With attendance limited, tennis commentators are more essential than ever. But how much do you know about the people speaking through your screens, and how they do their jobs? Commentators are our guides to the game, the soundtracks to our tennis-viewing lives. Their voices fill our ears every day. So

During the opening round of Australian Open qualifying in Doha on Monday, Elliot Benchetrit fell, 6-4, 6-3, to Denis Kudla, but would have reached the next round if he had won just one more game. At 5-3 in the second set, the players learned that Kudla had tested positive for

There’s a word, it seems, for how 15-year-old Coco Gauff is feeling this week. She says she’s “super shocked” to still be at Wimbledon. And she’s “super blessed” that the tournament gave her a wild card into the qualifying draw. She was “super happy’ to beat her idol, Venus Williams,

Prakash Amritraj is a fixture at the Tennis Channel desk as he interviews the game’s biggest stars—but in the VIP Tennis Lounge with Garbiñe Muguruza, the tables have turned. “This is so strange!” said the former world No. 1, “Normally you’re interviewing me!” Before heading to Paris for Roland Garros,

Tomas Berdych says he is looking to new coach Dani Vallverdu to improve his strategy and take a new approach to his game. Berdych, who had attempted to get Andy Murray's former coach Ivan Lendl to work with him, said he asked Vallverdu to join him following his decision to

No. 1-ranked men's tennis player Jannik Sinner will be playing in the U.S. Open—which begins in New York next week—even though word just emerged that he tested positive twice in March for a banned anabolic steroid. It's a case that no one knew about until Tuesday and one that has

Rafael Nadal, who failed to win a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2005, says that there is no reason to change up his game. The 14-time Grand Slam champion won three titles in 2015, but did not reach the semifinals at any of the majors. "I'm not

World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas made a winning start in Hamburg on Wednesday, beating Dominik Koepfer, 7-6 (2), 6-3, in his opening match at the ATP 500 clay-court event. And it was a milestone win—he’s the first player, man or woman, to 40 wins this year. Most Tour-Level Wins In

Frances Tiafoe might not count himself among the growing population of Swifties on the tennis tour, but after meeting Taylor Swift at a Kansas City Chiefs game three months ago, the American says that the Eras Tour songstress has his "ultimate respect." Ahead of competing this week at the ATP

For a player who turned 19 just last month, Brandon Nakashima came highly praised. His game resembles Novak Djokovic’s, we heard. His backhand is up there with Jimmy Connors’, we were told. One look at him and Wimbledon champion Pat Cash signed on as his coach. After his first-round win

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek couldn’t brush off any grass-court concerns at Wimbledon. The 22-year-old lost to Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals, and that was after she barely escaped with a victory over Belinda Bencic. All in all, she never quite put together extended stretches in which she played her

Some of the world's most famous tennis players, distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai, are challenging China's Communist Party to get answers. So far it's a standoff with little visible impact as tennis greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — joined by tennis governing bodies, human rights

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For anyone who wondered if Eugenie Bouchard would actually honor a date she agreed to over Twitter when the New England Patriots came back against the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl, the Canadian is answering those questions on Wednesday night. Bouchard is going to the Brooklyn Nets game against

Our ATP Player of the Year Countdown was revealed last week. Ten voters from the TENNIS.com editorial team each selected five players, with a first-place selection worth 5 points, second-place vote 4 points, and so forth. The results, and write-ups, were: - 1. Novak Djokovic (50 voting points) - 2.

WATCH: The final point of Federer's last Wimbledon final appearance Editor's Note: On Tuesday, Serena Williams posted that she will "relish these next few weeks" before officially calling in a career in professional tennis. Click here for the latest updates.

It’s difficult to think of two players who have improved both their game and ranking as much as Jannik Sinner and Aslan Karatsev have in the past two years. At the beginning of 2020, the Russian sat at No. 292 in the rankings, while the Italian was No. 78. Now

The DNA of Wilson’s Clash racquet is combining extreme flexibility with best-in-class stability to create a powerful racquet that’s also exceedingly comfortable. It’s a novel approach that results in a wholly unique feel. For its third installment of the franchise, the brand wanted to stay on that pathway while making

When the news of Indian Wells being canceled flashed across the world's screens back in March, no one could have predicted what was to follow. Although tennis suffered immensely, the pandemic didn't flatline the game. All moving components that help make this sport great collectively planned and figured out solutions.

Eastbourne is the last-chance saloon of grass-court tournaments. For players looking for a last-minute tune-up before the Championships at Wimbledon, it’s pretty much the only game in town, or out of town. That’s doubly true in 2017, when this little seaside town event will be headlined by two big stars