At the Rolex Shanghai Masters, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner will battle Tomas Machac for a spot in the final. Sinner is fresh off a 6-1, 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev. It was a thorough beatdown that says a lot about Sinner’s current level—he also earned a 6-4, 7-6 (1)

Achievement unlocked! After months of searching, Jasmine Paolini has finally snagged her long-awaited photo with Rafael Nadal. The Italian, one of 2024's breakthrough players, made no secret of her desire for a selfie with the all-time great this year, even going so far as to say that getting a photo

Who's cutting onions in here? The tears flowed in Buenos Aires on Sunday as Juan Martin del Potro finally got to say goodbye to tennis on his own terms with "The Last Challenge," an exhibition match against Novak Djokovic at a packed Parque Roca stadium. The 2009 US Open champion

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—At 23, Maria Sharapova says she has entered a new phase of her tennis career, is more relaxed is and looking toward the future. “This is where I’m trying to find my groove after being gone for a while,” said Sharapova, who missed nine months because of a

From individuals to organizations, weekend warriors to professional players, minute observations to big-picture ideas, tennis has been top of mind across the board over the past two years. “I feel like this is the tennis boom part two,” says Trey Waltke, general manager of the Malibu Racquet Club in southern

It’s a stretch to say that Andy Murray took the No. 2 ranking away from Roger Federer when he won the Miami Masters on Sunday. It’s more like Federer left the No. 2 ranking on the dashboard of his car and walked away—with the windows down and the engine running.

PARIS—Serena Williams was doing her thing, working the big room as only she knows how. She was jerking Anna Tatishvili all around on Court Philippe Chatrier, and the best you could say for the unfortunate girl from Georgia was that she looked awfully good for a player destined to bite

LOS ANGELES (AP) Maria Sharapova's tennis career and Olympic hopes are in jeopardy, and she claims it's all because she failed to click on a link in an email that would have told her to stop taking meldonium. The five-time major champion says she failed a doping test at the

It wouldn’t be entirely accurate to say that coaching tennis at the professional level is a thankless job. The perks are pretty good: you get to travel the world, meet interesting people and maintain a year-round tan. It definitely beats pouring cement. But it is a job with limited upside.

Tennis players of a certain age might remember hearing tall tales about the practice habits of legendary grinders like Bjorn Borg and Mary Joe Fernandez. “I heard Borg spends one week hitting crosscourt, and the next week hitting down the line,” or “Mary Joe has to make a thousand shots

On Monday at Roland Garros, Alexander Bublik bundled hometown favorite Gael Monfils out of the tournament in the first round, 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. "Obviously playing Gael at the French Open, for me it was very emotional," Bublik said. "And this is one of probably the most important wins of

Must Watch: Martina Navratilova—cancer free—makes her return to Tennis Channel

In 2018, on a trip to IMG Academy to shoot a series of “Student Stories” with legendary coach Nick Bollettieri about the hilarious antics and untold stories of his 10 former world No. 1 pupils, I couldn’t help but ask him who he believed was the greatest tennis player of

A less-than-satisfied Rafael Nadal wins his first-round match 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 against French wild card Gianni Mina, saying afterwards, "I played really bad... but I won anyway without problems, so that's always important and positive thing." Nadal, who is an overwhelming favorite to win his fifth French Open title, said

Sabine Lisicki says a misdiagnosis of a left ankle injury forced her to miss much more time than she should have. The 21-year-old German, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 over Marion Bartoli, first suffered a left ankle injury at the

Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic says she likes her boyfriend Adam Scott’s laid back mentality and that he's helpful around the house. Ivanovic has spent the off-season in Australia with Scott, an Australian golfer. "When we're together he offers to do things and help—much more than Serbian men would,” she

Rafael Nadal says he likes the potential of 21-year-old Grigor Dimitrov, whom he beat 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals. Dimitrov began the year ranked No. 48 and may crack the Top 30 when the new rankings are released on Monday. “He's playing well,” Nadal told reporters. “He

101557324 Mornin', folks. Well, I attended Serena Williams press conference yesterday (she played her doubles after losing to Slammin' Sammy Stosur, so we didn't get to meet with her until after 8 pm, our time), and thought I'd have some thoughts on it. But really, there's nothing much to say.

Gael Monfils says his on-court acrobatics have left him injured but undeterred, after a point that saw him throwing himself to the hard court to retrieve a ball in his fourth-round match at the Australian Open. The No. 23 seed defeated Andrey Kuznetsov, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), but dropped

MASON, Ohio (AP) Maria Sharapova says she's still working through a minor leg injury. The second-ranked Sharapova hasn't played since Wimbledon, where she lost to Serena Williams in the semifinals July 9. She was supposed to return last week in Toronto but withdrew after getting hurt in training. ''I'm feeling