Liezel Huber, the 4th ranked doubles player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, is switching teams. No, not partners – nationalities. The South African native who now lives in Houston, Texas, was officially sworn in as a US citizen last Sunday in the Space City. Huber’s husband is also American.

They won’t do much for his knees, but two-a-days seem to suit Rafael Nadal. Due to rain on Thursday, Rafa and his fellow players were forced to get through two rounds in Barcelona today. Nadal started his first match, against Benoit Paire, slowly and out of sorts (that may not

Stephane Robert is a name you may not have heard often. The Frenchman turned 36 this year, and after turning pro in 2001, he cracked the Top 50 for the first time in October. Robert is the second oldest ATP player inside the Top 100 (behind 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic). "I

Howdy, all, and I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a great holiday break. There will be no Deuce Club post today (Heidi is off to a conference). so this will by an OT thread where you can discuss anything. I am off to the farm in game-rich Andes

LONDON—So much happens over the two weeks of a major that it can be hard to recall what we were all so obsessed and upset about just a fortnight ago. In the case of this year’s Wimbledon, that’s a good thing. Remember “bored” Bernard Tomic? Remember male players dropping like

PARIS(AP) Ensconced in retirement a year ago, Justine Henin attended the French Open as a spectator, watching other players go through the physical and mental duress of tennis. Back then, she insisted Monday, ``I never thought, 'Well, I'll be on this court again.''' Yet there Henin was, on the red

PARIS(AP) Samantha Stosur vs. Francesca Schiavone sounds a little like a first-round pairing, and a year ago at the French Open, it was. Stosur won that matchup between two veteran players who had never made a splash in a Grand Slam tournament. On Saturday they'll meet again, this time in

To borrow a phrase written about another historical event that took place in Paris, Friday’s match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at Roland Garros was a trip back to the best of times for one player, and the worst of times for the other. The Spaniard and the Swiss

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Australian Open organizers have tweaked the extreme heat policy for 2015 in the wake of complaints from players about dangerous conditions during a heat wave in Melbourne during the last tournament. Tournament director Craig Tiley said the decision on implementing the policy will take into account

MELBOURNE—The Caroline Wozniacki Farewell Tour has been extended, courtesy of the Dane’s 7-5, 7-5 victory over 23rd-seeded Dayana Yastremska. Inside a packed and, eventually, raucous Margaret Court Arena, the 29-year-old Wozniacki took two hours and two minutes to earn her 597th career match win—and, more importantly, delay her 256th defeat.

Behind every great shot in tennis, there's a story of a hard work and preparation that enabled the player to his such a pristine winner. You don't have to watch Milos Raonic very long to identify what his signature shot is. That mammoth serve looks so simple yet arrives so

You can beat the player who has your number. Here's how. Everyone has a nemesis. He or she is your equal in terms of skills, and you have similar records against other opponents. Somehow, though, your nemesis manages to come out ahead in your matches. There’s no way you should

NEW YORK (AP) Venus Williams' opponent in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday is 18-year-old Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who just so happens to be the last player to beat Serena Williams. And Venus, of course, was well aware of that. Planned to even ask her younger

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Shelby Rogers thoroughly dominated the No. 4 player in the world, Simona Halep. A teary-eyed CoCo Vandeweghe battled nausea to outlast another top-20 veteran, Roberta Vinci. And the grande dame of the women's tour, 36-year-old Venus Williams, refused to cede the spotlight for at least another

Elina Svitolina came into her fourth-round match against qualifier Petra Martic knowing that everyone remaining in the draw was on equal footing—a maiden major title is one of theirs for the taking. Perhaps that explains the fifth seed's slow start against the 290th-ranked player in the world, Petra Martic, and

In the past 10 months, Stefanos Tsitsipas has beaten Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, each victory coming at either a Masters or Grand Slam tournament. For some players, this remarkable run would represent their peak. But there's an inescapable feeling that the 20-year-old Greek has so much more

NEW YORK—This U.S. Open has been an excellent one for pros who dwell in the shadows or, as Ekaterina Makarova said, “in the shade.” These are the consistently good but chronically overlooked players. The un-quotables. The gifted but undemonstrative. The ones who are just going about their business, often with

It’s tough for the players, but a pleasure for the fans: To fit in the Olympics this year, the North American hard-court season gets started a couple of weeks earlier. All the better if the sport is going to build on any momentum it generated with the Wimbledon men’s final.

PARIS—Two of the more volatile and complex players in men’s tennis got together in the quarterfinals of the French Open, and by the time they hashed out their business they could barely find each other at the net for the handshake, it was so dark out there. This three-hour and

In one of the most exciting match-ups of Day 1 at Roland Garros, Corentin Moutet takes on Nicolas Jarry. While Moutet is ranked only 79th in the world right now, the Frenchman has proven to be a good clay-court player. In fact, Moutet beat Jarry 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) when