NEW HAVEN — Hall of Famer Lindsay Davenport spoke on Monday at the Connecticut Open's Anthem Girls Symposium. Her audience was a a tent of female high-school athletes for a discussion about the relationship between girls' sports involvement and career success later on. Davenport shared her wisdom about trusting the

If you ever find yourself at an ATP Challenger event in the United States, find the commentators booth, and give the man with the microphone an almond milk latte with an extra shot, and a pump of peppermint syrup. He needs it. Arguably the hardest working man in tennis, Mike

Perhaps we truly don't know what we've got 'til it's gone. Victoria Azarenka has been vocal about loving her return to the tennis courts, cuisine and culture of Europe, based on eased-up travel restrictions while she engages in a custody battle with her son's father, her ex-boyfriend Billy McKeague. "I

Evan King is on the show this week to discuss life at the crossroads as he decides if he's going to drop his singles pursuits for a doubles career.

Billie Jean King has accomplished a lot in her career, on and off the court. On Monday, the women's tennis pioneer announced that she's selling her majority ownership of the World TeamTennis league to Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles, and Fred Luddy, owner of the San Diego Aviators.

Think of your favorite sports car and the engine of that car. High performance engines need high performance fuel to optimally perform. Your body works just like your favorite car and as a tennis player your body is your high performance engine. Maximizing your health results and performance on the

Looking for recaps and previews of Wimbledon doubles action? Look no further: Doubles Take is back with the daily report on what's happening at the All England Club. It’s official: “Team Bucie” is back. Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won their first Grand Slam match together in more than a

In November, Bob and Mike Bryan announced they were planning to retire after the 2020 US Open. The legendary duo is now being forced to reconsider their plans, given the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the tours. Initially, the Bryans did not intend to extend into 2021, but the latest from

A fresh New York Times Magazine cover feature puts Venus Williams front and center as this year's US Open commences. As writer Elizabeth Weil puts it, "[T]he girls were always a two-stage rocket: Venus igniting first, blasting herself up through the worst of the gravity and the grittiest friction, then

The final round is set at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Aslan Karatsev is undefeated this season against opponents not named Dominic Thiem or Novak Djokovic, and will pose a great threat to Lloyd Harris, who is also searching for his first career ATP title. These are the Top

With a 6-0, 6-1 victory in Dubai, Francesca Jones qualified for the Australian Open to make her first Grand Slam main draw. To get this far, she's had to carve out a unique path, as she has was born with ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia, which has caused her to have three

Former soccer star Paolo Maldini, who shined for AC Milian and Italy, did not do quite as well in his professional debut on the tennis court just a day after his 49th birthday. On Tuesday, Maldini and his coach, Stefano Landonio, fell in the first round of the Milan ATP

Boris Becker expressed surprise that Ivan Lendl has returned to coaching Andy Murray. Becker coaches world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who defeated Murray in the final of the French Open. “I was a bit surprised, I must say,” Becker said in a BBC interview. “I think [former coach Jamie] Delgado

(Today, another guest post from Spin friend John Ziza of Chicago. Enjoy!)

Despite Novak Djokovic's air of invincibility, I wondered if he would skip Rome after two straight weeks of title-winning tennis. But then I remembered his clothing sponsor, Sergio Tacchini. The Italian manufacturer, who outfits the umpires, ball boys and linesmen at the Foro Italico, would never allow it. Its showpiece

Great servers have great tosses. When Feliciano Lopez is serving well, he lifts the ball into the air—and then the sphere seemingly waits for him to hit it. It makes his first serves, which can reach speeds over 140 m.p.h., look even more imposing. From stasis to speed in a

Mornin', folks. We have a Tennis magazine planning meeting this morning, so I won't be back with you until later. The big news this morning is that Martina Hingis, who has been slipping down the slope of the rankings so gradually and inexorably that you can almost hear her fingernails

96278669 Well, everyone. I couldn't resist getting up to watch the women's final, and the point that summed up the match for me occurred with Serena Williams serving a game point to go up 4-2 in the final set - a lead that would conclusively put her back in charge

WATCH: Barty addressed the media after winning her fifth title of the 2021 season at the Western & Southern Open.

Venus Williams and Tomas Berdych are turning heads in this year's Body Issue from ESPN The Magazine, and you can see why above. Each talks about his or her respective physique at length, as well as the obvious matters forever at hand for them, those being Sjogren's syndrome (Venus) and