How do you follow the Greatest Generation? It’s a question tennis has tried to answer for at least a decade. Serena, Roger, Novak, Rafa: all of them are over 30, and they’ve combined to win 75 Grand Slam singles titles—but none of them are going away quietly. When they do,

Best-of-three, best-of-five: No matter the format, Tomas Berdych has been bested—badly—this summer at the All England Club. After losing his Wimbledon opener in straights to Ernests Gulbis, the Czech again was ousted in the minimum number of sets at the Olympic Games by Steve Darcis, 6-4, 6-4. Today's match displayed

It was the late stages of Rafael Nadal’s French Open semifinal demolition of No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem and plenty of observers were watching with awe. Retired American Mardy Fish had this to say:

As the Miami Open—the second leg of the “Sunshine Double”—kicks off its second week, let’s take a look back at the first. Past champions like Roger Federer and Venus Williams got off to a good start, while others ran into a few stumbles. And we can’t forget about the spectators

First they win on court and now they are winning on the beach. Eugenie Bouchard, Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams are featured in the newly released Sports Illustrated 2017 Swimsuit issue. The pictures and videos, snapped in the picturesque Turks and Caicos Islands, are impressive. For Wozniacki and Williams, it's

Kindness Wins creator Madison Keys isn't just a champion on the court, she's winning off the court by sprinkling kindness wherever she goes. Last week, Keys and the non-profit organization celebrated their second annual "Kindness Wins Day." The world No. 13 took to instagram to thank everyone who has stepped

Everyone’s hearts and prayers are with two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova after a home invasion. Kvitova stated that she was "shaken, but fortunate to be alive" after she badly injured her left hand while defending herself against a man with a knife in her apartment in the Czech Republic. Kvitova

92605453 Greetings, everyone. I'm hustling today, with telephone interviews booked with Caroline Wozniacki and Andre Agassi, so this will be brief. I just finished a post for ESPN on the judgment the ITF handed down in the Serena Williams case - two years probation and a $175,000 fine, of which

It’s almost mid-April and I just realized that I never honored our March Kool-Aid Drinkers (see my recent post: “Wanted: Kool-Aid Drinkers”). Actually, it strikes me that the fun part was having all of you post your nominations. Who cares which one I pick, as long as every TW reader

John Isner and Gael Monfils met for the first time 14 years ago, in Washington, D.C. Both talented youngsters possessed two very extreme and very different weapons: Isner had his serve, arguably the most powerful the game has ever seen; Monfils had his unparalleled raw athleticism. Both were on the

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — English qualifier Daniel Evans upset second-seeded John Isner 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Delray Beach Open final. "I just play every match as it comes," Evans said. "I know it sounds very cliche." The semifinal victory marked the 40th tour-level match victory

If you've ever wanted to see two very well-oiled marketing machines that double as humans enjoying each other's company, see here the photo that Maria Sharapova joined Roger Federer for today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Also at right, courtesy of www.facebook.com/Sharapova) Of course it was part of a dual Gillette

In his new book, “The Outsider,” Jimmy Connors reveals that he had a serious gambling problem that led him to once bet $1 million that he would beat Martina Navratilova in their 1992 Battle of the Sexes match in Las Vegas. Connors bet that he would win in straight sets

EASTBOURNE, England (AP)—American qualifier Jamie Hampton upset top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (2), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round at Eastbourne on Tuesday. Radwanska, who won the title in 2008, struggled throughout the match at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Although Radwanska tied it 5-5 when Hampton served for the first set

Nicole Gibbs talked to Jon Wertheim in Thursday's SI Podcast about everything from her recent island hopping and her 2017 hopes to her stance on social media harassment and politics. Social media hate directed at players from hecklers that lose bets on matches has become a bigger and bigger problem.

Good morning. Off-topic conversation seems to be in current vogue at TW - we hit almost 1,000 comments on yesterday's "Your Call", and it's fair to say that a lot of them weren't about tennis. Off-topic stuff is OK on this thread, but if you feel the urge to discuss

Howdy. Things are pretty busy around the office these days, as we plan and execute our big summer issues. It turns out that, as an astute comment poster noted, the New York Times ran an important story on college tennis a few days ago. It details the controversy surrounding the

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is the Tribe's regular post for match-calling and discussing the day's tennis. You can also go off-topic here.

Howdy. Just a quick up date to let you now I'll be posting some thoughts on Federer/Blake right about the time the first women's semifinal begins, and Steggy will be posting on the tantalizing Mauresmo/Sharapova cat fight that follows (I need to get out of here by about 5 P.M.,

'Morning. This is today's thread for posting your thoughts on matches being played, and any other tennis-related items. Returning from my trip to the Madrid Masters event yesterday, I'm delighted that (due to the regrettable need to actually earn money in order to fund such indulgences) I decided not to