51956363 by Pete Bodo Mornin.' I took Bucky the Wonder Pet on my run this morning, expecting a flat-learning curve for the 11-month old dog. Well, he trotted along with me, four-and-a-half miles, like a champ - then spent 15 minutes in the dog run, making the other dogs chase,

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Roger Federer are headed back to Abu Dhabi. Organizers of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship say Nadal and Federer will compete at the tournament scheduled to run over New Year's. Robin Soderling, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marcos

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Brandon Nakashima doesn't seem remotely fazed this week even though he's in completely uncharted territory. In his ATP debut, the 18-year-old has reached the quarterfinals, and he's fitting in perfectly thanks to a killer backhand and extreme mental toughness. "There are so many things about Brandon that are

One after another they came: Past, present and future members of the Top 10. Eventual Grand Slam champions. Winners of multiple Masters 1000 titles. And one by one they fell, at the 1992 French Open, to the defending champion and world No. 1, Jim Courier. The year before, the young

Never one to be accused of not trying, Dominika Cibulkova stuck out her stubborn Wimbledon run until Elena Vesnina saw otherwise in the quarterfinals. Away from her tennis, which was sterling in her upset of Agnieszka Radwanska in the preceding round, the storyline following the effervescent Slovakian was that she

Last week in Indian Wells, Maria Sharapova’s semifinal against Caroline Wozniacki began with promise and ended in disaster. Today it was the reverse. She started her match with Sam Stosur with an inauspicious double fault, but ended it by running off six straight games to win easily, 6-4, 6-1, in

LONDON (AP) After fighting through a calf injury in the first round at Wimbledon, Kei Nishikori couldn't even step onto Centre Court for his second match. The fifth-seeded Japanese player had to pull out before his second-round meeting with Santiago Giraldo of Colombia on Wednesday. Nishikori hurt his left calf

It’s a rare week in tennis when we’re not confronted with the question of whether a certain young or improving player is “for real” or not. So far in 2014, we’ve already asked it of Dominika Cibulkova, Eugenie Bouchard, Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem, Gael Monfils, and Stanislas Wawrinka—though in Stan’s

NEW YORK—Donald Young pressed his palms against the blue back wall of the Grandstand court as if trying to shove away an obstacle occupying his personal space. Young kept pushing, but an unwielding Florian Mayer wouldn't budge. The 47th-ranked German saved two set points in the opening set and played

It makes sense, somehow, to wake up in the morning in New York, blearily boot up the laptop while you make coffee, and find David Ferrer running around on your computer screen. The message: No matter what time it is, somewhere on this planet, David Ferrer is running around. This

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Stan Wawrinka added a win over Rafael Nadal to his list of firsts in a stunning run to his maiden Grand Slam title, extending his rival's injury-cursed run at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 upset in Sunday's final. The 28-year-old Wawrinka had never

After making a name for herself on the red clay last season, Anett Kontaveit is once again playing confident tennis on the dirt. She has stormed past top players left and right, putting together another impressive run. Ranked No. 110 at the beginning of last season, the Estonian had to

There was a moment on Friday, when the camera in Court Suzanne Lenglen panned to Gael Monfils’ father, who was sitting forward and urging his son on from the first row, when I was struck by an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. Thirty-year-old déjà vu, to be exact. The sight

WIMBLEDON, England—Marion Bartoli made one fundamental mistake in her 6-4, 7-5 win over Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. At 4-5 in the first set she tried to stop play because it had begun, very lightly, to rain. Anywhere else, this may have been understandable, but apparently not in

Wayne Bryan, a coach and the father of Bob and Mike Bryan, has some quick overhead tips to help improve your game. 1 Get behind the ball Run back quickly so you can strike the ball as you come forward, and then you’re never falling back as you make contact.

WATCH: Svitolina spoke to the press after reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Sunday.

How did Ashleigh Barty react to becoming the 27th woman, and the just second from Australia, to reach No. 1 since the advent of the WTA computer rankings in 1975? About the way you would expect. Asked about her achievement after she won the title in Birmingham on Sunday, Barty

As a preview of 2018, Baseline is taking a look at all the Top 10 finishers from the ATP and WTA. ** See No. 8 here. 7 Jelena Ostapenko became a household name in 2017 thanks to her run to the Roland Garros title. The 20-year-old was unseeded and toppled

It's time to pop the bubbly—Daria Kasatkina has turned 21. The crafty Russian has enjoyed a strong 2018 so far with runs to the final in both Dubai and Indian Wells, so she deserves a hearty celebration.

Steve, It’s well past teatime here at Wimbledon, and I’ve seen some pretty entertaining stuff today. The highlight was watching the fans live and die with Henman over five sets on Court 1. High English drama at its finest. Federer looked absolutely awesome, Blake’s return of serve is downright obnoxious,