By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments** BMW Open (ATP - Clay - Munich, Germany) - Singles Final: Fernando Gonzalez def. Simone Bolelli 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. - Singles Semifinal: Simone Bolelli def. Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. - Singles Semifinal: Fernando Gonzalez def. Younes El Aynaoui 3-6, 6-4,

It's been a season of surprises for Roger Federer fans. The Slam semifinal streak was snapped. Their hero was nearly beaten in the first round of Wimbledon. And he's lost three matches where he's held a match point. Another oddity has been Federer's record in finals. He's just 2-4 this

American tennis player Donald Young has apologized to the U.S. Tennis Association, saying he is sorry for the obscenity-laced message he posted on Twitter criticizing the American tennis federation. Last week, Young sent out the expletive-filled tweet, saying he was sick of the treatment he received from the USTA, after

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Keep the ball in the court. It can seem simple enough. But when the wind is swirling and gusting as it has been this week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, there’s nothing simple about it. Caroline Wozniacki, who won last year’s BNP Paribas Open, said when

It’s time for tennis, the most acronym-rich sport of all (ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA, WCT, NTC, MIPTC, WTT, FFT, PTPA, TIU etc.), to embrace one that took off like a bottle rocket in the culture at-large soon after it was introduced by author PatrickMcGinnis in a 2004 op-ed in a

NEW YORK (AP)—Novak Djokovic walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium for the U.S. Open final Monday wearing a cap adorned with the New York City fire department logo. Shortly before taking the court for his match against Rafael Nadal, Djokovic switched over to his traditional white cap. The men’s final was

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships (ATP - Outdoor Hard - Tokyo, Japan) - Singles Final: Tomas Berdych def. Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 6-4. - Singles Semifinal: Juan Martin del Potro def. Richard Gasquet 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. - Singles Semifinal: Tomas

MONTREAL (AP)—Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia lost her second-round matchup with qualifier Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Tuesday night. Jankovic has played only four matches in three tournaments this month after missing two weeks with an ankle injury she says is completely recovered. “I didn’t

From first ball to last, keep up to date with the latest from the Australian Open every day on TENNIS.com. We'll have match updates, photos, video highlights and more in our daily notebook. And there you have it. Nick Kyrgios summits tonight's mountain to edge No. 29 seed Ugo Humbert,

With the French Open just days away, senior writers Peter Bodo and Steve Tignor are here to give their thoughts on the tournament, in a back-and-forth exchange not dissimilar to the rallies you'll see in Paris. Check back throughout the day for updates; editor Ed McGrogan leads off the conversation.

PARIS (AP)—French tennis player Aravane Rezai has pulled out of two upcoming tournaments. Rezai wrote a message on her personal website saying she feels deeply unhappy at recent media reports concerning her family, which she says are inaccurate. Rezai, ranked 22nd, was due to face Russia in Moscow on Feb.

Every week Tennis Channel and Tennis.com will be introducing a Tough Call around a thought provoking topic - and our panel of experts will chime in both on-air and online. Be sure to join the discussion, weigh in on our polls, or comment on Facebook and Twitter using #TennisToughCall. Here

Last Week's Tournament The Championships, Wimbledon (ATP & WTA - Grass - Wimbledon, England) - Gentlemen's Singles Final: Roger Federer def. Rafael Nadal 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. - Gentlemen's Singles Semifinal: Roger Federer def. Richard Gasquet 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. - Gentlemen's Singles Semifinal: Rafael Nadal def. Novak Djokovic 3-6,

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments** Masters Series Monte Carlo (ATP - Clay - Monte Carlo, Monaco) - Singles Final: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5. - Singles Semifinal: Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-2 (retired). - Singles Semifinal: Rafael Nadal def. Nikolay Davydenko 6-3,

DUBLIN, Ireland—It’s 20 after nine in the morning here at my connecting point to Wimbledon, where I’ll be spending the next two weeks writing about Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal. In other words, I will be covering The Big Fourtnight. The idea for this blog came

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Brasil Open (ATP - Clay - Costa do Sauipe, Brazil) - Singles Final: Nicolas Almagro def. Carlos Moya 7-6, 3-6, 7-5. - Singles Semifinal: Carlos Moya def. Nicolas Lapentti 6-2, 3-6, 7-6. - Singles Semifinal: Nicolas Almagro def. Fabio Fognini 6-1,

MONTREAL (AP)—Kim Clijsters rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday. After dropping the first set, the fifth-seeded Clijsters was down 4-1 in the second and had to fight off two break points against the aggressive Mattek-Sands, a qualifer ranked 101st

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP)—With her dubious No. 1 ranking secure for at least three more weeks, Caroline Wozniacki’s taking a break. Her enforced vacation began Monday when she lost in the fourth round at the Sony Ericsson Open to Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. “I’m just going to

Ready, Set, HoldWant a shot at beating Rafael Nadal? Here’s your chance, only you won’t need your racquet. The International Olympic Committee is running a contest, “The Best of Us Challenge,” where Olympians take on a challenge and then anyone can try to top them by sending in a

Victoria Azarenka—known moving forward as "Ozarenka"—stepped off a plane stateside to sit down with Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show. "I'm sure there was a little partying going on that night after you won, right?" Ellen asked, to which Azarenka responded, "There was a lot of champagne showers." video