Sebastian Korda recorded the first Top 20 win of his young career on Saturday night, bouncing back from a first-set blowout to beat Fabio Fognini, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, in the second round in Miami. After getting broken in all four of his service games in the 30-minute first set, Korda

Jessica Pegula has beaten Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of Montreal, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4, to not only record her second career win over a reigning No. 1—she also beat Swiatek at United Cup earlier this year—but to move through to the final in Canada for the first time. “Oh

In case any of you missed it, Nadia Petrova crafted a potentially career-transforming win last weekend over Justine Henin-Hardenne. Make no mistake about it, Petrova could not have dreamed up a more bracing, promising result - not in her wildest fantasy. This was the young player whose mental stamina, emotional

How you typically picture a certain player says a lot about them. I think of Novak Djokovic skidding for a backhand save. I think of Martina Navratilova on the full, flying run toward the net. I think of John McEnroe making contact with his serve, a grimace of effort across

Nick Kyrgios strode—OK, burst—onto the world tennis stage against Rafael Nadal five years ago, brimming with the unaccountable confidence of youth. When the 19-year-old Australian beat the Spanish Hall-of-Famer in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2014, the sport seemed to have found a new star, and the ATP a

by Pete Bodo The fiery responses to the men's Hot. . .or Not? post suggest that we've found a fun, somewhat novel way to look at the players as they prepare for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. I also realize that I'd better restate the chili pepper

March 1, 2012 (Boulder, Colorado)—Babolat, leading manufacturer of tennis racquets, announces its renewed sponsorship of the “Road to the ‘Little Mo' Nationals.” The only tournament in the U.S. to offer the opportunity for a junior player (11 & under) to become a national champion, the “Little Mo” Nationals creates a

PARIS (AP)—Victoria Azarenka waited until the fourth day of the French Open for her opening match, then showed she's eager to advance. Filling a mostly empty stadium court with her familiar shrieks Wednesday, the world's former No. 1 player beat Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-4 in a match postponed

I picked Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open on this website, and in the 2015 preview issue of TENNIS Magazine, I said the Czech would be the WTA player of the year. All I had to worry about, I thought, was a certain big-serving American getting in the way.

“They all took their own pathways,” Tennis Canada CEO Michael Downey said earlier this year when I asked him about the diverse crop of up-and-coming players that his country has produced in recent years. “I think it’s a reflection of the mosaic nature of Canada,” Downey said. “Immigrants hold onto

It’s said that the great players cannot accept losing, but maybe the opposite is true. After all, they lose on tennis’ grandest stages, amid high-stakes occasions, in front of millions of viewers around the world. Then they come back yet again. Surely, to compete repeatedly, some form of acceptance must

Men's tennis is much more than the Big Four these days, but Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal should not be discounted, says Novak Djokovic. Though he and Andy Murray had dominated most major events of late, the world No. 1 points out that other players have also established their presences.

UPDATE: Garin won his first-round match over Reilly Opelka, typically a force in tiebreakers, 7-6 (0), 7-5, 7-6 (7). After securing the French Open junior title six years ago on the red clay of Roland Garros, Chile’s Cristian Garin seemed certain to make a smooth transition into the men’s game.

When Andrea Jaeger walked off the court after losing the 1982 French Open final, she chalked her defeat up to a new problem that the women of the WTA had been having that spring. “It’s difficult to play three players at once,” she said. Officially, Jaeger had lost to only

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Year-End Championship kicks off this week in Doha, Qatar, where the top players in the world will compete for the last major title of 2008 and a $3.1 million purse. Half of the elite eight-woman field is Russian. The least heralded of the powerhouse group,

This year, The Tennis Traveler has shared its favorite destinations near the tennis scene, so anyone lucky enough to be within distance of a tournament can make the most out of the city. It also not-so-discretely hinted at where to spot players when traveling. Don’t thank us just yet, because

If there’s an unsung hero at the heart of recreational tennis in the U.S., it’s the league-team captain. Recruiting players, making schedules, reserving courts, putting together rosters, hoping your doubles teams don’t come to blows: these are just a few of the many duties that fall to a skipper. It

Hi Steve, As Wimbledon returns, I have a memory of a documentary I saw nearly 50 years ago. The gravel-voiced narrator uttered just one word: “London.” The setting was the 1948 Olympic Games—the first Olympics since the end of World War II. Following “London,” there came the British national anthem,

Llodra by Pete Bodo Are you all done hyperventilating? Robin Soderling and Gael Monfils have added an interesting coda to what has been the finest fall of ATP tennis in recent memory, which is only fitting because neither player played a prominent role in the proceedings on the Asian hard-court

SHANGHAI (AP) The ATP Tour may shorten its 11-month season by two or three weeks in 2012 to give players more rest and help them avoid injuries and burnout. ``We are taking a good, hard look at our calendar to see if there is a meaningful way to lengthen the