 at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2010. Karolina Pliskova is making her debut as the top-seeded woman at any Grand Slam tournament. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the seedings Thursday, strictly adhering to this week's ATP and

LONDON (AP) Andy Murray has become a father for the first time after his wife, Kim Sears, gave birth to a girl. Murray's management company says Sears gave birth on Sunday, a week after the 28-year-old Scot lost the Australian Open final. No further details were provided. It means all

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep no longer will be coached by Darren Cahill. Halep announced the split "after six wonderful years working together"

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — All 17 US Open courts used for singles, doubles and mixed doubles will have electronic line-calling and video review available in 2018. The U.S. Tennis Association says Friday it's the first time that every match at the year's last Grand Slam tournament will have the

LONDON (AP) For only the fourth time in Wimbledon's 139-year history, matches will be scheduled on the two-week tournament's middle Sunday. All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins said Friday evening that the decision had been made to add the extra day of play, necessitated by repeated rain delays during Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time U.S. Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka is ranked just below the cutoff for direct entry into the year's last Grand Slam tournament. Azarenka, a former No. 1 and twice the champion at the Australian Open, is No. 108 this week, seven spots outside of an automatic

Shockwaves are still reverberating throughout the tennis world after world No. 117 Denis Istomin took out 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. So it's only fitting to play a little game called "The last time…" 1 The last time Djokovic failed to