PARIS (AP) So here's how far Stan Wawrinka has come: Now that he is a two-time major champion, the guy ignores congratulatory phone calls from none other than Roger Federer. OK, well, that's not exactly how it went. But Wawrinka did say Monday, less than 24 hours after beating Novak

NEW YORK(AP) Those who say we'll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday. There they were, the two left-handers - two players who defined a generation of tennis and won 15 Grand Slam titles while they were at

Have you missed the Nick Kyrgios show this spring? The underhand serves, the tweeners, the flashy racquet skills, the anything-goes shot selection, the tennis player who says he hates tennis? If so, you’ve been in luck, because as Kyrgios has temporarily exited the stage, his 23-year-old understudy in eccentricity, Alexander

In an interview with El Pais, Rafael Nadal admits that he lost a little drive in 2011 because of many years of playing, and says that it's natural. "Over the years you'll lose a little intensity," he said. "You burn with the [amount of] competition. For the past seven years

The Australian Open is bracing for more player positives following Denis Shapovalov's announcement that he had tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Sydney, but organizers say competitors can complete isolation requirements in time to play the Grand Slam event. Shapovalov is among several pros to have tested positive since

Jessica Pegula has been climbing rapidly up the ranks this season, and says that's partly because she's found the right combination of offense and defense. The 27-year-old began the season ranked 62nd and has reached the Australian Open quarterfinals, where she fell to friend and eventual finalist Jennifer Brady, and

The No. 3-ranked Elina Svitolina, who lost her first match in the WTA Finals against Simona Halep in Singapore on Monday, says that staying positive has been important to her rise this season. “There was couple of matches that I lost were painful, to have bad memories. I learned a

They say you’re only as good as your second serve, and in most cases that’s true. But we may have found an exception in Agnieszka Radwanska. For much of her quarterfinal match today with Li Na, Radwanska’s winning percentage on second-serve points hovered in the mid-20s. And throughout the match,

Roger Federer is still not sure whether he will compete at the Tokyo Olympics, saying Saturday that he and his team plan to "reassess the situation after Wimbledon." Speaking to reporters in a video conference from the All England Club before the grass-court Grand Slam tournament begins Monday, Federer said

Serena Williams, writing a blog for globalgrind.com, says she was given a disproportionately large fine for her U.S. Open outburst and is accusing ITF officials of biased treatment. "To clear things up FIRST I was NOT fined 82 thousand dollars. I was fined 92 thousand dollars! I paid 10 thousand

Kristina Mladenovic and Dominic Thiem have confirmed the rumors that they're dating by going "Instagram official." Both top stars shared the same photo with the same hashtags, including #TheOne. Mladenovic sat down in Sydney and opened up about her relationship with the 24-year-old Austrian, which she says dates back to

Alizé Cornet fell short of qualifying for a fifth Olympics before saying adieu to professional tennis last month, but the Frenchwoman still had a "magic moment" ahead of her home Games: The recently-retired 34-year-old had the opportunity to participate in the torch relay this week as it wound through her

'Afternoon, folks. I've got to duck into the editing bunker, but I wanted to drop by and say Hi. We have some thoughts coming in later today or tomorrow from TennisWorld's Spiritual Adviser, Miguel Seabra, and I have to finish up an Ivan Lendl piece for y'all before the end

LONDON (AP) The independent investigation into allegations of match-fixing and corruption in tennis will take at least a year, the sport's four governing bodies said Friday. Tennis leaders set out the terms of the probe, saying an independent review panel ''will investigate thoroughly the allegations of corruption in international professional

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Rafael Nadal says he will sue the former French Minister for Health and Sports for making doping allegations against him, and plans to sue any and all accusers moving forward. "There is a couple of times I heard comments like this, and that's what … this [is] gonna

Roger Federer's coach, Severin Luthi, says the 17-time Grand Slam champion has not been on a practice court since Wimbledon, but is working to rehabilitate his injuries. The world No. 3 announced this week that he would not play again this season, but plans to make a full comeback. Federer

PARIS—John Isner, who has reached the third round at the French Open after topping Paolo Lorenzi, says that in the past few weeks he has stopped putting pressure on himself and started to play better. In the first four months of the season, the world No. 22 didn’t go deep

World No. 8 Kevin Anderson says that he might have a chance against Roger Federer on Wednesday at Wimbledon, if he can forget who he's playing against. Anderson, who is South African and lives in the United States, has improved a lot over the past year. He reached the final

Martina Hingis figures she wouldn't have needed any help from fans to earn her spot in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Still, she likes the idea that folks around the world now will have a say in who gets elected. "I would have hoped that people liked me and

"This is the hand I was dealt. How many people can say they have made the quarterfinals of the US Open? And to have that kind of run, and people cheering for me, and the whole believe thing, and inspiring a lot of people: I couldn't have asked for anything