In a year when tennis was aggressively bouncing back from lockdowns and tournaments played before vast swaths of empty seats, nobody rebounded more ferociously than Novak Djokovic. While the bodies of his exalted rivals were crying out, “No mas!”, Djokovic didn’t just put the pedal to the metal, he punched

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a U.S. Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any of the country's two highest-ranked women or four top men, according to a roster obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The list of players heading

It’s officially time for the first major of the 2025 season. In the U.S., the Australian Open begins on Saturday, January 11. All of the top players in the women’s game are in Melbourne, where Aryna Sabalenka is looking to win for a third straight year. But not much separates

Poor light postponed Maria Sharapova’s second-round match scheduled to start yesterday. The second-seeded Russian wasted no time in pulling the plug on Ayumi Morita today. Hitting winners almost at will, a ruthless Sharapova won eight straight games at one stretch to roll into the third round with a 6-1, 6-1

TENNIS Magazine's November/December issue features a special report on the state of American tennis. Former top pros Jim Courier, Pam Shriver, and Eliot Teltscher, who was also head of the USTA’s junior development program until this fall, discuss the current U.S. tennis scene. 1. After U.S. players went down early

Novak Djokovic's desire for the game has not changed, according to Pepe Imaz, the Spanish academy owner and coach who has been working with Djokovic on an informal basis. The former ATP player runs a tennis academy for underprivileged youth in Spain called "Amor y Paz", or "Peace and Love"

SHANGHAI -- Despite his recent drop off in play, Roger Federer is still the greatest player of his generation, as far as one former champion is concerned. Rod Laver, the only tennis player to achieve the Grand Slam twice, said on Thursday at the Shanghai Masters that Federer's consistency over

At long last, live tennis is back thanks to the Tennis Point Exhibition Series. For the first time since the middle of March, when the coronavirus stopped a slew of subsequent tournaments in their tracks, players will compete, "game, set, match" will be called and, just as important, you can

WIMBLEDON, England—Contrasts in style: They're a big part of tennis's appeal. And they're a big part of the appeal of watching Agnieszka Radwanska play. Her game is so oddly original that she automatically creates a contrast with every opponent she faces. Today that opponent in the semifinals here was Sabine

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Roger Federer usually feels good when he arrives in Cincinnati for a tournament he has won more times than anyone else. This week, not so much. Federer is trying to reconstruct his game and keep his back healthy at the Western & Southern Open, a Masters series tournament

By the time Aryna Sabalenka lined up for what would be her final shot at the Miami Open on Saturday, the title was, for all intents and purposes, already hers. Over the previous 88 minutes, the WTA’s best player had pounded her opponent, Jessica Pegula, with her customary barrage of

This one's worth a head nod: Frances Tiafoe's favorite basketball team is giving away a special collectable depicting the 2022 US Open semifinalist at a game this week. The first 10,000 fans through the gates at Capital One Arena when Tiafoe's hometown Washington Wizards play the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb.

MELBOURNE—So many questions will be answered in both the men’s and women’s game as a year of high promise and anticipation kicks off at Melbourne Park. But, sadly, the talk in the magnificent new Players’ Pod, stuck onto the side of Rod Laver Arena, was all about a man who

From the French perspective, clay-court tennis is like their native language: a thing of beauty forever under siege. Just as France has fought to save its mellifluous mother tongue from extinction at the hands of English, the country’s most famous club, Roland Garros, is making sure that its native style

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WATCH: Remember the life and legacy of Nick Bollettieri, one of the sport's greatest coaches and pioneer of tennis academies, after opening Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978.

'Tis the season to give the tennis fan in your life the perfect gift. For the next few weeks, we're pulling together a short list of our favorites, from on-court gear and apparel, to off-court accessories.

MELBOURNE—Nineteen-year-old Eugenie Bouchard stood at the baseline and squinted up at the bright blue sky above Rod Laver Arena. Her quarterfinal with Ana Ivanovic had rocked steadily back and forth for the last two hours, the momentum flowing from one side of the net to the other like water on

FLASHBACK: This time last year, Daria Saville confirmed an ACL injury after her retirement against Naomi Osaka in Tokyo.

Golfer Rory McIlroy says that his girlfriend, WTA No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, is helping him bolster the mental aspects of his game. "When Caroline and I might discuss our own sport, I am very interested in how she prepares herself for the mental side of big tennis tournaments like how