Victoria Azarenka tell the Sunday Times (London) that she has not spoken to Agnieszka Radwanska since the Pole alleged that the No. 1 feigned an ankle injury during her victory over her in the Doha semifinals. The two run in the same social circles as they are both close to

Coming off a title run in Barcelona, Fernando Verdasco calls Rafael Nadal “one of the best players of all time and the best Spaniard of all time.” Verdasco also tells La Marca that he would define himself as “very powerful and talented.” The world No. 9 admits that it will

WASHINGTON (AP) Serena Williams is returning to play World TeamTennis for the Washington Kastles for the first time since 2011. The 19-time major champion's participation in the league that will run from July 12 to Aug. 2 was announced by WTT on Monday, when its draft took place. Williams' sister

Earlier-than-expected losses; no titles for several months—and counting; questions about form: Those are all circumstances world No. 3 Simona Halep is going through as she begins her 2019 Mutua Madrid Open campaign. She defeated qualifier Margarita Gasparyan, 6-0, 6-4, on Sunday in a solid opening round performance. In what might

WATCH: Stan Wawrinka defeats Daniil Medvedev in the 2022 Moselle Open

MELBOURNE—For a set, it looked as if Madison Keys had met her ultimate match in Angelique Kerber. The German specializes in retrieving shots from power players like Keys, and after watching a few of the American’s big forehands blow by her in the opening games, she started retrieving them right

Andy Murray' still one of the favorites to win the US Open, but his mom is busy finding the next Andy Murray in Scotland. On Saturday in Edinburgh, children ages 8-10 will compete in Andy's Mini Murray Day. The event's goal is to boost children's interest in the sport. The

A peculiarly scorching sun had its way with the Wimbledon grass over this fortnight. But the sun also sets. Here, our ongoing roundup of passing shots from SW19, a curated much-ado-about-everything – if a bit less manicured than the Wimble-lawns themselves. See No. 12. 11 Wimbledon has never been the

Petra Kvitova has gained confidence from her run at the US Open, her best showing at a Grand Slam since her return to tour. The Czech recorded a fourth-round win against Garbine Muguruza, who was coming off a title at Wimbledon, and fell to Venus Williams in a third-set tiebreak

Kei Nishikori has put together a phenomenal run this summer. After reaching the quarterfinals at the Olympics in his home country, Nishikori flew to Washington, D.C. and made the semifinals (where he lost to Mackenzie McDonald). Historically, Nishikori has been one of the game's more fragile competitors, but his durability

Last week was a disappointing one after a good run in Aptos (where I reached the semifinals). After flying from California to Vancouver on Sunday, I woke up on Monday morning and couldn't move my neck. I tried to hit some balls lightly on Monday, but couldn't so went and

Howdy. For technical reasons, the picture that was supposed to run with the last post on Maria Sharapova never got posted. we'll retro-fit, although it may be pointless by now. A group of us at TENNIS met with the top brass of the ATP yesterday afternoon; today I'm supposed to

NEW YORK -- Tim Smyczek noticed other vehicles passing his courtesy car on the highway as he headed to the U.S. Open on Wednesday morning. So he looked at the rpm gauge, and it was at zero. "Wait a minute," the American player said to the driver. "Why are we

Sloane Stephens wants you to know she doesn't have a stunt double. The world No. 5 does her own stunts for photo and video shoots, and her latest one is a feat worthy of a gymnastics meet. The American is coming off a fourth-round run at the Australian Open. She

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Australian Open finalist Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week's ABN Amro tennis tournament, saying he needs to rest. Organizers say the top-seeded Spaniard's doctors told him to take it easy after his surprise run in Melbourne that ended in a five-set loss to

With points dropped off from his 2011 title run in Memphis, former No. 1 Andy Roddick falls to No. 27, his lowest ranking since August 2001. Roddick sprained his ankle in his opening match in San Jose last week and then fell to to Denis Istomin in the quarters. However,

NEW YORK(AP) Stadium security was bulked up for Wednesday night's matches at the U.S. Open, a day after a man was arrested for running onto the court to kiss Rafael Nadal. The total number of on-court private security personnel - guards and supervisors - was being increased from six to

The celebration has officially begun for Jannik Sinner, who capped a spectacular run to his first major title with a come-from-behind victory over Daniil Medvedev at the 2024 Australian Open. Leading the charge for Sinner’s historic win was none other than Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz and Sinner faced off in an

Does Arthur Fils have the swagger to make a deep run in Monte Carlo? The Frenchman certainly got off to a flying start at the ATP Masters 1000 event Monday. Fils dropped just two games to dispatch lucky loser Yannick Hanfmann, even channeling countryman Gael Monfils with a jumping smash.

Despite starting 2020 with three losses at the ATP Cup, Alexander Zverev has bounced back in a big way by making his first quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open. His previous best run Down Under was the round of 16 last year, where he lost to Milos Raonic. ` >