STUTTGART, Germany (AP) The United States will use two teenagers when it plays against Germany in the Fed Cup relegation playoffs this weekend. Captain Mary Joe Fernandez says 19-year-old Melanie Oudin and 18-year-old Christina McHale will play singles in the tie on indoor red clay in Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.

Let me begin by saying that the question I was asked most frequently when I returned from London had nothing to do with Wimbledon, or tennis, or England, or Michael Jackson. It was: “How was your flight? I hope it was better than the one you had going over there.”

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) German Davis Cup player Philipp Petzschner was upset by qualifier Marsel Ilhan of Turkey 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5) at the German Open on Tuesday. When asked to describe how he managed to double-fault on match point, Petzschner again referred to the Hamburger SV Bundesliga soccer club, saying

Mornin', Tribe. I realized while taking that last, long, uphill walk up the Church Road in Wimbledon that I had neglected to sign off and say good-bye, but it's hello time again; I'm back at the word mill, with a fair amount of catching up to do. By the time

Nick Kyrgios says big matches inspire him to play his best, as he showed in defeating Novak Djokovic in Acapulco to add to his previous wins against Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Notably, the 21-year-old Australian has won his first meetings against each of the multiple Grand Slam champions. He

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.(AP) Outgoing WTA Tour chief Larry Scott says he began thinking about leaving tennis when his proposal for a merger with the men's tour was rejected last year. Scott will become Pac-10 Conference commissioner this summer after six years as chairman and chief executive officer of the WTA

When you're Roger Federer, you have a full-blown birthday celebration two weeks after the actual marking of your 36th year on this planet. And you certainly say yes when Vogue editor-in-chief pal Anna Wintour offers to put your party up in a tony Manhattan restaurant bar, later to splash images

ROME, Italy—They say progress rarely occurs in a straight line, and such has been the case for Rafael Nadal as he prepares to make his 19th (and likely final) appearance at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. “Well, it's something that is not every day the same,” the 10-time champion explained during

Serena Williams remains the favorite, that’s a given. The question this time is whether she is still the prohibitive favorite, the way she typically has been over the last four years. I’m going to say...not quite. Yes, Serena won Wimbledon, but she also lost early at the Olympics and has

“A brown ball? So unprofessional,” Andy Roddick says to chair umpire Carlos Bernades with a sardonic shake of his head. He’s unhappy with the ball he’s just received, which has rolled through a puddle and is now half-covered by a damp spot of muddy clay. That’s not really the issue,

Rafael Nadal has a habit of beginning his press conferences with an apology: “Sorry for the late,” he says with a smile, after showing up a few minutes—or sometimes more than a few minutes—past his scheduled interview time. He knows his reputation precedes him, and that it’s well earned. Nadal

*92592485 by Bobby Chintapalli, TW Contributing Editor The Six Million Dollar Woman Let’s start with Serena Williams, because how can we not? This year you can’t say much about women’s tennis — and hardly anything about money in women’s tennis — without uttering her name. She broke the career prize

So goes the saying in the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance, speaking to sportsmanship and not fretting the small stuff. The GLTA is a niche, international league that I've competed in since 2008, when I played in my first sanctioned tournament, the Indianapolis homestand event. I've competed at three levels—C,

CAGLIARI, ITALY—Can anything really happen in Fed Cup? That's what the players tend to say when asked about the possibilities of upsets or collapses prior to ties. For the most part, things to tend to go to form as the better players on tour usually win their matches, and while

Maria Sharapova, who had near career-ending shoulder surgery in October 2008, says that her right arm is fine now, even though her service speed on average is bit down than it was pre-surgery. "My shoulder feels really good," said the Russian, who has reached the finals of the three out

MOSCOW (AP)—Dinara Safina says she hasn’t made a final decision on her tennis future, contradicting her brother Marat Safin’s announcement that she had retired. The former top-ranked player tells her followers on Twitter that she hasn’t made “any official announcement,” and asks, “Give my please some time and I’ll let

LONDON—Milos Raonic, who pulled out of his final round-robin match against Kei Nishikori at the ATP World Tour Finals, says his leg injury could be significant. The Canadian said he became hurt when he was playing against Andy Murray on Tuesday, a match Raonic lost 6-3, 7-5. “Through extensive sort

Japan's Kei Nishikori can win a major on any surface next year, says his coach Michael Chang, a former world No. 2. Chang won his only Grand Slam title at age 17 in 1989. Nishikori reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2014 U.S. Open, falling to Marin Cilic.

On Tuesday, Argentina’s rapidly evolving Guido Pella advanced to the round of 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open after upsetting No. 12-seeded Daniil Medvedev, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. Pella has realized some of his largest dreams this season, winning his first ATP tour title in Sao Paulo, competing every week on

MADRID (AP) The newly appointed president of Spain's tennis federation has moved to quell unrest among players by firing the Davis Cup captain and sports director. Fernando Fernandez-Ladreda Aguirre issued a statement Friday, a day after taking over as president, saying he had fired Gala Leon. Leon had been appointed