PARIS (AP) Milos Raonic's second-round opponent at the French Open knows what he's in for: a real challenge when it comes to returning serve. Canada's Raonic has won 90 percent of his service games in 2016, which ranks second on the ATP tour. His 315 aces entering Roland Garros is

Mirra Andreeva has already hit some pretty big career milestones this year, reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at Roland Garros and capturing her first WTA title in Iasi, Romania a few weeks ago. And in Cincinnati on Wednesday, she hit another one. Her 6-2, 6-2 victory over Emma Navarro

NEW YORK—Li Tu peaked too soon. The 28-year-old, 186th-ranked Australian, who plays his tennis on the ATP Challenger Tour and had to qualify for the US Open, stunned third seed Carlos Alcaraz by taking the second set of their opening-round match on Tuesday. He also did something arguably more difficult:

Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime faced off for the seventh time in the semifinals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, but they weren’t the only world-class athletes spotted in Doha on Friday. Formula 1 star George Russell was seen watching the three-set battle from the best seat in the house on

A Rally in praise of Rome, clay, seasonal renewal, and insouciant shotmaking, between newly liberated (from law school) Kamakshi Tandon and I, before we both head for Paris next week. Hi Kamakshi, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it once more: “It’s spring again.” These are the famous opening

MELBOURNE—We understand “Come on!” We know “Vamos!” We get “Allez!” And we’ve heard “Ajde!” and “Davay!” even if we’re not prepared to shout them ourselves. Is the tennis world ready to add another word to its lexicon of exhortation? It’s going to get one on Saturday night, when the surprising

In the proud sportswriter’s tradition of trying to find and accentuate the negative, I’ve always wanted to write a column about how the U.S. Open qualifying tournament is overrated. Granted, it might read a little like Christopher Hitchens’ infamous rip job on Mother Teresa, and it would almost certainly make

Or . . . maybe not. OK, history has eluded us, and, no matter how thrilling and nerve-wracking the match we just saw was—and it was easily the match of the tournament, if not the year—that takes a few minutes to get over. But look at it this way: What

It was a fairly slow week on the pro tours, so I’ll start with a little historical digression. For TENNIS’ 40th anniversary, we’ve been selecting the 40 greatest players of the last four decades. Whenever anyone tries this sort of thing, they inevitably hear the phrase, “you can’t compare eras.”

When you think of Monte Carlo, who do you think of? The good Grace Kelly, maybe; the bad Princess Stephanie; the totally dominant Rafael Nadal. But the most famous and infamous ghost of the Mediterranean remains that of Bjorn Borg. In his cherubic Teen Angel days, the days when schoolgirls

Before this evening, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had played 11 times since meeting in the 2009 Australian Open final, a five-set drama that followed the peak of their rivalry, the 2008 Wimbledon final. Seven of those matches ended in straight sets, and none of the other four matches featured

• Picby Pete Bodo* He's getting to be like the guy who's still dancing with a lampshade on his head and crying, "Whoo-hooo!" while everyone else is played out and leaving the party. Or like the ex-boyfriend who just won't go away—and just may end up marrying the fickle beauty

FLASHBACK: Auger-Aliassime meets with artist/musician Stan Yarramunua

I watched a fair amount of women's tennis these past few days, so I thought I'd give it a break and check out the men's quarters today. I was feeling pretty invincible, so I left my helmet back in the press center as I went to watch Roger Federer grapple

INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAMPION: Carlos Alcaraz sits down with Jon Wertheim and Steve Weissman at Wimbledon With three majors now in the books, the 2023 tennis year is well past its half-way point. But based on how things have gone, a lot remains uncertain. Questions abound across many levels of

These are high times for fans of men’s tennis. The Open wraps us with the top four players putting on a display of the modern game at its best, and the following weekend they’re in action again, playing for their respective countries in Davis Cup. Two of them, Rafael Nadal

NEW YORK—In September 1981, Sweden’s best player, Bjorn Borg, lost in the final of the U.S. Open. Afterward, he skipped the trophy ceremony, drove out of Flushing Meadows in an unhappy rush, and never played another Grand Slam. He was 25. In September 1988, Sweden’s best player, Mats Wilander, won

BRNO, Czech Republic(AP) Rookie Alexa Glatch upset Iveta Benesova 6-1, 6-2 Saturday to give the United States a 1-1 tie with the Czech Republic after the opening singles of the Fed Cup semifinals. Petra Kvitova defeated American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the first match on the indoor hard

The Break: Congrats on a great career, Sam Stosur

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz stunned top seed Matteo Berrettini and then beat another Italian, Fabio Fognini, in the semifinals to reach his second career final after a marathon Saturday at the Rio Open. With support from home fans in Rio de Janeiro, the 18-year-old Alcaraz