LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) – French tennis player Richard Gasquet has won another court ruling to avoid a ban after testing positive for cocaine. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed appeals by the World Anti-Doping Agency and International Tennis Federation, which wanted Gasquet banned up to two years. The court

Is Isner the next Soderling? Andy Murray: Clay-court threat? And who will reign when the dirt is done, Nole or Rafa? We discuss before Monte Carlo gets underway.

Jannik Sinner may not be known for being overly emotional on the tennis court but the world No. 1 showed off a spicy side during his post-match interview with none other than John McEnroe at the 2025 Australian Open. Following Sinner’s four-set victory over Australian Tristan Schoolkate, McEnroe—himself known for

PARIS (AP) Talk about leaving it all out on the court. After quite a point at the French Open - 38 strokes over nearly a minute - France's Richard Gasquet vomited right there on Court Suzanne Lenglen. His opponent, Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, collapsed with a leg cramp and crawled on

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Tennis player Daniel Koellerer will appeal his lifetime ban for match-fixing at the highest court in world sports next month. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Koellerer will challenge his sanction on Nov. 28-29 against the men's and women's tours, International Tennis Federation and the sport's Grand

Roger Federer says court surfaces might be speeding up again, following years of slower play. The 17-time Grand Slam champion said he has seen courts get slower since he first came on tour, leading to the predominance of baseline players. ''I think also coaches overall everywhere around the world have,

After a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19, the spring European clay-court season is back. It kicked off with Roland Garros announcing it would start one week later. Might there be more surprises? We gathered our team to address two big picture questions. Ed McGrogan: If Roland Garros can be

Juan Martin del Potro begins his clay-court season this week at Estoril, and plans to return to playing a full schedule on tour. "The clay-court season is the hardest for me, but every time I've played Estoril I've played good in the other clay-court tournaments," he told local press before

While the qualifying draw is already underway at the French Open, the top stars are just settling into Paris and hitting the practice courts at Roland Garros. Serena Williams returned to Court Philippe Chatrier, two years after her last appearance. The woman who beat her in the 2016 French Open

The ATP event in Naples is facing a fine from the ATP following repeated problems with the courts during the week, according to the president of the Italian tennis federation. The tournament, being played for the first time and organized in only a few months as a substitute for canceled

BRUSSELS (AP) Kim Clijsters has resumed on-court training but the U.S. and Australian Open champions says she is still very unlikely to take part in the French Open later this month. Clijsters has been sidelined with shoulder, wrist and ankle injuries since early last month and she said Wednesday's first

LONDON—Sam Querrey will go into the hard-court season looking to build on his quarterfinal showing at Wimbledon, where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the third round and reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal before falling to Milos Raonic in four sets. Querrey is scheduled to play next week's grass-court event

PARIS (AP) — The big news in Naomi Osaka's life has nothing to do with the French Open or clay-court tennis: Her 10-month-old daughter, Shai, is taking her first steps. "Yesterday, she walked for the first time, so I was really happy about that," Osaka said at Roland Garros on

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) A day after winning his first Grand Slam on hard courts, Rafael Nadal called on tennis officials to be mindful of the physical toll the hard surface takes on players in an ever expanding schedule. ``This calendar I am playing with this surface - hard court surface -

It's been a very emotional time for Kim Kardashian, who has not only ended a 14-year run of her reality TV show Keeping up with the Kardashians, but also a seven-year marriage to rapper Kanye West. Despite being at the center of most major entertainment tabloids, the 40-year-old has surprisingly

My brother and I play on a brutally sunny court. In a recent match my brother's mirrored shades sometimes reflected rays into my eyes. I played on blindly because he wouldn't have been able to see without sunglasses but it made me wonder, could I have requested he take them

When does the 20 seconds between points begin? Usually the ball is right there to be retrieved, but sometimes it rolls away. I think the 20-second count should begin when I have the balls and I’m in my court. — Marian Showacre, Laramie, WY Let’s get the technicalities out of

Tuesday was another action-packed day at the All England Club, with top players pulled together scrappy victories on Centre Court, and a member of the royal family making her way around the grounds. These are the Top 5 photos from day two: 1. Reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber took to

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Play has been called off on all courts except Centre Court because of rain on Day 1 at Wimbledon. The rain started in the afternoon after 31 matches had been completed. Francesca Schiavone later completed her 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Jelena Dokic under the closed roof

While the grass-court season accounts for the smallest portion of the tennis calendar, there is always plenty of excitement. This time around, legends made their reputations even stronger, the courts had surprise guests of many kinds, and most importantly of all, there was great tennis. Here are Baseline’s 10 highest