Hi everyone, as promised, here's the separate thread for discussing the second singles match of the Davis Cup final, featuring Feliciano Lopez (Spain) and Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina). David Nalbandian played a superb match, I thought, and the command performance might have done enough to take the wind out

HONG KONG (AP) -- Monica Puig advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by beating Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, 6-2 Monday. Puig was ranked No. 41 last year but has since dropped to No. 92. ''I had a very difficult year and changed my coach after

Caroline Wozniacki will name a new coach next week, her father and current coach Piotr Wozniacki confirmed. “The situation is such that it is my last tournament with Carolina," Piotr told Championat.com during the WTA Championships, where his daughter is an alternate. “Who will be its next coach, I do

SHANGHAI (AP) — Daniil Medvedev extended the form that made him the hottest player in men's tennis when he captured the Shanghai Masters title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev on Sunday. The third-seeded Medvedev picked up his third title in six consecutive finals played since the tour

"Right now I'm just really thankful, not that I'm winning, but that I feel good because it was really rough six months at the beginning of the year. It's something that we all have to go through."

Ons Jabeur trusts that her opportunity to win her first Grand Slam title in the 2022 Wimbledon final wasn’t hers to take. On that day, Elena Rybakina ultimately rallied to win in three sets in handing the Tunisian an agonizing defeat like none she had ever experienced. “I believe in

Friday Feature: What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been . . . for New Haven The news about New Haven’s Pilot Pen Tennis event and the post I wrote on it (on Thursday, May 12) got me thinking about the crazy saga behind this particular event, which is now owned

NEW YORK (AP) Mere minutes before heading out to face Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final, Stan Wawrinka met in the locker room with his coach and felt as nervous as he ever had. Wawrinka was shaking. Started to cry, even. Why? ''I don't want to lose the final

Hank, As always, it’s been a long tennis season, so long it almost seems too late to go over it anymore. But it isn’t! This was a good year for the pro game, I thought, no matter what it may have lacked in scheduling logic, volleying skill, and unified marketing

Roger Federer himself put it quite simply recently: "How can I think of winning the French Open?" After all, the 20-time major champion will be entered in his first Grand Slam tournament in more than 15 months when play begins on the red clay of Roland Garros in the leafy

By TW Contributing Writer, Asad Raza [[Mornin', everyone. Well, it was one hail of a virtual Holiday party last night, thanks for dropping by. I'm on my way to Florida but I thought, "What better way to get you all juiced up than by publishing a Greatest Hits piece that

Grass by Pete Bodo Mornin', everyone. I always think of this last Sunday before the commencement of play at Wimbledon as the calm before the calm, because there isn't a more well-organized and orderly tournament than Wimbledon, which I've always put down at least partly to the grass. Say what?

The calendar has been kind to those of us here in the United States who are football as well as tennis fans. I can remember sitting in my hotel room in Melbourne during Australian Opens of the past, watching a commercial-free broadcast of the Super Bowl, with a pair of

• Picby Pete Bodo* I know we'll soon be launching into those debates about which is the best (substitute: most representative and/or fair to all styles) court surface, ranging from slow clay to fast indoor hard. But let's not go there—yet. Instead, let's see if we can determine which is

Hi, Tribe. Steggy is working on the first post of her first official assignment for TennisWorld. The Hillbilly Princess, being stubborn as an unbroken mule (and I'm not talking footwear), won't admit that she's the least bit nervous and maybe she's not. But i decided to jump in here and

WATCH: An ASMR video of Serena Williams' footwork, from the 2021 Roland Garros tournament.

LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner's deal with the World Anti-Doping Agency to accept a three-month ban for positive doping tests has been criticized by Australian player Nick Kyrgios, with the Professional Tennis Players Association citing a "lack of transparency" in the system. Sinner, the top-ranked men's player, said Saturday he

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray enjoyed a winning start to their blockbuster coaching relationship at Australian Open. But for Djokovic, it was still a “strange experience” to have his one-time rival on the same side of the court, and in such close proximity, on Monday. “It’s all business for us

Sergei Bubka Jr. says that he and his girlfriend, world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, don’t talk about tennis often. The two stay together when they are in Monaco, where both are based. "I think it’s better for our relationship," he told the Miami Herald. "If we speak tennis at home

NEW YORK (AP) Andy Roddick's former coach, Jimmy Connors, says that for the American to win another Grand Slam title, ``he's going to have to come up with something spectacular, and I don't know if he can do that now.'' The 28-year-old Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003 and