NEW YORK—Volumes and volumes of words are spoken during a Grand Slam tournament, and it would be a Herculean task to sift through them all to find the most intriguing. So let’s just take the most interesting or thought-provoking things said by the champions in their respective final press conferences,

PARIS (AP) — Adieu France, hello America. They were hugs of goodbye—not of joy—for Victor Wembanyama as he bid farewell to his teammates and the French league, before jetting off for what many predict will be a glittering NBA career. Wembanyama's performance—22 points, seven rebounds and four blocks—couldn't prevent his

Tennis passed an interesting milestone when Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open last February. The win represented the 35th Grand Slam singles title gathered by the group commonly known as the “Big Four”—Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray—which is one more than the number of titles gathered by

Viewers across the globe watched Aryna Sabalenka steady her nerves on Thursday night in Melbourne to earn her longed-for revenge against Coco Gauff and reach a second straight final at the Australian Open. Watching with particular interest was Dinara Safina, who has been keeping odd hours in order to see

News, gossip and other items of interest from the world of tennis: Eye Candy, or Something Like It Can you believe we’re just three months away from 2010? I always find this time of the year exciting. Fall is in the air. The holidays are right around the corner. There

News, gossip and other items of interest from the world of tennis: Enter to Win You have until October 22 to bid in an online auction for Andy Roddick’s foundation gala, which takes place in Austin, Texas, on November 30. The winning bidder gets to attend the gala, sit at

Mel by Pete Bodo Greetings, everyone. I've posted some thoughts on Roger Federer's victory in Basel over at ESPN, in case you're interested. Also, I watched Flavia Pennetta clinch the Fed Cup tie for Italy yesterday evening, and found the experience somewhat dispiriting, at least from a chauvinistic point of

For the first time in almost exactly two years, a player outside the ATP's current Big Four will win a Masters title—the tournament now underway in Paris, France. What’s more interesting, of course, is that three-quarters of that celebrated foursome had entered Paris, but only two ended up playing, and

Andy Murray won the first ATP clay-court title of his career a few days ago in Munich. Just why it took Murray so long to sharpen up his game on clay is an interesting issue that’s difficult to resolve, but the very question supports the idea that the 27-year-old, recently

First, a little housekeeping: I'm not sure where Steggy found the armadillo (should we make it the official TW mascot, or would I be accused of choosing the animal that's the most like me?), and I don't think i'm gonna ask. For those of you interested in the Tennis in

*89580897 by Pete Bodo It's always nice to get a break from whatever it is that you do for a living, or even from your abiding daily interest or consuming passion- even if it's just a few days at the beach, or in the mountains. I'm coming off just such

After all of the decades of frustration, all of the tears and the despair and the self-laceration, how do the British papers celebrate one of their own finally winning big in tennis? They note it, and then move along to a more interesting story. Here’s Monday's headline from the Independent:

Scott By Pete Bodo Hey, everyone. I'm just hanging fire here, half-watching the warm up to tonight's tantalizing quarterfinal clash between Venus and Serena Williams - the men's quartefinal pitting Andy Murray against Juan Martin del Potro, two men who had an interesting, um, interaction in Rome earlier this year.

• Picby Pete Bodo* **WIMBLEDON, England—The ship of American tennis may be sinking, but the lifeboat occupied by women and children is jammed with a slew of interesting and promising survivors who might, over time, get to their destination. Two of them were in action today, with a split result.

WATCH ABOVE: Mark Knowles and Jimmy Arias take a look at the Top 16 seeds slated to compete in the women's and men's singles draws at the 2023 Australian Open. FULL DRAWS: Click here to view the view the complete men's and women's brackets.

Yesterday evening, I took part with a few other reporters in an interesting conference call with John Isner, the 22-year old recent college graduate who reached the Washington final (lost to Andy Roddick) last week and has a wild-card into the Cincinnati Masters next week. Isner (say Izz-ner) had just

If you had a rooting interest in the Davis Cup quarterfinals this past weekend, your heart is probably in one of two places: Still lodged in your throat, or lying on the carpet in your living room, shattered into tiny pieces. Has there ever been a weekend that so vividly

Given the abundance of talent that commands our interest at or near the top of the ATP, it’s easy to overlook just how loaded the tour’s Top 50 is these days. To that end, let’s take a look at 10 players who failed to make the cut for London (excluding