World No. 5 Sofia Kenin has opened up on her decision to stop being coached by her father, Alex Kenin, who has been in charge of his daughter's entire tennis career. The 22-year-old Kenin had a breakthrough season in 2020, winning the Australian Open—defeating Garbine Muguruza in the final—and reaching

One of the most intriguing matches on Friday’s Mutua Madrid Open schedule sees Ben Shelton taking on Mariano Navone in the Round of 64. This is a rematch of a match we saw at Indian Wells, where Shelton earned a relatively straightforward 6-3, 6-2 victory. However, Shelton is coming off

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic won't be competing at the final ATP Masters 1000 event of the year, the Rolex Paris Masters, he announced Wednesday on social media. "Unfortunately I won't be playing [at the Paris Indoors] this year. Sorry to everyone who was hoping to see me play there," Djokovic,

Throughout her career, Elina Svitolina has proven to be one of the more reliable performers on the WTA tour. The 30 year-old finds herself in her 12th career Grand Slam quarterfinal at this year's Australian Open, highlighted by a third-round upset win over fourth seed, Jasmine Paolini. All of this

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Roger Federer's reticence to join other players in voicing complaints about issues affecting the men's game came under fire again at the Australian Open on Monday. Former No. 3-ranked Nikolay Davydenko said he didn't understand why the 16-time Grand Slam champion wasn't supporting the push to address

You don’t have to be better than your opponent to pressure him. 1. Attack wisely. If you don’t have the most powerful strokes or precise approach shots, don’t worry. The next best thing to putting opponents in a terrible position is to put them in a seemingly good position that’s

The ITF has decided to change its qualification rules for the 2016 Olympics. After the 2012 Games, a player must make himself or herself available to play Davis Cup or Fed Cup four times in an Olympic cycle. Currently, players only have to make themselves available for two ties in

TORONTO (AP) Milos Raonic defeated Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in a second-round match at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. Americans Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey also advanced to the third round. Fish beat Matthew Ebden of Australia 6-2, 6-0 and Querrey ousted Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands says the WTA Players’ Council is upset with the men’s ATP Players’ Council for not approaching them before they decided to threaten a boycott of the 2013 Australian Open over prize money. Player council representative Mattek-Sands added that it’s doubtful the WTA players would consider doing the same,

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- James Blake advanced to the second round of the Sony Open, beating fellow American Ryan Harrison 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday night. The 33-year-old Blake, a former top-10 player now ranked 95th, was far more active than the 20-year-old Harrison, ranked seven spots higher, in the 57-minute

LOS ANGELES(AP) Marat Safin, playing for the fourth time in three days, summoned enough energy to beat Ernests Gulbis 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the L.A. Tennis Open on Wednesday. Safin, who played an exhibition match against Pete Sampras on Monday and beat Robby Ginepri the following

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Defending champion Novak Djokovic rallied past Ivan Ljubicic 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 Thursday to advance to the semifinals at the Dubai Championships. Djokovic was down a set and 4-4 against former finalist Ivan Ljubicic, who had 14 aces. But Djokovic won the next eight games and will

Roger Federer on his desire to get the No. 1 ranking back from Rafael Nadal: "Sure, it's going to be challenging. It's going to be very difficult because Rafa is playing well and I have to defend my points in Australia and he has no points to defend here in

BELGRADE, Serbia(AP) France rallied from two sets down to defeat Serbia in doubles Saturday and take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra overcame Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki and the hometown crowd in Belgrade Arena to win 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP)—Daniela Hantuchova took advantage of a wasteful performance by Ana Ivanovic to win 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday and reach the Aegon Classic final. Ivanovic failed to convert 18 break points and let slip a 5-1 lead in the first set before finally taking in on the

Roger Federer led a pack of high profile seeds that lost in Canada on Thursday. No. 3 Federer joined No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray as top men to have not reached the quarters in Montreal, while No. 5 Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Roland

FLASHBACK: Highlights of Sakkari's wild Guadalajara win over Sabalenka

"I'm really happy to see him happy." Tennis' power couple stayed alive on Wednesday at the Australian Open—both entered the third-round and moved past their opponents. Gael Monfils had no issues against Alexander Bublik, posting a 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 scoreline, but Elina Monfils struggled to find her rhythm with Harmony

Will Smith took home his first-ever Screen Actors Guild award over the weekend for his role in King Richard, and he paid tribute to the family of the man he embodied in an emotional acceptance speech. King Richard is a biographical drama based on the story of Richard Williams, and

WATCH: Badosa is into her first Miami Open quarterfinal, and is yet to drop a set at the Hard Rock Stadium.