*88843908 By Pete Bodo One of the welcome elements in the unfolding saga of Roger Federer is that he gives someone with an inquiring (or perhaps just mischievous) mind a fair amount with which to play around. That's because Federer is different and not just in the way that's enabled

NEW YORK(AP) Give Rafael Nadal credit for looking on the bright side. Yes, he's been dealing with knee tendinitis. Yes, his French Open winning streak ended. Yes, he decided not to defend his Wimbledon championship. Yes, he's dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in the rankings. On the other

The rock 'n' roll-loving Andrea Petkovic, ranked No. 39, is one of pro tennis’ Twitter rock stars. The German player is into politics (she studies political science), video-blogging under the pseudonym Petkorazzi, and, of course, music, all of which she tweets about regularly. The 22-year-old right-hander won her first WTA

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The Bryan brothers are more like Warner Bros. at the Australian Open. The world's best men's doubles pair, American twins Mike and Bob Bryan, have been making mini-movies from behind the scenes of international tennis and posting them online, where they are getting a growing following. The

On a spring morning earlier this year, Madison Keys headed outside for a workout. Not long into her routine, her boyfriend, Bjorn Fratangelo, texted, “I owe you a new coffee maker.” The 2017 US Open finalist shrugged it off and continued with her stretch of exercises, for Fratangelo was on

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even whiffed

LONDON—Doesn’t Wimbledon aim for moderation and understatement in all things? It does, except, it seems, when it comes to its second Monday. Then the tournament suddenly snaps, throws all of that pent-up caution and discretion to the wind, and schedules everyone all at once all over the grounds. That’s where

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—At most tennis events, the farther away the seats are from the court, the more likely they are to have people in them. This isn’t because the view is better up there, obviously, but because real live tennis fans, rather than corporations and sponsors, are able to buy

On Friday I wrote that if you like your tennis tournaments to come with a little sound and fury, this week was probably going to be a disappointment after the blue-court brouhaha at the Madrid Masters in 2012. Obviously, I wrote too soon. Since then, we’ve had plenty of sound

We talk about a player’s form going into a tournament and try to predict the future from there. There’s not a whole lot else we can do. But you only have to look at the Rafael Nadal of two nights ago and the one who came out to Laver Arena

Think of the pressure heaped on the shoulders of that lonely Briton at the All England Club on Friday, as he strode away, deep in thought, from Centre Court after an afternoon of sun-drenched triumph. I refer not, of course, to Andy Murray, who could always distract himself with a

Ryan Macauley, head of Desert Smash, gives an inside look at this year’s event—which will be streamed LIVE on TENNIS.com this Tuesday, March 6:

You’d think, after looking at and listening to the pros long enough, that a tennis writer wouldn’t be able to learn anything new about them. Not true: There are various ways of watching tennis, and the journalist’s is always cluttered with distractions. You must go to press conferences, you must

When the sky briefly cleared and Brian Baker walked back on Court 12, he was up 30-40 on his opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber's serve. The two players had managed to get in four games before the rains had come. It was just long enough for the slow-starting Baker to be broken.

Keeping Tabs returns today, and will be back on a daily basis during Wimbledon. I won’t be making the trip this year—my first missed major since Wimby 2010—so I’ll have to do my best with what’s available online. Hopefully the switch from newspaper to computer screen will save a tree

Elina Svitolina began 2021 with a straightforward—if lofty—New Year’s resolution: win every match. “The goals are always quite high,” she clarified during pre-tournament press at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open, “but you have to break everything down, focus on every match, and not get too distracted by all

For the 200-odd players preparing to play the US Open next week, a spot in the main draw is a given, the launchpad for success—foretold or otherwise. But another 200 players have already descended on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to compete in the Qualifying Tournament. The

by Pete Bodo Good mornin', everyone. Are y'all ready to see if Bob and Mike Bryan will surpass John McEnroe and Peter Fleming as the most successful doubles team in US Davis Cup history? I suppose our readers outside the USA are just as likely to be focused on how

by Bobby Chintapalli MASON, Ohio – It’s been a long week and a bit of a blur at the Western & Southern Open. Close to Cincinnati, which is nicknamed The Queen City, the tournament has one empty slot on the women’s singles draw – the one marked ‘CHAMPION’ – and

Dem 2008 by Bobby Chintapalli, Contributing Writer I didn’t root for Elena Dementieva because she’s perfect. If anything I rooted for her because she’s not—just like the rest of us—but tried anyway. I rarely root for or against anyone, hoping simply for good tennis. But I have my soft spots,