DOHA, Qatar -- Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova eased into the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, dominating their opponents with straight-set victories. Williams, who will regain the No. 1 ranking if she reached the semifinals, showed no signs of the back or ankle injuries that troubled her

After being frozen in place for 20 years, the men’s-tennis world finally began to revolve again this season. Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray retired, while Novak Djokovic failed to win a Grand Slam title. Right on cue, two young upstarts, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, took their places at the

There’s no time for rest on the WTA Tour. After last week’s thrilling 1000-level event in Doha, we’re right back at it with another, in Dubai. On Sunday, February 16th, the Dubai Duty Free Championships begins. This event has been interesting over the years. While Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina

Aryna Sabalenka went into Indian Wells on a revenge tour. She had lost in her three previous tournaments, the most painful blow for the No. 1-ranked woman delivered by Madison Keys in the Australian Open final. When Sabalenka took down Keys in the semifinals in the California desert last week,

Andre Agassi knows a thing or two about rivalries, and the unique ways top players can bring out the best in each other. He’s thrilled to see the same pattern playing out between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, who are set to meet in a dream final at the Internazionali

Over the past 12 months, Jasmine Paolini has been a joyful jolt of unexpected energy to the collective tennis system. She has been a Cinderella story on the clay at Roland Garros, and she provided an even more surprising sequel the next month at Wimbledon. She led Italy to the

Roger Federer’s birthday—August 8, 1981—has always been paired in my mind with Pete Sampras'. In the first of many parallels between the two men, Pistol Pete was born almost exactly a decade earlier—August 12, 1971 (lordy, lordy, look who’s about to be 40!). While 30 marks the onset of adulthood,

by Pete Bodo It's both perilous and easy to draw comparisons between various sports, even while understanding how different they are and how deceptive the parallels may be. Still, every once in a while you come across a story, issue or development that seems to resonate across the boundary lines,

In January, David A. Haggerty began serving a two-year term as Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of the United States Tennis Association. Haggerty, 55, of Pennington, NJ, brings an extensive background in the business side of tennis to his role in leading the governing body for the sport

Poetry in motion: Federer's footwork

No. 8 Mardy Fish says that he would like to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time, among other goals. Fish finished 2011 ranked in the top eight for the first time and is the highest seeded American at the Australian Open. "The goal is to try to

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario says in her forthcoming book "Arantxa, Vamos! Memoirs of a struggle, a life and a woman" that her parents stripped her of nearly all of her earnings and that she no longer speaks to them. "My parents made me suffer a lot,” she is quoted by the magazine

Roger Federer denies that he took his teammate Stanislas Wawrinka to task for his poor play during the United States' 5-0 shut out of Switzerland in Fribourg. Federer and Wawrinka lost a four-set match to Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan, which clinched the tie for the U.S. "I did have

Rafael Nadal's Olympic withdrawal opens the door for two of tennis' biggest servers—John Isner and Milos Raonic—to make a run at an Olympic medal, Hall of Famer John McEnroe tells TENNIS.com. McEnroe says the shorter best-of-three set Olympic format makes it much more likely a dark horse will break through,

Novak Djokovic takes Australian teenager Bernard Tomic to task after Tomic said he did not give 100 percent in his 6-4, 6-0 first-round defeat to Germany's Florian Mayer at the Shanghai Masters. Tomic said he had only given "85 percent” in the second set. Tomic has expressed his admiration for

Marion Bartoli says she is confident that her new team can help her achieve her goals. The 11th-ranked Frenchwoman is currently working with Fed Cup captain Amelie Mauresmo as well as the former No. 1’s one-time trainer, Xavier Moreau. But Bartoli added that she also needs to add a full-time

BRUSSELS (AP)—Kim Clijsters is out for up to six weeks after tearing a muscle in her left foot during a Fed Cup singles match Saturday. The injury forced her to pull out of Sunday’s reverse singles in the best-of-five series against Estonia, and casts doubt on whether the U.S. Open

BRUSSELS(AP) Kim Clijsters is out for up to six weeks after tearing a muscle in her left foot during a Fed Cup singles match Saturday. The injury forced her to pull out of Sunday's reverse singles in the best-of-five series against Estonia, and casts doubt on whether the U.S. Open

After pulling out of the Rome doubles final with a shoulder injury, Andy Roddick is furious with ATP tour officials that he and Mardy Fish were only given semifinalists' prize money. The team was scheduled to play fellow Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey. The Times of London reported that

Even tough he has failed to win a Grand Slam title in his past six attempts, world No. 3 Roger Federer still believes he has the game to capture his 17th major title. On Wednesday in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first man to come back from two