As we make our way toward the 2025 season—which begins Friday, December 27 with the United Cup—our writers and editors tackle the most important questions of the new year. Eighth question: Is next season make-or-break for Holger Rune? Scroll down past this article to read more Burning Questions on 2025.

WATCH: Shelby Rogers chats with Steve Weissman and Jon Wertheim after her second-round win at Wimbledon.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—It took five years and another five grueling sets, but David Nalbandian finally got his own back against Lleyton Hewitt. The 29-year-old Argentine ended the former No. 1-ranked Hewitt’s hopes for a comeback at his home Grand Slam in a first-round struggle that lasted 4 hours, 48 minutes

Start with a recommendation: Find another way to lose. The catalyst for this suggestion is the brilliant baseline play of Novak Djokovic. For more than a decade now, save for Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros and the occasional zone-like effort from various contenders, rarely has anyone knocked Djokovic off his

Five days of staring at a computer, one painful comeuppance, one never-ending shoulder injury, one cruise down Knob Creek, the usual amount of darkness and doubt—it wasn’t a week to remember. There were bright spots, if I think hard enough. I spotted a dusty Volvo with California plates and a

Each day during the Australian Open, we'll select three of the most intriguing matches on the schedule and offer our predictions. Lleyton Hewitt vs. Andy Roddick [15] (Rod Laver Arena, second night match) Head-to-Head: Roddick leads 7-6 Two former world No. 1s renew a decade-long rivalry in a night match

WATCH: Badosa navigated a tricky second set to dispatch Martincova in just over 90 minutes.

WATCH–The WTA race to Singapore:

ROME (AP) — A first career victory over a Top 20 player on clay. In heavy and slow conditions. In a match that was suspended for about an hour because of rain. Naomi Osaka couldn’t be happier with her progress at the Italian Open, where she beat 20th-ranked Marta Kostyuk

MASON, Ohio (AP) -- Tommy Robredo knows a memorable match when he wins one. He did it again Thursday, beating top-ranked Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (6), 7-5 in the round of 16 at the Western & Southern Open. The 16th-seeded Spaniard beat a top-ranked player for the second time

Thoughtful. Genuine. Funny. Open. Generous. These are a range of the words today’s ATP and WTA players use to highlight one of their own. By now, Andrey Rublev has established himself as a Top 10 mainstay thanks to an unquestionable desire to win and a formidable—perhaps even unrivaled—work ethic. He’s

BELGRADE, Serbia—Thousands of Serbian fans smacked thundersticks together, chanting “SER-BIA! SER-BIA!” in unison. The smaller, but nearly equally vocal Czech contingent responded with rhythmic chants and claps to the tune of a bearded horn player (wearing a long blonde wig) blaring, “If You’re Happy and You Know it Clap Your

PARIS(AP) That Serena Williams is again the top-ranked player in the world, having sunk as low as No. 140 with injuries in 2006, speaks as much to the unsettled nature of women's tennis as to her own formidable strengths. Fact is, no single player has emerged to fill the vacuum

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Breakthrough performers and established veterans make an impact on the ATP and WTA tours. Doubles Take looks at the action as the 2021 season gets ready to hit the home stretch. ‘POWER’ MOVE The first-half MVPs on the ATP Tour for 2021 were definitely Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic, while

“You’ve got to create a positive atmosphere.” That was the advice that Sloane Stephens’ hitting partner and traveling coach Andy Fitzpatrick gave her during a changeover last week in Doha. Stephens, ranked No. 18, had just lost an error-filled first set to Petra Cetkovska, ranked No. 134. “It’s all in

The fashion world is obsessed with the tennis sphere right now, says GQ. "Are we in a Golden Age of tennis style?" asks Bloomberg. At the same time, none other than Vogue's Anna Wintour pens a piece for TENNIS **that praises Roger Federer for all his sporting and sartorial splendor.

Okay, everyone, I hope you had a great Easter, Passover, Whatever (a nice weekend free of Holiday or Holy Day obligations?). We had a family Easter gathering, although my family is pretty expert at stripping religious associations from religious holidays; to them the salutation He is Risen! means, Wow, the

Thursday’s a special day in the tennis world as one of the sport’s all-time greats, Serena Williams, turns 38. Just by doing that, the current World No. 9 has written herself even deeper into the history books, becoming just the fourth woman ever to be ranked in the Top 10

While some of the top players on the ATP Tour jockeyed for a spot in the field of the recently completed season-ending championships over the past couple of months, another race has been going on, with the prize a payoff in 2023. The ATP Challenger Tour has been an all-out