For a few years there will be a lot of, like, ‘Wow, so this is what Roland Garros is going to be like in the post-Rafael Nadal era.’ Tennis Channel analyst Pam Shriver, trying to imagine what the French Open might look and feel like should 14-time champion Nadal no

Thanksgiving asks us to be thankful on command, which isn’t all that easy. When I walked down the street this morning, was I as thankful as I should have been for that last yellow leaf hanging from an otherwise barren tree on my block? Probably not—once it’s gone, after all,

Messy, up and down, briefly brilliant, at times hard to make sense of, at other times totally predictable, and a dogfight throughout, the last match of the women’s season was a microcosm of the WTA year as a whole. Kim Clijsters, having not played at all since the U.S. Open,

PARIS—New day, new sun, new crowd: That was all it took to bring out the old Novak Djokovic. This was the one we’ve gotten used to seeing in 2011, the man with all the answers, the guy with the meticulous footwork and technique, who can make a sliding get on

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — This is what went through Andy Murray's mind while catching some of Novak Djokovic's French Open semifinal clash with Rafael Nadal on TV: "There's a bit of me that's jealous watching that. Like, I would love to be playing in those matches," Murray said recently. "I

[Ed. Note: Peter Bodo is on vacation until March 5th. In his absence, we are proud to present TennisWorld's Greatest Hits (and Misses). We hope you'll find these entries as relevant today as when they were originally posted. --S.] DATE: 8/27/2006

NEW YORK—When Novak Djokovic more or less ran the table in 2011, most of us wondered if he wasn’t heralding the dawn of a new era in tennis. The way he manhandled Rafael Nadal in particular that year seemed to be a game-changer. Djokovic overwhelmed Nadal in six consecutive meetings

Angelique Kerber played her first official WTA match as a Grand Slam champion in Doha earlier this week, and a fan expecting a spectacular show could be forgiven for asking for her money back. Kerber, the top seed, lost to Zheng Saisai of China—a woman ranked 71 spots below her,

The Grand Slam season has ended. But while the last of this year’s majors is behind us, many WTA-related story lines remain in flux. Here are five worthy of continued consideration. The Age of Aryna Is Upon Us The latest rankings won’t show it, but there’s no question the world’s

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Serena Williams walked onto Court 2 for her match Friday six minutes late. Otherwise she remained right on schedule at Wimbledon. The two-time champion became the first player to earn a spot in the second week of the tournament when she beat Roberta Vinci in the third round,

WATCH: Alexander Bublik came in as the defending champion, but he left Montpellier with a loss to Gregoire Barrere—and three broken racquets.

WATCH: Novak Djokovic sits at the Tennis Channel desk after his record-setting 23rd Grand Slam title.

As we make our way toward the 2024 season—which begins Friday, December 29 with the United Cup—our writers and editors tackle the most important questions of the new year. First question, as Rafa prepares to see goodbye to the game: Will we remember Rafael Nadal’s last dance fondly?

PARIS (AP) — Jelena Ostapenko is a young woman in a hurry. On the day she turned 20, Ostapenko became the first unseeded French Open finalist since 1983, using big and bold groundstrokes to end points lickety-split on the way to beating 30th-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 7-6 (4), 3-6,

The final round of Australian Open qualifying came to a thrilling conclusion on Wednesday, as the event played across Doha and Dubai yielded 32 men and women heading to Melbourne as main draw entrants for the 2021 edition of the tournament—set to take place in early February. Catch up with

Can we say that the Asian swing has finally kicked into high gear for the men? As of today, it’s almost there. This week the ATP brings us both the Japan Open and the China Open, where Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and new U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic make their

Is it possible to call a week with five different tournaments a quiet one? If it’s tennis, and it’s the middle of the clay season, the answer is yes. The first big spring European tournaments—Monte Carlo and Barcelona for the men, Stuttgart for the women—are in the books, and the

Taylor Fritz has had, over the course of the spring and summer, an excellent and highly Instagrammable European adventure. He has strolled the streets of the Continent’s historic cities. He has watched a Champions League match from a private lounge in Madrid. He has posed in a fashion shoot for

Writers are always talking about great words—"'Satanic,' such a great word!" we might say. There’s little agreement on what this means, or what raises one word above the masses. But each of us has our pet favorites. They either roll off our tongues in just the right way or shock

Puncher vs. counter-puncher makes sense. One player attacks, the other uses that pace to fire back. Puncher vs. puncher isn’t as elegant, but you can certainly follow it. Two guys take turns belting the ball. Counter-puncher vs. counter-puncher is harder to figure. Neither can play their game. They’re robbed of