On the other side of the net, Chris Evert, proved that the form and strokes of old tennis pros live forever.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Serena Williams’ first sanctioned match in the United States in two years even caught the attention of first lady Michelle Obama. The 29-year-old Williams helped lead the Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis to a 25-10 win over the Boston Lobsters on Thursday night. The 13-time Grand Slam singles

NEW YORK—Daniil Medvedev had the perfect answer for a Lous Armstrong Stadium that turned against him on Friday night. He overcame behavioral struggles, and a lot of boos, in his 7-6 (1), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Feliciano Lopez. When he lost his serve for 3-5 in the first

FloBy Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is the Tribe's regularly scheduled daily Your Call post for discussing and match-calling tennis. You can use this space to go off-topic as well. As will be the case for the rest of the week, I spent the day at Queen's

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Hi everyone. Pete is currently on vacation until the 14th, so I'll be commanding this ship in the meantime. I called five matches for the peacock network (NBC) yesterday, starting with the Bryan brothers against the Baha Men (Bahamas' doubles team) of Mark Knowles

Rafael Nadal opened his 2012 Australian Open campaign with a positively clinical 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Alex Kuznetsov in late afternoon sunshine at Melbourne Park. While some of Nadal’s recent remarks have caused discussion, there was no controversy, twists in the tale, or lapses in concentration in Nadal’s performance

Francesca Schiavone sat with a towel draped over her head like a shroud, shielding her eyes from the deep deficit she faced—and muffling her ears from the sounds of Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova’s winners whizzing past. The oldest woman left in the draw was staring down a 6-1, 4-1 deficit to the

LONDON (AP) — Neither a nagging injury to his left hip nor a brief rain delay seemed to pose any challenge to Andy Murray. The top-seeded Murray opened the defense of his Wimbledon title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on Monday in the opening

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal's next opponent at the U.S. Open is a 28-year-old from Ukraine who is being asked questions about a different tournament entirely — one where he was involved in a match under scrutiny from anti-corruption investigators because of unusual betting. Alexandr Dolgopolov moved into the

A spot in the ATP Finals semifinals was on the line when Grigor Dimitrov took on David Goffin on Wednesday. The Bulgarian ended up winning in dominant fashion, as he prevailed with a 6-0, 6-2 victory. This is a match that was truly never competitive, and it's hard to imagine

Elena Rybakina made a winning start to the 2025 season on Friday, leading Kazakhstan to a 2-1 United Cup victory over Spain. The 2022 Wimbledon champion made quick work of Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in singles and partnered countryman Alexander Shevchenko to win a dramatic mixed doubles match, 7-6 (4), 6-7

Naomi Osaka turned some heads with her 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 win over Karolina Muchova in the second round. Muchova has been one of the most impressive players on the WTA Tour over the last few years, so this was one of Osaka’s best performances since her return to action. However,

MONTE CARLO, Monaco—It's been 20 years since Gael Monfils debuted at the Monte Carlo Masters, when he notably fell to fellow teenage sensation Rafael Nadal. When he arrives to play Roland Garros next month, the 38-year-old will also celebrate the 20-year anniversary of his first main-draw appearance there. Much has

Russian tennis chief Shamil Tarpishchev appears to suggest that if world No. 9 Vera Zvonareva does not get healthy and regain her form, he may leave her off the Olympic team, even if she qualifies for the event. Zvonareva will miss Russia’s Fed Cup tie next week against Serbia with

May 25, 2012 (Paris, France) – Babolat recently presented the prototype of the world's first interactive racquet. The presentation featured organized demonstrations with amateur players and professional players from Team Babolat, including Rafael Nadal (SPA) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) at the French Open. With “Babolat Play & Connect”, the specialized

World No. 31 Alexander Bublik captured the first ATP tour title of his career last week, as he defeated world No. 3 Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the final at Montpellier. It was a fantastic run for the 24-year-old, but he now has to quickly turn around and face

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Carlos Alcaraz completed his set of Grand Slam second week appearances in anticlimactic fashion at the 2024 Australian Open on Saturday, taking a two-set lead on young challenger Juncheng "Jerry" Shang before the Chinese teenager was forced to retire, trailing, 6-1, 6-1, 1-0. The reigning Wimbledon champion, Alcaraz missed out