WATCH: Stefanos Tsitsipas talks to the press after his first-round Wimbledon defeat.

What would a Serena Williams match be if it wasn't nail-biting, thrilling and stressful? On Tuesday, the 23-time Grand Slam champion defeated Bernarda Pera, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, in a rollercoaster first round at the Top Seed Open in Lexington, K.Y.

Maria Sharapova has an interesting story to tell, there's no doubt about that. While her book is set to publish in September, iTunes just released a 55-minute documentary on the Russian titled "The Point." To kick things off, Sharapova sits down to tell her side of the meldonium doping scandal,

There was just one question left in the wake of Maria Sharapova’s 6-3, 6-0, third-round win over Alison Riske in the Wimbledon thunderdome today. Where did the No. 5 seed find the time to belt 25 winners in a match that lasted barely over an hour (1:08, to be exact)?

LONDON -- Laura Robson toed the baseline, then vaulted into her serving motion. The ball landed five feet behind the line. Moments later, she bounced her second serve into the net. Those were the ugliest of the ugly for the British 19-year-old on Monday at Wimbledon and they couldn't have

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Pete Sampras doesn't understand how Roger Federer does it. When he reached the age of 31, he was burned out from the grind of the tour, the constant travel. It was difficult to stay motivated. That's why Sampras decided to walk away on top -- after winning

This week TENNIS.com will be featuring one of our blog regulars, Asad Raza, who is in Rome for the men's Italian Open. He'll be writing back and forth with me here a couple times; reporting on the home page; and blogging over at Pete's as well. Hey Steve, I've just

It’s a rare week in tennis when we’re not confronted with the question of whether a certain young or improving player is “for real” or not. So far in 2014, we’ve already asked it of Dominika Cibulkova, Eugenie Bouchard, Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem, Gael Monfils, and Stanislas Wawrinka—though in Stan’s

A biting wind conjured a wall of red brick dust during Maria Sharapova’s semifinal match, prompting a few fans to reflexively cover their eyes. Unwavering, the second seed squinted through the salmon-colored swirl, her eyes firmly fixed on the ball like someone seeing a long-awaited destination finally come into focus.

NEW YORK—It’s not every day that you can have a drink made by an Olympic gold medalist. Earlier this week, though, a few revelers at The Martinique New York in Manhattan had that chance when one of their fellow guests, Zheng Qinwen, took a few minutes away from her US

The President’s Box, which sits at the south end of Arthur Ashe Stadium, is where America’s version of tennis royalty gather to watch their country’s national championship. While it’s not as picturesque as its counterpart at Wimbledon, the Royal Box, it does come with a dining room and a lounge

The United States may want to start referring to itself as “North America” when it comes to tennis. The way it’s going now, that would be the easiest solution to the country's woes when it comes to the sport. The Rogers Cup in Toronto is only one day old, but

IlAt 9:00 A.M., before keyboards start clicking and gossip starts twisting up and down the rows of desks, two sounds can be heard outside an empty Indian Wells press room. First, you hear birds singing, likely asking each other when all of these humans—players, coaches, ushers, writers—are going to leave

“It’s all about confidence.” If you’ve listened to a tennis player speak for more than a minute in your life, you’ve probably heard a variant of that sentence. Confidence is the Holy Grail and the ever-elusive X factor in this individual sport. It’s also the great democratic leveler. Even the

AUCKLAND, New Zealand(AP) Israel's Shahar Peer ignored a third day of protests from pro-Palestinian demonstrators to beat Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 on Thursday and reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic. Police, acting on a noise complaint from tournament organizers, made five arrests as about 20 demonstrators chanted and

For a trio of established Americans on the ATP Tour, there have been kinder 48-hour periods. On Tuesday night at the US Open, Jack Sock was forced to retire in his first-round match with No. 14 seed Diego Schwartzman after his back flared up. Sock led by two sets to

THROWBACK: Cameron Norrie's Hot Shot of the Day.

Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic is set to miss "a few weeks" of action after having surgery to remove uterine fibroids. The 30-year-old three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist revealed the news in a social media post on Tuesday, and it was met with a wave of supportive messages from her peers. 'Was very

Coming off a semifinal run at the Miami Open, Victoria Azarenka pleasantly surprised herself with making the transition to green clay Wednesday. With son Leo in attendance, the two-time Australian Open champion kicked off her Credit One Charleston Open campaign in style after patiently waiting out a six-plus hour rain

Over the past decade, Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep have become two of the most treasured figures in their sport. Kvitova has been selected by her peers a record eight times for the WTA Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award; Halep’s worldwide following voted her WTA Fan Favorite for three consecutive years.