MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) It took five years and another five grueling sets, but David Nalbandian finally got there. The Argentine ended Lleyton Hewitt's hopes for a comeback at his home Grand Slam in a first-round struggle that lasted 4 hours, 48 minutes. The match went to five sets, as did

It’s a measure of how busy the last four months in tennis have been, with three Grand Slams and an Olympic week between them, that much of our regularly scheduled weekly programming here has had to be suspended. That included Catching the Tape, a weekly look at a tennis-related video

It’s one of the busier weeks of the tennis season, and I’ve been derelict in my blogging duties—my apologies. The players in Madrid have been running and swinging in a little red square in the corner of my computer screen, but I’ve had a hard time focusing on them or

You never know for sure with architecture, but it seems unlikely that Ion Tiriac’s pricey, icy Caja Magica will age as gracefully, or find itself as beloved, as its fellow clay havens in Monte Carlo and Rome. The Madrid Masters deserves credit for ambition and forward thinking with its facility,

Battle of 18-16 Fans in the front rows veered to the right and left like airplane passengers tossed by turbulence during the final-set tiebreaker between Philipp Kohlschreiber and Dustin Brown in Halle. The all-German quarterfinal turned into such a thrill ride, both athletes and audience went airborne at times. Down

The underdog run of world No. 772 Marcus Willis at Wimbledon has not only taken the country by storm, but also grabbed the attention of the locker room. The part-time teaching pro from Britain came through pre-qualifying and qualifying before defeating Ricardas Berankis in the first round to set up

Rafael Nadal has only lost to one man at Roland Garros, his final-round opponent on Sunday, Robin Soderling. Reporting from Paris, Peter Bodo answers some questions about the rematch of last year’s fourth round for the French Open title. Soderling upset Nadal in the fourth round last year, but can

WATCH: Kasatkina has been in full flow at Roland Garros, striking a spectacular tweener in her second round.

WATCH—Roger Federer addresses his switch from Nike to Uniqlo at Wimbledon:

INTERVIEW: Sebastian Korda will turn 21 on Manic Monday, and is a quick study at Wimbledon.

Coaching controversy: Tennis Channel Live's thoughts on Murray's and Verdasco's squabble

Usually when a player demolishes a racquet, it’s after losing a crucial and particularly hard-fought point, or failing to break an opponent for the umpteenth time, or to express lingering resentment over a bit of poor officiating. Jack Sock didn’t smash his racquet for any of those reasons this afternoon.

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Hey everyone – thanks for stopping by to read the first Canada Crisis Centre (CCC) of the week. Each morning before play begins at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, I’ll be writing a short post with some thoughts on the previous day’s tennis, and

• Picby Pete Bodo* I've spoken with a number of plugged-in people in the wake of what we'll call the "blue-clay controversy" (the BCC, no pun intended for those of you familiar with the raging conflicts plaguing American college football)," and I can assure you it probably will be a

Tennis is pretty awesome, but the game is still relatively small compared to many other sports. Just in case not everyone knows about the game that starts with love and how amazing it is, Morgan Riddle is here to remind us all. Riddle is Taylor Fritz's girlfriend and spends much

On Tuesday, world No. 69 Ajla Tomljanovic and world No. 57 Sloane Stephens will face one another at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Stephens will be carrying a 5-0 head-to-head record into this match, so there will be a serious mental hurdle for Tomljanovic to overcome. The Australian is,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic received a warm and enthusiastic welcome in his return to Melbourne during an exhibition match against Nick Kyrgios on Friday. Djokovic was deported ahead of last year's Australian Open because of a visa issue relating to his refusal to say whether he had been

TENNIS CHANNEL LIVE: Roddick & Rubin on latest Alcaraz-Djokovic thriller in Cincinnati.

After a Cruel Summer, No. 6 seed Maria Sakkari is back to her winning ways after defeating Linda Fruhvirtova to start her China Open campaign. And with their second-round match ending past Midnight(s) in Beijing, one tennis commentator-slash-Taylor Swift enjoyer took the opportunity to drop a few pop-culture references during

Ben Shelton is one of the most exciting young players on tour, and many view him as the next great American. I’m similarly high on Shelton’s game, but I still think he needs some seasoning. I believe his Grand Slam window will open after the 2024 season, and a big