WIMBLEDON, England—Roger Federer says that he is not concerned about the popularity of the men's tour if the Big Four no longer remains dominant. The 17-time Grand Slam champion acknowledged that the quarter has had a big impact on the sport, but said other players will emerge and become prominent.

Before a ball was struck at the 2012 Davis Cup final in Prague's own O2 Arena, the players and coaches from the Czech and Spanish squads began volleying verbally. First to tee off: Tomas Berdych, to no one's surprise. The world's No. 6 pro called periodic nemesis Nicolas Almagro, himself

Veteran Richard Gasquet watchers might have been forgiven if they doubted, at the beginning of 2013, that he would reprise his role as a year-end Top 10 player. But the flashy Frenchman proved the doubters wrong, demonstrating a consistency that many doubted he would ever develop. The skeptics had good

LONDON (AP)—Injuries knocked three key players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday — second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American man who won the longest match in tennis history. The start of Day 3 of the grass-court Grand Slam was less about

• PicBy Pete Bodo* Less than a month after this year's trophy presentation at Wimbledon, the top players will return to London and the All England Club for another go-round on the grass. But this time the stakes will not be a couple of million dollars but the shiny gold

LONDON (AP) — Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini was handed a suspended ban of two Grand Slam tournaments on Wednesday for insulting a chair umpire at the U.S. Open. The Grand Slam board said Fognini will be suspended from participating in two major tournaments — one of which will be

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND—What does quality grass-court tennis look like these days? Many people might say that such a thing isn’t possible here anymore, since the turf was made hardier and the players began to let the ball bounce on it. Until 10 years ago, Wimbledon tennis was synonymous with serve-and-volley tennis,

PARIS (AP) - One year after his first-round loss in Paris, Stan Wawrinka will be playing in the final of the French Open. The eighth-seeded Swiss player advanced to his first final at Roland Garros with a 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over local favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on

Pete Sampras spoke to TENNIS.com's Peter Bodo at Madison Square Garden, where he played in this year's PowerShares Series, about the event and the 2012 Player of the Year in men's tennis:

Nobody can trigger wild fluctuations between giddy hope and dark despair quite like John Isner. That’s mainly because when he’s on his game and firing aces like rockets, he can dominate anyone—including Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic. This year in Cincinnati, Isner scored back-to-back-to wins over then-No. 10 Milos Raonic,

Are we ready to believe in Sam Stosur? I did once, very briefly, years ago, when I first saw her play somewhere in her native Australia. She had a game that might have been described as half-Heninesque. She had the inside-out forehand and the aggressive, jocky, all-court style, but she

There will be plenty of big names returning to the tour in 2021 and young players making their moves after an abbreviated 2020, but doubles will also take center stage. Baseline is taking a look at which teams to watch in the new year. When it was announced that the

PARIS—Danielle Collins had never been to Madrid, Rome or Paris before this spring, Now, after traveling on the WTA tour as a newly minted Top 50 player in April and May, she can say she’s been to all three of those legendary capitals of culture. Call it the 24-year-old’s requisite

We had witnessed one precipitous letdown this week, from Lukas Rosol, and it looked for a while like Yaroslava Shvedova was going to subject us to another. In her previous match, she had become the first player in Grand Slam history to record a Golden Set. Today she became the

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is taking its rich history and using it to propel the next generation of the sport. For players ages 10-18, the ITHOF's “Be Legendary” youth program offers an opportunity to develop one's tennis beyond traditional coaching, by introducing connections into the sport’s rich history,

Tennis Channel Live: Rafa has a chance to make history in Melbourne

The tennis community, like so many others, was alive and well during Sunday’s U.S. presidential election debate. Former and current players from around the world sounded off on Twitter about the showdown between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump. Chris Evert was watching from the very start:

MELBOURNE—We know who won and lost, but what went on between the lines, so to speak, at this year's Australian Open? What were the themes and issues that cropped up over the fortnight? There was, to start, player safety. There was the philosophy of rule enforcement. There were the gender

Coco Gauff faced more than her fair share of adversity in her eventual third-round victory at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. She served eight double faults and was broken three times in losing a 6-2 first set against a red-hot Karolina Pliskova, winner of her last 11

On Wednesday, August 28, we’ll see a fun matchup between Peyton Stearns and Daria Kasatkina at the US Open. Both players are coming off straight-set wins in the first round: Stearns 6-1, 7-5 over Lesia Tsurenko; Kasatkina 6-2, 6-4 over Jaqueline Cristian. Both players should be feeling pretty good about