The future is bright as the season's first Slam commences. In many cases, the same is true of on-court styles under the Melbourne sun. Yellows, oranges, and more have come out to play at the 2016 Australian Open. Here is the Spin's annual testament to Oz fashions well worth sporting.

Tennis figures were questioned by British Members of Parliament in a committee hearing. It revealed that the amount of betting alerts they receive has gone up significantly, and they were criticized for the amount of funding they provide to combat match-fixing. Officials who were called included Tennis Integrity Unit chief

When he was eight years old, Jimmy Arias immersed himself in mastering the overhead smash. For the next two years, under the guidance of his father, Antonio, Arias practiced that shot at least 100 times a day. Nearly half a century later, that same deep level of discipline and devotion

Rafael Nadal has won almost everything of significance in tennis over the course of his career. Grand Slam singles titles? Twenty-two of them, and at least two from each pillar tournament. He’s won Olympic gold in singles and doubles, and held the Davis Cup five times—with another possibly on the

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters quit her semifinal because of an ailing hip Friday, the second top player in the Brisbane International to sustain an injury leading to the year’s first major. Clijsters won the opening set 7-6 (4) against Daniela Hantuchova but was broken at the start

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Andy Roddick put his hand to his mouth and blew a kiss to the crowd as he walked off Centre Court to generous applause after a third-round loss at Wimbledon on Saturday. If that gesture was meant to signify a farewell after losing 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4,

NEW YORK(AP) Those who say we'll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday. There they were, the two left-handers - two players who defined a generation of tennis and won 15 Grand Slam titles while they were at

PARIS(AP) Trailing Maria Sharapova 0-2, love-40 in the third set at the French Open, Justine Henin was well aware that things were looking pretty dicey for her. Yeah,'' Henin acknowledged Sunday,looked like it was going to be fast.'' Sure did. Right there, right when she needed to, Henin began

PARIS (AP) This time, it felt less like ``au revoir'' and more like farewell for Roger Federer. What may have been the great man's last best chance to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open has come and gone. And so, some will say, and perhaps not outlandishly, have his

Stan Smith turns 75 today. To millions around the globe, that might simply be a fashion statement. Various reports state that anywhere from 20 million to 70 million pairs of the shoes that bear Smith’s name have been sold—a product popular not just among tennis players. A 2014 re-release of

INTERVIEW: Rafael Nadal after his injury-impacted loss in Rome

Marie Bouzkova is in the midst of a career-best run at a major tournament, roaring into her first Wimbledon quarterfinal with wins over No. 7 seed Danielle Collins, No. 28 seed Alison Riske- Amritraj, and former world No. 4 Caroline Garcia. It was only a month ago that she suffered

WATCH: Nick Kyrgios upsets No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a contentious third-round battle to set up a meeting with Brandon Nakashima.

The winners of last week’s two ATP 500 events both set big milestones on the new ATP rankings today, with Tokyo champion Taylor Fritz making his Top 10 debut and Astana champion Novak Djokovic kicking off his 200th straight week in the Top 10. Fritz, who captured his third title

What will tennis do without Roger Federer? That’s an issue the sport will have to deal with over the next few years. This week, though, there was a more pressing version of the same question: What will Federer’s hometown tournament, the Swiss Indoors in Basel, do without him? As a

WATCH: Coco Gauff speaks to Tennis Channel after her Roland Garros quarterfinal win.

5…4…3…2…1… As the numbers on the big screen at the Brisbane International’s Pat Rafter Arena ticked down on Wednesday night, a roar inside the stadium went up. It wasn’t quite as deafening as in Times Square during the New Year’s ball drop a few days ago, but the sense of

“The simple thing for me is the weather,” Ash Barty said a few days ago. “You know, it’s blue skies, sun’s shining. We’re getting to play a sport that we love and we’re getting to do what we love. “You’ve got to do it with a smile on your face,

Karen Khachanov had seen this movie twice last year, and he hadn’t liked the ending. In Miami and Vienna in 2023, he had won a set against Daniil Medvedev. His heavy-topspin attack had left his friend and countryman frazzled and agitated. But both times Khachanov had allowed him to wriggle

It isn’t often—or ever, actually—that the Big 3 are upstaged by a mixed-doubles match. But that’s what happened at Wimbledon on Wednesday. While Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were in action on the two main show courts, the buzz and the fun and the noise came from the