NEW YORK (AP) Billie Jean King and World Team Tennis are serving up their 40th season, a feat accomplished only by the big four leagues in the United States. Co-founder King recalls the early years of the mid-1970s when Robert Kraft owned the Boston Lobsters and Jerry Buss owned the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The Latest from the Australian Open on Wednesday (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Gordon Reid had the biggest win of his career when he beat eight-time Australian Open and former world champion Shingo Kunieda in the quarterfinals of men's wheelchair tennis at Melbourne Park.Reid, who played before

Coco Gauff has lost matches at majors before, but she has still never lost one in a third set. On Wednesday, Gauff improved to 4-0 in deciding sets in Slams with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Sorana Cirstea. Gauff won her first three-setter last Wimbledon in one of the

WATCH: Pecotic's remarkable run comes to an end against Marcos Giron

Felix Auger-Aliassime might just be tennis' first YouTube star. He leapt onto the social-media scene at 14 years old, qualifying and then winning two matches at an ATP Challenger, the minor league tournaments that rank just behind the top level ATP tour. Winning against seasoned pros at such a young

The just-concluded Australian Open offered some of the best tennis over two weeks that I can remember, with the emergence of a new star, the re-emergence of an “older” one, and perhaps the end of one era and the beginning of another. If you watched the year’s first Slam unfold—kudos,

LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon: (all times local): 9:45 p.m. Elina Svitolina became the latest seed to fall on day one at Wimbledon as she lost to 57th-ranked Tatjana Maria 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1. The German took advantage of the fifth-seeded Svitolina's 44 unforced errors to reach the

NEW YORK—Minutes after posting a picture on Facebook of the email, Max Levy got a reply. The email informed him that he had made the cut and been selected as a ball person at this year’s U.S. Open. The reply was from Jenna Loeb, a former coach of his and

NEW YORK(AP) Men to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins Monday (seedings in parentheses): ROGER FEDERER (1) Age: 28 Country: Switzerland 2009 Match Record: 47-7 2009 Singles Titles: 4 Career Singles Titles: 61 Major Titles: 15 - U.S. Open ('04, '05, '06, '07, '08), Australian Open ('04, '06, '07),

LONDON—Feliciano Lopez walked into the interview room this afternoon, pulled his hair back, and listened to a question. Actually, it was a statement, a statement that sounded like tennis’s version of science fiction. “You had 57 winners and just seven unforced errors,” a reporter told him. When the numbers came

The eight-woman field is set for the WTA Finals in Singapore, and not a day too soon: The tournament starts on Sunday. But the 2015 year-ender is just as notable for who won’t be there: Three-time defending champion Serena Williams, who shut her season down early to heal the aches

This morning I could have sworn that I saw a quote from Roger Federer where he referred to early-round losers at the Grand Slams as “the left side of the draw.” I can’t find the line now in the interview he did with Swiss journalist Rene Stauffer, and he probably

92584084 by Pete Bodo Howdy, everyone. A few minutes ago, I received an email from my pal Bart Lagae, a Belgian reporter, who had a news flash: Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have been cleared to continue playing while they appeal the suspensions levied against them for failing to be

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Sunday, Ann Li defeated María Camila Osorio Serrano, 6-1, 6-4, to win her first career WTA title in Tenerife, Spain. For the 21-year-old American, it's the first of what she hopes are more victorious Sundays—at more prestigious tournaments. The below feature on Li, written last summer, highlights

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—It’s cloudy here today, which I wasn’t sure was possible. There’s a more subdued mood around the grounds, which isn’t surprising considering that both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been scheduled for the night session—the day-time ticketholders must be feeling a little left out right now. I

It ended in anti-climax, with a suspenseless drubbing in the title match on Sunday, but the Masters Cup as a whole made a strong comeback this year. After being gutted by withdrawals in 2005, in ’06 the ATP’s season-ender felt like the special event it’s meant to be. First, as

ROME, Italy—The clay swing was once a stressful time for Naomi Osaka, enough to cause a mental health crisis on the eve of 2021 Roland Garros. That stress has seemingly melted away for the new mom, who put on a serene performance to weather a drama-filled day at the Internazionali

Can you imagine a time when the Wimbledon champion had his number listed in the phone book? And that when this international celebrity and ambassador of dignity won a tournament, he told the crowd to go ahead and look it up and give him a call if they felt like

So far, 2015 has been the year of the coaching carousel in women's tennis. While that merry-go-round is always spinning in the pro game, it has kicked into overdrive of late. Over the last four months: —Simona Halep has split with the man who helped her reach the Top 10,

INDIAN WELLS — This time last year, Denis Shapovalov was playing an ITF Pro Circuit in the boondocks of Quebec. On Thursday—in his BNP Paribas Open debut—the 18-year-old dispatched qualifier Ricaradas Berankis, 6-3, 6-4 for his first-ever win at the Californian ATP Masters 1000. "I felt really comfortable. The fans