Melbourne, Australia (AP)—Coco Vandeweghe earned $29,100 for losing in the first round of the Australian Open, or about $370 for every minute she was on court Monday. That is nowhere near the record $2.56 million that the eventual men's and women's winners will take home, but she says a roughly

One thing you can say for Ion Tiriac, he helped heat things up early this clay season. There’s agitation all around as we leave Madrid, and the divide between, in this case, the Federer and Nadal/Djokovic fan camps seems about as wide as its ever been after the players’ very

The state of Madrid’s tierra azul—I can only say “blue clay” so many times a day—is in flux as I write this. Everyone is forming an opinion as they go, and no two reactions have been exactly the same. Serena has gone from calling it “ridiculous” to telling us that

Okay, I'm back. Our vacation was terrific, but this isn't really the time and place to talk about that. Instead, let's talk Olympics. I just filed a post for ESPN taking a look at the men's final. I'm not giving away the store when I say that Fernando Gonzalez is

Okay, allow me to invite an avalanche of criticism by saying something heretical, but also something many people are thinking: I’m getting tired of Rafael Nadal and his whole clay-court shtick. It’s all becoming a little bit like that movie in which the protagonist lives the same day, over and

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—John McEnroe has criticized the handling of tennis match-fixing claims, saying the suspension of Russia's Ekaterina Bychkova does not make sense. Last week, the Tennis Integrity Unit fined Bychkova $5,000 and barred her from playing for 30 days. The anti-corruption unit accused Bychkova of failing to report that

No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki says she’s relishing a Saturday night semifinal against 13-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. "I enjoy playing out there," Wozniacki said. "I enjoy playing the night match. I enjoy the atmosphere. I feel I always play best when there's something big, when something big is going

MADRID (AP)—Top-ranked Rafael Nadal will need 10 days to recover from a leg muscle injury sustained during his quarterfinal loss at the Australian Open. A statement released Tuesday says a scan revealed Nadal tore a muscle in his right leg during last week’s straight-sets defeat to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.

SAO PAULO (AP)—Brazil’s top-ranked tennis player Thomaz Bellucci has ended his partnership with Gustavo Kuerten’s former coach Larri Passos. Bellucci says they reached an agreement to part ways after a series of disappointing results. Passos was Kuerten’s coach when the Brazilian won three Roland Garros titles. Since hiring Passos about

Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner “Every day that I pass, I feel more ready, let’s say, on grass.” Alcaraz is not just a top tennis player; he can make his answers rhyme in press conferences, too. He’s also correct in his assessment. The 19-year-old Spaniard has proven to be an

Shortly after 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, a press release from the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif. was sent saying that this year's tournament has been cancelled due to a confirmed local case of coronavirus (COVID-19). In full: INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 8, 2020 – The Riverside County

It’s been more than 35 years since Ronald Reagan stated, during his first inaugural address, “Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” We discovered heroes in every state, starting with the determined 69-year-old who won a match

NEW YORK—The greats raise their games, they say, but not many raise them as suddenly and thoroughly—and thrillingly—as Rafael Nadal did over the last two sets of his 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Marin Cilic on Monday night. By the end of the second set, Cilic had a slight

The Czech Republic and Russia will meet in Moscow this weekend for the final women's event of 2011, the Fed Cup final. Peter Bodo has written about the Czechs; here, Steve Tignor on the Russians: - - “Judging by the latest results, I’d say the Czech team look to be

August 13, 1999. Heidelberg, Germany. The woman who’d always preferred to let her racquet do the talking let the world know she had something to say. She would later wish to be called Stefanie Graf. But on this day, as had been the case her entire career, she was Steffi,

NEW YORK -- Might be best to say that Tim Smyczek, much like American men's tennis, ran out of gas Sunday night. The 25-year-old from Milwaukee, who served up a funny headline when he told about how the car he was riding in ran out of gas en route to

ATP CEO Andrea Gaudenzi shot down suggestions of a potential "NBA bubble" for the tour, but says the sport will have more of the collaboration that was established between its various governing entities during the coronavirus pandemic. In a Q&A published on the ATP website, Gaudenzi stated that moving events

They say when in Rome, do as the Romans do. For Coco Gauff, competing in the Eternal City means bringing Italian high fashion to the Foro Italico—with a timeless and classic twist. The 21-year-old took her on-court style game to a whole new level at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, as

Ben Shelton’s rapid rise up the rankings—from No. 96 in January to a Top 20 breakthrough in September—has been one of the biggest storylines in the 2023 season, amid a banner season for American tennis. And while there is plenty of love to go around on Team USA, according to

New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic denies that she asked for an appearance fee from the upcoming ASB Classic in Auckland, the nation’s only WTA event. The New Zealand Herald reports that tournament director Karl Budge says he told the world No. 47 they could not afford an appearance fee but would