COLLEGE PARK, Maryland—It’s Monday morning, just past 7:30 a.m. on a beautiful spring day in College Park, Maryland, roughly 30 miles southwest of Baltimore. Eleven adults are spread across Court 23 of the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC). The vast majority of these men and women are hitting tennis balls

WATCH: Taylor Townsend joined Tennis Channel while on maternity leave after giving birth to her first child.

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer is a father of four — two girls who are 13, two boys who are 8 — and so perhaps that is why, as he wraps up his playing career, he thinks about the “GOAT” debate that has engulfed the tennis world the way parents

By the time I started playing tennis in the mid-1970s, the sport’s original surface was no longer its surface of choice. After a century of use and abuse, the grass didn’t seem quite as green it once had. It was bumpy, it was brownish, it was slick, it was slippery,

NEW YORK—At 5-3 in the fifth set against David Ferrer on Wednesday, Richard Gasquet gathered the balls from the ball kids, shot a quick look up at his player’s box, and stepped to the baseline to serve for a spot in the U.S. Open semifinals. Then the Frenchman did something

Kamakshi Tandon is one of the few North American journalists in Rome this week. She's making her first trip to the Foro Italico, so we're going to trade a few thoughts on the city and the event here. You can follow her tweets from Rome @Kamakshi_Tandon

“Wait, you like that show?” “Uh, I’ve watched an episode or two. Maybe a couple more. What’s not to love about a fat deliveryman who lives with an unrealistically attractive wife and her dingbat father . . . ” Oh, hi! Sorry, didn’t see you there. Now you know my

EASTBOURNE, England—“Welcome to the Sunshine Coast”: These are the words that greet you as you walk off the train at this small seaside town 90 minutes southeast of London. Eastbourne, as more than one local has informed me in the last 24 hours, is the sunniest place anywhere in England.

by Pete Bodo Many of you probably saw the news about Lleyton Hewitt's latest physical breakdown, which occurred at the Hopman Cup event. As this story makes clear, the hearing problem is unlikely to diminish Hewitt's chances - dwindling though they may be - of breaking through at long last

The lights in the theater below Madison Square Garden were turned a cool blue as Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Gael Monfils and Stan Wawrinka walked out from behind a curtain for a press conference. It was March 8, World Tennis Day, and they were in the Big Apple to hit,

Though at times this year his play has been underwhelming, the ever enigmatic and entertaining Marat Safin has been able to use his 2009 campaign as an opportunity to say goodbye to the world of professional tennis. We sat down with the two-time major champ the day before the start

FLASHBACK: The Break: Boris Becker sent to jail for flouting insolvency rules by hiding $3.1 million of assets and loans

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The first Masters Series event of the season is in the books and the new year is under way in earnest. What have we learned from our week in Indian Wells? Rafael Nadal ain’t over Just when I was ready to give up on Nadal—I picked him to lose to

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan A capacity crowd packed Centre Court on Tuesday evening to watch Canada's last hope, Frank Dancevic, try to upset the world No. 3, Novak Djokovic. The environment was especially lively for a second round match, but Canadian tennis pros are rarely showcased in a

In another time, John Isner’s title in Houston on Sunday might have led American tennis fans to rub their hands in anticipation of the upcoming clay-court season. In another time, a man in Isner’s shoes might have looked ahead to the long trail that ends in early June at Roland

I am a die-hard Albert P [ujols]. and St. Louis Cardinals fan. However, even I believe that Roger Federer deserved this award. Wade?? Another poor choice from a league that no longer interests the average american reader. - Stlgirl, at the SI.com feedback page. "He just went off the charts,"

The role statistics play in the lives of tennis fans may not approach that of typical baseball fans, but one of the great changes brought about by the Open era has been an ever-growing emphasis on and use of stats. This hasn’t happened merely because the game became a professional

This is transition time in tennis. Spring turns to summer, green grass replaces red clay, long rallies give way to big serves, and a quieter, quicker cadence comes to the game. Since 2005, that transition has been echoed by an equally abrupt baton-handoff at the top of the men’s tour.