WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. — Doubles is getting its moment to shine, and then some, this month at The Greenbrier. "Doubles is such a big part of WTT," Rajeev Ram says. "I just think the fact that every point counts the same. Doubles is three of the events so

Rafael Nadal was down, 3-6, 2-4, and struggling to hold serve when a Rafaelista in the open air sauna that is the Indian Wells Tennis Garden cried out, "Come on, Rafa, use those biceps!" My blogging comrade Steve Tignor and I, sitting side by side, turned to each other and,

Does it come as any kind of surprise that the very first thing that the BBC chose to broadcast in color was a tennis match? It might, I suppose; why not a World Cup game or a fox hunt or the Queen’s Christmas Message? It’s a testament to the importance

Undoubtedly, many of you are familiar with the T.S. Eliot line I borrowed for the headline of this piece. Although it’s one of the most overused and mis-used of quote, it pertains to the WTA’s calendar — again. It’s September 29th, and for the rest of the year only one

Former Roland Garros champion Garbine Muguruza overcame a shaky first set and a confident start from Taylor Townsend to win their first-round match, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, in the debut of Court Simonne Mathieu on Sunday. "It's actually cool to be the first player [to win] in it," said Muguruza. "I

I didn’t realize what a schedule there was for today in Key Biscayne, but it may end up being one of the best days of the tennis year. As the pros take the courts down there, I’ll make a few fast predictions. Na Li vs. Anna Chakvetadze These are two

By TW Contributing Editor, Rosangel Valenti Good morning, Entering Day 10 of the US Open, I can no longer even give a reasonable imitation of someone who's had enough sleep for the past few days. My body clock is half on New York time, but I'm simultaneously forced to deal

FloBy Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is the Tribe's regularly scheduled daily Your Call post for discussing and match-calling tennis. You can use this space to go off-topic as well. As will be the case for the rest of the week, I spent the day at Queen's

*97646461 by Pete Bodo After reading Andrew Burton's post of yesterday on Novak Djokovic, I remain fairly convinced about two things: Ivan Ljubicic's reputation as a deep thinker is greatly exaggerated, and Djokovic's willingness to play what we might call the "schedule card" is, shall we say, disappointing? For gosh

“I don’t think we need it. There are ball marks on clay, and our chair umpires are used to checking the marks when needed, so why would we need Hawk-Eye?”—Gilbert Ysern, a former umpire and director general of the French Open, to the New York Times in 2009. Watching the

WUHAN, China—Coco Gauff confirmed speculation that she and new coach Matt Daly will experiment with grip changes, revealing she has been employing them on court since their partnership began ahead of the China Open. “I don't want to give too much of what's going on, but there are changes happening,”

The second half of the Computer Goat Rally, courtesy of Kamakshi Tandon Steve, Sounds like you’re still scarred by the experience of trying to figure out who the greatest of the last 40 years was. At least you were choosing between the right names. :) I remember the same flak

While Andy Roddick may still be learning the art of staging the perfect camera angle, his natural charisma and quick wit has translated seamlessly into his role as a Tennis Channel Live contributor. "What do you think of your job so far?", asked host Steve Weissman. "It's been pretty fun.

PARIS—Novak Djokovic, who beat Rafael Nadal in Roland Garros for the first time on Wednesday, will play Andy Murray in the semifinals. The two have known each other since they were teenagers. “Semifinals of Grand Slam, playing one of the biggest rivals and the guy I have known for a

Kim Clijsters won the first grass-court match she’s played in a long-time, which is bound to be great news for all you Kimmy fans. Me, I can’t figure this chick out. In her comeback this winter and spring, she played like a house on fire. Then, just as people driven

“The Great What If.” That was the title of a post I wrote about Gael Monfils seven years ago, after he squandered a two-set lead to Tommy Robredo in the fourth round at the French Open. The Parisian native had, not for the first time, raised the hopes and voices

Another day, another mass of matches to keep a virtual eye on. After two sessions from Wimbledon, I’ve decided that the upside of watching from home is that you can actually find things out more quickly. This afternoon I learned from ESPN that play had been called for the day

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Win or lose on Wednesday against Tommy Paul, Stan Wawrinka’s season will end in Paris. “[It’s] going to be the last tournament here so I'm trying to do as well as possible, trying to keep pushing myself,” the 35-year-old said. “I’m close to the end of my career, but I

World No. 5 Kiki Bertens has played a lot of tennis in 2019, racking up 40 wins over 55 matches ahead of the North American hard-court swing. The Dutchwoman isn’t concerned about her heavy workload, instead seeing her expenditure as a major benefit to her overall growth and development. “I