For those of us who love the game more than any of its particular players, what keeps us coming back to tennis is the quality of its matches. Rather than charming personalities or beautiful strokes, what counts most is the seesaw suspense of a great duel. With that in mind,

For a few pure and shining moments on Monday in Paris, Rafael Nadal sloughed off the burdens of age and injury and played like the paragon who has claimed 14 Roland Garros singles titles. Serving in the fifth game of his first-round match with Alexander Zverev, the soon-to-be 38-year old

Watch Venus and Serena face off in Indian Wells—with Lindsay Davenport and Ted Robinson calling the action LIVE—tonight on Tennis Channel: 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The last time Venus and Serena Williams were supposed to play each other at Indian Wells was in 2001. Things didn’t go so well.

With a 6-3, 6-4 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in Madrid, Novak Djokovic is back on level terms with Rafael Nadal, at 33 ATP Masters 1000 titles, and is back in major-tournament winning form, right in time for Roland Garros. "I wasn't playing my best tennis after Australia," Djokovic said. "I

“I really want to come here and win all the matches that I can,” Garbiñe Muguruza said in Singapore on Wednesday. Mission, so far, accomplished. With her 6-4, 6-4 victory over Angelique Kerber, the Spaniard ran her record at her first WTA Finals to 2-0. While that apparently isn’t enough

NEW YORK (AP) — When Andy Murray sat in the US Open's main interview room for a pre-tournament news conference Saturday, the moderator informed the 2012 champion he was allowed to remove the sort of light blue medical mask that has become so ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike the

The third Grand Slam of the season is in the books. Doubles Take looks back at the Wimbledon winners and previews this week’s action. NEAR-INSTANT SUCCESS Back in 2018, Su-Wei Hsieh and Barbora Strycova teamed up at Indian Wells for the first time ever—and went on to win the tournament.

WATCH: Harris scored the biggest win of his career earlier this summer over Rafael Nadal.

Ed. Note: Peter Bodo is on vacation until the 16th. We are proud to present commentary by the TW Tribe in his absence.In the spirit of Rob Gordon, I bring you the Top Five Young Guns destined for success at this year's U.S Open! Of course, as of now,

MONACO (AP) — Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat David Goffin 6-3, 6-1 to move within one more win of a 10th Monte Carlo Masters title and first of the season on Saturday. Nadal will play 15th-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas in an all-Spanish final after the latter beat Lucas Pouille of France

The title of Wimbledon champion has yet to sink in with Carlos Alcaraz more than a week after his captivating triumph at the All England Club—and the 20-year-old doesn’t anticipate that changing any time soon. Coming off an extraordinary five-set win over Novak Djokovic, the world No. 1 honored his

I wouldn't say that Emil Ruusuvuori and Daniil Medvedev saved the best for last, on an absolute marathon day and night of matches in Rod Laver Arena, but they certainly saved a test for last. A test for the hardcore, sleep-deprived fans watching in Rod Laver Arena, and a test

From French Open champion to new world No. 1: Ashleigh Barty is having a month to remember. On Sunday, Barty defeated Julia Goerges, 6-3, 7-5, in the Birmingham final, to clinch the world No. 1 ranking, overtaking current holder Naomi Osaka. Barty is just the second Australian woman to summit

A year or so ago, it would have been hard to believe that two of the biggeststarsintennis would be Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff. But here we are, with Osaka a two-time Slam champion, Gauff already making good on her extraordinary hype and the two of them headlining Saturday's Arthur

WIMBLEDON, England—The pairings are an embarrassment of riches this early in a Grand Slam tournament; and if you know the back-stories of the main characters, or of particular match-ups, things just become that much more interesting. The obvious marquee matches today include Rafael Nadal against dangerous lefty Thomaz Bellucci, second

Two days after he carried his nation’s flag during the opening ceremony, Stanislas Wawrinka was unceremoniously shut out of the London Olympics, defeated by home favorite Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-3. Murray exited this stage four years ago in Beijing, and his previous meetings with Wawrinka—they have played 10 times in

Each weekday, we'll preview one must-see match that you'll find on Tennis Channel Plus, the digital network for the devoted tennis fan. To subscribe to Tennis Channel Plus, go to BuyTCPlus.com After suffering an embarrassing 6-0, 6-1 loss against Joao Sousa in Miami, David Goffin has found his game this

MONTE CARLO—“Hopefully one of these weeks will be special, even for me. And hopefully I can be one of the names to look up.” That was the sentiment Lorenzo Musetti expressed to me last weekend during media day at the Monte Carlo Country Club heading into the launch of his

I can only recollect it in my imagination now, but there it remains a favorite sign of spring to me. In the old main stadium at the Italian Open, the black-haired girls who worked as ushers—by American standards, I use that word extremely loosely—liked to dance together to the music

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see men's and women's matches—and offer his predictions.