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She may travel upwards of 25 weeks of the year, but Maria Sharapova makes the most of it from a cultural-immersion standpoint. Italy remains a favorite destination, for the food and so much more, she shares on a new episode of CN Traveler's Women Who Travel podcast. She also likes

At Roland Garros, Laura Siegemund is into her first career Grand Slam quarterfinal. She got there by way of a 7-5, 6-2 win over Paula Badosa on Monday, complete with a mid-match meal. Though the German's tennis was obviously excellent, her use of a fork during Badosa's medical timeout at

Williams herself was spotlighted toward the end of the relay of woman athletes: "A woman ... winning 23 Grand Slams, having a baby and then coming back for more?" she asks rhetorically. "'Crazy.'"

Bethanie Mattek-Sands has come a long, long way, and she's just getting started in Paris. On Tuesday, she won her first singles main-draw match since injuring her right knee at Wimbledon. She wasn't dealt any easy draw, facing recent Nuremburg champion Johanna Larsson and winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominika Cibulkova is having a great month, and it’s only going to get better. Regardless of how her Wimbledon run ends, the final weekend of the major will be unforgettable for the Slovak, as she's set to marry her fiancé, Miso Navara, on July 9. But first, her Wimbledon campaign.

Sam Groth and Nicole Gibbs are giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional tennis all year long in My Tennis Life. To read more updates from Sam and Nicole, go to tennischannel.com.

Same string, same tension. That’s the common request for most recreational players when it comes time to restring their racquets. That is, of course, if they’re bothering to restring their racquets at all. String neglect is one of the cardinal sins of everyday players. They think if it’s not broken,

Episode Venus Vs. was just the beginning. Little did Venus Williams know, but Nine for IX director Ava DuVernay was about to play a more potent role in her life than she even expected when the film director said she wanted to make a documentary-styled episode about her in an

Three men proved 37 is the new 27 by winning titles on Sunday. Roger Federer took home his 10th title at the ATP 500 in Halle. "When it was all over, it was the first time I really thought of how it felt winning because I didn’t think I was

In her Birmingham debut, Venus Williams played on Ann Jones Court, named after the 1969 Wimbledon champion. It's a special year for Birmingham, with Venus taking part in her first non-Slam grass event in eight years. Venus opened singles action with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and took

102839994 Mornin'. It's cool, damp and rainy here in game-rich Andes today, so my thoughts are returning to home and work. The headlines offer pretty slim pickin's today. Victor Hanescu falls in Stuttgart! Serena Williams to miss the entire (four-match, for Serena) World Team Tennis season! Apparently, Serena cut her

WATCH: Nishikori rallied from a set down to upset No. 7 seed Cameron Norrie and reach the Citi Open quarterfinals.

We profile 12 of the top title contenders at the 2012 U.S. Open.

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says he needed to go through a period of self-discovery before he hired a new coach. The 28-year-old has reached the semifinals of Roland Garros for the first time and will face Spaniard David Ferrer. Tsonga spent a year and-a-half without a coach before hiring Australian Roger

The year is young, but the tennis world has already witnessed a pair of off-the-cuff remarks that generated buzz and debate, most of it good-natured, just as the two who spoke the words were themselves waxing witty at the time. Gael Monfils has long been a mercurial, any-given-day talent, and

In the wake of a profoundly entertaining U.S. Open to close out the Grand Slam season, here are a quartet of stories that you shouldn't miss despite the major event's two-week onslaught. Without further ado ... 1] COURT SENSE, MEET STYLE SENSE Pulling a trick from Maria Sharapova's bag, Sloane

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) will soon announce a two-year funding freeze for grassroots projects, The Independent on Sunday reports. Coming on the heels of Andy Murray’s title run at Wimbledon, sources told the newspaper that the LTA is planning to prioritize the pro game over grassroots tennis. The LTA

Venus Williams may have gifted her mother Oracene Price a house recently, but it's her younger sister who primarily continues to build the family name on the tennis court. There's a reason our own Steve Tignor saw little to say about Serena Williams's decisive 6-2, 6-4, triumph today over Agnieszka

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga discusses the subdued reception he received from the Parisian crowd during his loss to David Ferrer in the 2013 Roland Garros semifinals. “It affected me because I saw that the people weren’t supporting me a lot because when I came on the court the stadium was half