The transition from clay to grass can be tough for even the most all-around players, but Casper Ruud hopes to make a better impression on his least familiar surface in 2022—despite earlier comments to the contrary. Among the few Top 10 players neither injured nor facing the wrath of Wimbledon’s

Good afternoon, everyone. We're here to talk about the autobiography I recently wrote with Pete Sampras, A Champion's Mind. As you may recall, you're invited to post any reviews of, or comments about, the book. I will be here most of the afternoon (until I need to run and pick

Caroline Wozniacki was up 5-3 in the third set against Angelique Kerber in the final of Stuttgart but lost 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, yet she said she is not extremely disappointed. The former No. 1 hasn’t won a WTA Premier event since 2012. However, she said that she enjoys running for

For every Andrey Rublev or Daniil Medvedev that makes a breakthrough in the men’s game at a young age, there are dozens more for whom climbing the rankings might take a little bit more time. Case in point: their compatriot, Aslan Karatsev. The 27-year-old Russian started the season ranked outside

Amanda Anisimova and Paris get along very well. In 2016, the young American reached a career-high No. 2 in the junior ITF rankings when she was just 14 after a dream run to the French Open junior final.

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JUST LIKE OLD TIMES It was like a precursor to the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament: The men’s draw at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., was essentially a busted bracket from the start. Among the eight seeded teams, only two advanced at least as the quarterfinals. One

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Dinara Safina had just advanced to the Australian Open semifinals, staying on track for her first Grand Slam title and a chance to become No. 1. But she thought an apology was in order - to the 15,000 partisan fans that had cheered every point for her opponent,

Andy Murray believes the men's field is in fine form going into the French Open. No players on tour have dominated leading up to the season’s second Slam. Murray, though, is coming off the best European clay run of his career. He won the Rome Masters, reached the final of

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Madison Keys is "going to be just fine," her friend and opponent, Sloane Stephens, said following her dominant victory in the final of the US Open. Her coach, Lindsay Davenport, agrees. The 22-year-old Keys won just three games in the final, but getting that far was still a significant accomplishment

Andy Murray is running straight toward you. He's running so fast you begin to think that, to avoid the low wall that's the only thing standing between the two of you, he might have to do a flying leap in the general direction of your skull. Murray starts sliding at

Chris and I have been busy today with detail work on the new TennisWorld architecture. We’ll be ready to go live in a matter of days now, so please bear with us and our erratic posting schedule until we’re up and running on all cylinders.

This is a drill in which both players start at the baseline (the diagram assumes that both players are right-handed). Player A feeds the ball between the court’s midpoint and the right singles sideline, about half way between the service line and the baseline. (1) Player B runs around his

Is there a better symbol for the fall season than Petra Kvitova proudly lofting the Tokyo trophy after her back-to-back wins over resurgent Venus Williams and Angelique Kerber? Kvitova’s win, her first since February (Dubai), will nudge her back into the Top 10. It may seem like too-little, too-late for

The Australian Open has pandemic insurance but will need to renew it before next year's event. Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley, speaking to the Melbourne Age, said the tournament's policy runs for another three months and it is in talks to renew. That is considerably tougher to do during the

Matteo Berrettini has achieved a career milestone: his first ATP Masters 1000 final. While the match may not have gone his way, losing to Alexander Zverev, the Italian has completed the greatest run of his career so far. Before the final, Berrettini's best result at a Masters 1000 tournament was

Good mornin', everyone. Early this morning, I filed some further thoughts on the sad history of the number 3 for ESPN, so check that out if you're so inclined. The post ought to be live soon. Then I went for a four-mile run in my new neighborhood. Our apartment more