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

When Kathy Rinaldi was seven years old, a second grader growing up in Stuart, Fla., she wrote these words for a school assignment: “If I can’t be a tennis player/I think I’ll just be me.” Rinaldi did become a tennis player. Over the course of nearly 20 years, between 1980

3. Flame Lighting: Osaka carries the torch, tennis and more at the Olympics The usual sense of anticipation built up just before the final torch bearer was unveiled at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and then as the cameras swung around, all was revealed—yes, it was indeed Naomi

You hear it all the time: You’re only as good as your second serve. Perhaps that’s an overstatement, but it’s tough to advance in the tennis ranks if your second serve is inconsistent and attackable. That’s where developing a strong topspin kick serve can help. Not only will putting topspin

WATCH: Andreescu met the press after a thrilling first-round victory at Roland Garros on Tuesday.

The latest word is that Caroline Wozniacki, presently perched at No. 11 in the WTA rankings, is quite content with her two years atop the heap and couldn't ask much more of her career. Defeatist tones, if you ask me, but she does mention that the drive to win a

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Mired in a marathon game midway through the opening set, Maria Sharapova wore down her opponent with characteristic resolve and relentlessness, winning the last point without hitting a shot. That put Sharapova ahead to stay, and she beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina on a muggy, 85-degree

The ATP Next Gen Finals are underway, but some of the finalists decided to tap into their creative side while in Italy. Brandon Nakashima, Sebastian Korda, Francisco Cerundolo, Hugo Gaston, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune, and Sebastian Baez all drew 'Tennistrations'—illustrations that other players then had to guess the meaning of.

MELBOURNE—“Tennis players are always talking about the zone, getting into the zone,” Mike Bryan told me last week at the Australian Open. “I feel like I’m starting to know what it feels like.” Tomorrow night, Mike, with his twin brother Bob, will try to break Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge’s

WATCH ⬆️: Draper's and Alcaraz's enticing odds to win at the All England Club. (Presented by BetMGM.) Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have won each of the last two majors, and we should probably get used to seeing those two claiming the biggest events of the year. Sure, Novak Djokovic

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Welcome to Underrated Week! From May 4 through 8, TENNIS.com is focusing on the most overlooked aspects of the sport, from stats to achievements to tactics, and beyond. We're also featuring 10 players because of something they do extremely well, but which isn't their signature quality. It's a series we're

Hi Mr. Bollettieri, I play an attacking game and it helped me win quite a few matches when I was younger. But I’m about to turn 18 and haven't grown much in a few years, so I'm now quite small for my age and starting to get pushed around by

Kansas City Chiefs games have quickly become the place to be seen in 2023—and even all the way in Germany, former No. 1 Angelique Kerber got that memo. The three-time Grand Slam winner posted up a storm this weekend on Instagram from Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park, where the Chiefs faced

The life of a professional tennis player is far less glamorous than what you see on TV. Players endure thousands of hours of travel and even more down time waiting for matches and resting alone in their hotel rooms. Most players are watching Netflix, chatting with loved ones, napping or

Is there anyone in the women’s game who moves better than Simona Halep on clay? Probably not. The Romanian, who is the No. 1 clay-court player in the world by a wide margin according to UTR, will continue her quest for her first Italian Open title against the currently coach-less

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WATCH: Roger Federer in talks to join Wimbledon commentary

PARIS (AP) — The Russian tennis player who was arrested in Paris last month on suspicion of match-fixing at last year's French Open has started legal proceedings for libel and slander. In a message to The Associated Press, lawyer Frederic Belot said Yana Sizikova filed her lawsuit on Friday. "Through

The Bet: Jiri Lehecka +4 games (-110) vs. Carlos Alcaraz