Six years ago at the Les Petis As junior event, a Spaniard and Dane shared the court. Come Wednesday, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune will square off in Wimbledon’s first Open Era men's quarterfinal to feature two players under the age of 21. Following his four-set win over Grigor Dimitrov

"I have to tell you one story," Jakub Mensik said into the microphone on the Miami Open's stadium court, after he had just defeated Novak Djokovic in two tiebreakers to win his first-ever ATP title. The story was not about his journey from youngster to champion, even though the 19-year-old

Until the COVID-19 pandemic came along, Ons Jabeur was a player primed for bigger and better things in 2020. The 25-year-old Tunisian became the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, held match point on Simona Halep in Dubai and knocked out world No.

“I was just waiting for the moment to pull all these things together,” Jiri Lehecka said after his 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over top seed Carlos Alcaraz in Doha on Thursday. “I still believed in my game, I still wanted to play my game style, I still wanted to be

After his victory over Martin Klizan on Friday, Rafael Nadal complains about his scheduling at Roland Garros. Nadal was scheduled to play last on Thursday, but his match was postponed overnight due to rain. His third-round opponent, Fabio Fognini, finished his match on Thursday. “I cannot play third after men's

Rafael Nadal tries to explain his pre-service and return-of-serve routine where he touches his ears, nose, and shirt. “I really don’t know [when it started],” Nadal told reporters in Cincinnati. “Probably the competition affects your routines, and when you are competing, you are doing more stupid things than usual. But

He’s only 20 years old, but Stefanos Tsitsipas has already made his mark on the ATP Tour. The Greek tennis star claimed his second career ATP title over 31-year-old Mikhail Kukushkin in Marseille on Sunday. Playing in his first final of 2019, Tsitsipas had no trouble holding serve in the

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing in on the biggest victory of his tennis career, Dominic Stricker was having a terrific time at the US. Open—so much so that he sang along to Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" as it rang out from the stadium speakers during a changeover

While Victoria Azarenka is no stranger to the brightly-colored Mylan World TeamTennis courts, she's certainly come a long way since debuting with the league eight years ago. A year after winning two junior Grand Slam titles, Azarenka made her Mylan WTT debut in 2006 at the age of 16. Ranked

US Open tournament director Stacey Allaster, the first woman to ever hold that position at any of the four Grand Slam events, joined the Served Podcast to dive into one of the overarching concerns across the sport: scheduling conflicts. “I want to create a better understanding for viewers of the

Roger Federer has added his criticism to the negative reaction surrounding the on-court comments of Nick Kyrgios. The 20-year-old Australian's derogatory remarks about Stanislas Wawrinka and Donna Vekic were picked up by on-court microphones during his match against Wawrinka in Montreal. "I think we all agree that he definitely crossed

Roger Federer leaves Basel full of confidence after winning his fifth title in his home country of Switzerland by blitzing Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3. It was only his second title of the year (Federer won the season’s opening event in Doha) and his first final since Roland Garros in June.

While we were playing mini-tennis to start our warm-up, John told me about the vacation to France he had just taken with his wife. “I definitely recommend getting out of Paris,” he said as he patted a backhand over the net to me. “We loved just walking and biking through

Roger Federer admits he was not expecting such a strong performance from Marin Cilic in their U.S. Open semifinal, in which he lost 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. "Yeah, I was surprised," said Federer. "Just how consistently he was able to pull it off, forehand and backhand." Playing his second Grand Slam

Ahead of his Wimbledon semifinal clash with Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, Roger Federer says he has a solid personal relationship with the Serb. Federer said that although he was upset with Djokovic at a 2006 Davis Cup tie between Switzerland and Serbia, the two have gotten past that. (Federer was

Roger Federer says he may not appoint another coach to work with Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi, who has been privately coaching him for years. Federer spilt with American coach Paul Annacone during the fall. “In Severin, I still have a coach who has been extremely helpful for me