ESTORIL, Portugal—If there’s one thing harder than being the hometown favorite, it’s playing the hometown favorite. This was the situation faced by Juan Martin del Potro in his first match on clay since his fifth-set defeat by Roger Federer at the 2009 French Open. Unable to play for almost a

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

NEW YORK—Sometimes not thinking too much is the best strategy when it comes to winning a tennis match. It certainly works for Aryna Sabalenka. The 20-year-old is into the third round of the US Open in her debut. She needed three sets to take out American Danielle Collins and then

86034720 By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (ATP - Clay - Monte Carlo, Monaco) Singles Bracket - Rafael Nadal def. Novak Djokovic Doubles Bracket - Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic def. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan Barcelona Ladies Open (WTA - Clay - Barcelona, Spain) Singles & Doubles

• Picby Pete Bodo* WIMBLEDON, England—Well, it turns out I was not quite the genius I imagined myself. About, oh, 3,000 of my colleagues also selected yesterday's match between Caroline Wozniacki and Tamira Paszek as their upset special. Hail, by match time, Paszek might have been the real-world favorite! It

Bouncing on her toes inside the baseline, an eager Petra Kvitova was poised to pounce on any short serve. Even while waiting to return, Kvitova looked like a woman going places. Adopting an attacking posture from the coin toss, Kvitova crushed Greta Arn, 6-2, 6-1, in a first-round Roland Garros

Milos Raonic and Joao Sousa went the distance in the 2015 St. Petersburg Open final. With wins against top-five players Rafael Nadal and Kei Nishikori in the first few months of 2015, it appeared that Milos Raonic was on his way to the best season of his career. Though he

GENEVA (AP) — Watching the recent news from Ukraine is "very upsetting," No. 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev said Sunday of the war that led Wimbledon organizers to ban him and other Russians from their tournament. The U.S. Open champion spoke at the Geneva Open where he returns to action

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third straight title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve, and he saved all three break points Rune had. The ninth-ranked Auger-Aliassime added the

Each day this week, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches at the French Open. This year's French Open will get off to an emotional start. In the opening match on Chatrier, Kvitova, who was attacked in her home in the Czech Republic last December, will play her first match

In this new Q&A series, TENNIS.com will check in with players stationed all around the world while hanging tight during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Zheng Saisai updates us from her mom's place in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Describe a day in the quarantine life where you are currently based. I get

As well as it was played, and as entertaining as many of its points were, Michael Llodra’s 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals at Bercy will not make anyone’s list of Top 10 matches of 2012. But it should be remembered nonetheless, for inspiring one of

Each day during the French Open, we'll preview—and predict the winner of—three of the most compelling women's matches. (4) Petra Kvitova vs. Varvara Lepchenko —Head to Head: Kvitova leads 1-0 One of the feel-good stories of the tournament, Lepchenko calls herself "a fighter in tennis and in life", and displayed

Feliciano Lopez holds the distinction of being the only left-handed player to have beaten Rafael Nadal twice, but he came up some distance short of his best form today as Nadal eased into the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Lopez has never managed to take a set off Nadal on hard

Deep Roland Garros runs are in the forecast for a few promising players that have proved themselves not only in 2021 but for quite some time. Sizzling Stars takes a closer look at these piping hot competitors that are ready to serve up bagels and French baguettes.

This year’s Rogers Cup rivaled the Slams in entertainment value and marquee matchups. Canadian tennis fans got a taste of their future in Félix Auger-Aliassime, who turned 18 just minutes after a third-set tiebreak loss to Daniil Medvedev. Last year's semifinalist Denis Shapovalov started strong, and would succumb in the

On the last shot of the match, Bernard Tomic was left to chase a Novak Djokovic backhand volley. Although the ball was behind Tomic, the young Australian didn't look in too much of a hurry to run it down. When the ball bounced twice without Tomic reaching it, Djokovic had

This was a match of two halves: one in the chilly evening, the other in bright afternoon sunshine. One half a contest, the other a rout, as Novak Djokovic claimed his 42nd straight win, defeating Juan Martin del Potro, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. The key to del Potro’s form is

Fans waving bed sheets with hand-painted images of Rafael Nadal danced up and down in the aisles, exhorting the second-ranked Spaniard as the second-set tiebreaker began in Beijing. It was appropriate imagery. Nadal appeared to be everywhere in shrinking the space available to Philipp Kohlschreiber to complete a hard-fought, 6-4,

You don’t get many meetings between two household names in the second round of 128-player tournaments, but that’s what we’re getting when Holger Rune takes on Matteo Berrettini at the Australian Open. Rune was able to survive a massive opening-round scare, winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 against Zhizhen Zhang.