I am having an issue with the partner of the receiver when I serve to the deuce court. The receiver is in a normal position near the baseline, but his partner is standing so close to the center line that his right arm and racket are actually in the service

LONDON—Kristina Mladenovic complained about court conditions on Court 18 at Wimbledon, saying she was lucky that she did not get seriously hurt. The Frenchwoman fell to Alison Riske in the second round, but both players requested to change courts. The referee did not agree to the request. But Mladenovic, who

The humidity was stifling in a recent doubles match and my sweaty partner, in mid-rally, had his racquet slip from his hand on our side of the court. We continued play and won the point. Should we have lost the point because my partner was racquetless?—Maura Houston, Colorado Springs, CO

It was a doubly eventful day for Michaella Krajicek at the 's-Hertogenbosch grass-court tournament in her home nation. First, the Dutchwoman beat Jana Cepelova in three sets, then was surprised to find her boyfriend, German doubles player Martin Emmrich, on court. He proceeded to address her as "Bambi" and get

When a player has won as many clay court titles as Rafael Nadal has, one wonders why he didn't have a court named after him sooner. At the Barcelona Open, the ATP 500 level tournament officially renamed the center court to "Pista Rafa Nadal," a great honor for the greatest

On a hot, sunny day in Florida, I was serving during a game that had already gone to six deuces in the second set of a league doubles match. Suddenly, my opponent started to leave the court in the middle of the game because she wanted to put on sunblock.

The U.S. Open is more than just the matches, it's an experience. Each day, we'll highlight one part of what makes the Open the Open. Arthur Ashe Stadium. Louis Armstrong Stadium. The Grandstand. Those are the courts where the marquee players are scheduled at the U.S. Open, where spectators gather

In yesterday’s post on Rafael Nadal’s drive to the clay-court winning streak record, I erroneously reported that the record belongs to Thomas Muster, who won 40 tournament matches in a row on clay. (The mistakes slipped through here because the Yahoo! link I used contained erroneously reported information.) The record

The grass court season will be extended to three weeks in 2015 and Stuttgart will become a grass-court tournament then, the ATP announced. The tournament, which has been played on clay, will be played the week following Roland Garros. Under the current calendar, there are ATP grass court tournament at

BRUSSELS (AP)—A Belgian court Monday suspended the one-year doping bans given to tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse. Wickmayer’s lawyers hope the injunction will make 16th-ranked Wickmayer eligible to play as soon as possible. The U.S. Open semifinalist hopes to receive a wild card for the Australian Open. Shortly

NEW YORK—It had been a long way back for Kirsten Flipkens, who’s been ranked as high as No. 59 but is presently No. 136, just outside the direct-acceptance bubble for the U.S. Open. On this first day of qualifying, she encountered two surprises out on Court 5. She had her

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Top-seeded Alize Cornet of France won her sixth career title by beating Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the Ladies' Championship Gstaad final on Sunday. Minella, playing in her first final on tour at age 32, was seeking to become the third mother to

Andy Murray, who will play David Ferrer in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, says the Spaniard is not a clay-court specialist. "No, he's not," Murray said. "He won last week on grass [in the Netherlands], so he's won, what, eight matches in a row on the grass? He's been in the

Each day on TENNIS.com, we’ll feature Tennis Channel’s Court Report, a rundown of the day that was in the sport—along with our thoughts on what’s happening on the courts around the world.

Andy Murray is back on the practice court, according to the Telegraph. The three-time Grand Slam champion is having some light hitting sessions at the All England Club, getting set to play Roger Federer for a charity exhibition. Murray has been sidelined with a hip injury since Wimbledon, and has

Novak Djokovic looks to be inching his way back to full health. Since undergoing a small medical intervention on his ailing right elbow, Djokovic has been updating fans on his progress—and it finally includes tennis courts.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open tennis tournament is changing the brand of its court surfaces for the first time in more than 40 years. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Monday it has a five-year agreement for the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to use Laykold hard courts

Wimbledon's No. 1 Court is going through a renovation to install the new roof, and the beginning stages are jarring for any tennis fan as pieces of the old stadium are being taken down. The renovation is estimated to cost over $90,000.

It has been a season of veteran resurgences in tennis, and no late-career push may be more inspiring than that of Venus Williams. The 36-year-old with a history of health concerns reached the Australian Open final and defeated world No. 1 Angelique Kerber to made the final four in Miami.