Nestled between January's summer swing of tournaments in Australia, and March's Sunshine Double in the U.S., February can be overlooked in tennis. But not in 2021, with the Australian Open's temporary move to the second and shortest month of the calendar. Beyond that, February is Black History Month, and also

Scott By Pete Bodo Hey, everyone. I'm just hanging fire here, half-watching the warm up to tonight's tantalizing quarterfinal clash between Venus and Serena Williams - the men's quartefinal pitting Andy Murray against Juan Martin del Potro, two men who had an interesting, um, interaction in Rome earlier this year.

NEW YORK—As it does each year, the New York weather has turned just as the U.S. Open has made its own turn into a second week. Dry, sunny heat gave way to hazy humidity, which has now given way to the final phase of the cycle, rain—enough rain to cancel

Women’s tennis is almost over—don’t forget, they’re still playing in Bali this week—and, amazingly, shockingly, we’ve learned a lot about where women’s tennis is going. Or at least, we might have learned a lot. Or maybe a little. For sure, something. Can we at least agree we’re not entirely confused

MELBOURNE—While exiting the grounds early evening on an Australia Day that turned from warm to rather chilly—unsurprising since Melbourne, reputedly, can have four seasons in a day—fans chugged beers as they watched the action in the cozy Grand Slam oval a few feet from Rod Laver Arena. One was overheard

You sort of figured that was going to happen, didn’t you? You take a rising 21-year-old and a Cortisoned-up 36-year-old, back the old guy with 23,000 people, and you’ve got the makings for an entertaining match. And it seemed that all of New York came out to see it. I

It has been two months since I looked at reader mail here—a few small things have happened in tennis during that time, I’d say. If you have a question or comment for this column, please email me at stignor@tennismagazine.com. I’ll be back to the regular weekly schedule again until the

News, gossip and other items of interest from the world of tennis: **Shaq’ing Up Shaquille O’Neal is starring in a new reality TV series called Shaq Vs., which begins August 18 on ABC. During each episode, the NBA great competes against other sports greats…at their own game. Crazy! He’ll toss

WATCH: Paul engaged in a lengthy debate with umpire Nacho Forcadell over whether he could communicate with his coach during a match delay.

PARIS (AP) — Four days after getting disqualified from a smaller tournament for smashing his racket against the umpire's chair during a match, Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was back in competition at the French Open on Sunday, bowing out in the first round. Ymer's exit this time was far

ZipRecruiter Player Resume: Casper Ruud

French Open champion Ashleigh Barty defeated Barbora Strycova in straight sets on Saturday to reach the Nature Valley Classic final in Birmingham—and if she beats Julia Goerges in the final on Sunday, she’ll become world No. 1. Barty and Strycova played the first semifinal of the day on Ann Jones

Make no mistake: after three days of competition, Dan Evans is the prohibitive favorite to capture this week’s title at the Battle of the Brits, though will now have to get past Andy Murray to give himself a shot. Before the coronavirus flipped the tennis world upside down, the 30-year-old

To borrow a line from Jerzy Janowicz, HOW MANY TIMES have we built up a match between Ernests Gulbis and a quality opponent, only to see it disintegrate into an unwatchable mess? It was for that reason that I didn’t get my hopes up before the Latvian’s third-rounder with Andy

Clinging to a one-set, 4-3 lead, Maria Kirilenko had just taken treatment for a sore shoulder when she confronted the pain-in-the-neck play of Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The fast-charging American in the funky knee-high socks closed so tight to net she could have kicked it as she set up for a routine

Spending changeovers with a white towel draped over her head like a sunburned surfer seeking shelter from the elements, Vera Zvonareva likes to limit face time between points. But the third-seeded Russian, who even applies sunscreen while her towel shields her face like a veil, needed no such protection when

TORONTO (AP)—Top-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night, beating third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 7-6 (3), 6-4. The 2001 and 2011 Rogers Cup champion will face Romania's Sorana Cirstea, a 6-1, 7-6 (5) winner over fourth-seeded Li Na of China in the afternoon semifinal. Williams is

Sebastian Korda is coming off a title run in Washington D.C., but he’s not ready to roll over in Montreal. The American has really only had to play one match, as Vasek Pospisil retired early in their Round of 64 match. Korda then earned a straight-set win over Taylor Fritz

By next week it may feel like a distant memory, one more cloud of red dust blowing around in the backs of our minds, but Monday’s fourth-round match between Stan Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet shouldn’t be forgotten by fans of great tennis quite so quickly. In a tournament that has

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Juan Martin del Potro battled back in the second set to beat James Blake 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic. The No. 2 seed and Blake traded the final eight games of the set, leading to the decisive tiebreak. Del Potro