Madison Keys says a longer offseason break has left her rested and healed, helping her reach the second week of the Australian Open. The former Aussie Open semifinalist beat Ana Bogdan in the third round and will play world No. 8 Caroline Garcia on Sunday. Match Point:

The semifinals in Dubai have shaped up, with a few surprises along the way. Here are the Top 5 photos from Thursday. 1 Jennifer Brady has come all the way from qualifying to reach the semifinals of the Dubai WTA Premier this week. She's taken out Elina Svitolina, Marketa Vondrousova

Among all social media channels, Instagram is where pro tennis players and operatives arguably remain most unguarded. Whether it's Victoria Azarenka or Serena Williams (who doesn't post with great frequency, interestingly) or another among the cadre of ATP and WTA stars with accounts, one can usually rely on this bevy

When Serena Williams tossed the ball to serve at 4-1, 15-0 in the second set of the French Open final on Saturday, she must have thought the worst was finally behind her. The flu, the day spent in bed, the coughing fits, the three-set matches, the comebacks from the brink

WATCH: World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev gets his 2022 Indian Wells campaign up and running with a victory over Tomas Machac in the second round.

WATCH: Fernandez won her first match in six week at the National Bank Open in Toronto after missing Wimbledon due to a foot injury.

In past years, we heard the phrase “limping to the finish” a lot at this late stage of the season. By the time the Paris Masters rolled around, after 10 months of non-stop tennis, the ATP tour could look like a march of the walking wounded. For the most part,

With Novak Djokovic’s title run at Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open, a Top 4 player has won the last 11 ATP Masters 1000 titles and 17 of last 18 since 2010 Monte Carlo. The exception is the 2010 Paris-Bercy Masters, which was won by then-No. 5 Robin Soderling.

Make no mistake about it, John Isner, America’s top-ranked male, knows how to defend a title. He’s won the Newport title on grass two years running toward the start of the decade; notched a three-peat performance—and will be working on another this year—in Atlanta; and has put together back-to-back triumphs

Calendar: Madrid >> Basel/St. Petersburg/Lyon >> Paris >> Shanghai UPDATED NOVEMBER 4 Blake takes the eighth and last spot when Haas loses in the semifinals of Paris. Ancic is next in if someone pulls out. UPDATED NOVEMBER 3 Ancic's loss to Davydenko puts him out of the running for the

Anna Chakvetadze, who will run for parliament in Russia in the elections that will be held on December 4, was named the "Sexiest Woman" in Russian politics. Former top 5 player Chakvetadze is also planning a return to the WTA after spending much of 2011 dealing with dizziness. She only

The season may have been significantly shortened, but that didn't stop the men from pulling off plenty of unbelievable shots this year. Remember when Mikael Ymer delivered the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic the ultimate surprise by running down a lob, passing the Serbian at the net with a tweener?

One can always count on Rafael Nadal to pull out some amazing shots, especially off his forehand wing. Such a moment came in his first round match against Paolo Lorenzi in Beijing at the China Open. The Italian had him on the run, but the Spaniard fired a wicked abbreviated

“A new dawn in tennis is on the horizon, the Next Gen is coming.” The newly released trailer for the “#NextGen Uncovered” film gives a glimpse of an upcoming show that will unfold over three weeks in Asia, starting next week. The documentary will peel back the curtain on what

LONDON (AP)—Just when it looked as if he was headed for his offseason vacation, Novak Djokovic started playing his best tennis. The top-ranked Serb was broken late in the first set and again early in the second, but he then found his stroke and quickly rebounded to beat Juan Martin

Never one to be accused of not trying, Dominika Cibulkova stuck out her stubborn Wimbledon run until Elena Vesnina saw otherwise in the quarterfinals. Away from her tennis, which was sterling in her upset of Agnieszka Radwanska in the preceding round, the storyline following the effervescent Slovakian was that she

Over the years, this spectacularly gifted Frenchman has kept his ardent fans on tenterhooks, wondering if he will finally win the Grand Slam title that has continued to elude him since losing the 2008 Australian Open final. The sands in the hourglass are running out, though, as Tsonga will be