On Wednesday, The All England Lawn Tennis Club made official what the tennis community had already resigned themselves to hearing: the cancellation of the 2020 Championships at Wimbledon. After the AELTC announced last week that an emergency meeting had been scheduled with The Main Board, rumors circulated over the weekend

In their first ever meeting, Serena Williams and fellow American Alison Riske got acquainted over each other’s excellent grass-court games for three captivating sets. In the end, as you might expect, it was the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, rather than the first-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, who prevailed—6-4, 4-6, 6-3—to

Young pros look up to their veteran counterparts—but a fortunate few have received wisdom directly from them. These pairings may be opponents while at work, but outside of tournament play, they are friends, mentors and inspirations.

At times during her nearly 13-year career, Timea Bacsinszky has been branded, and played like, a star. At other, more disillusioned periods, she’s found herself somewhat off the radar. Ten days into the second major of 2017, the Swiss is officially back in the spotlight. Battling heavy winds, discouraging fans

Each day on TENNIS.com, we’ll feature Tennis Channel’s Court Report, a rundown of the day that was in the sport—along with our thoughts on what’s happening on the courts around the world.

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) Dominika Cibulkova reached the Eastbourne International final after dispatching Puerto Rican qualifier Monica Puig 6-2, 6-1 on Friday. The Slovak will play Karolina Pliskova for the title after the Czech defeated Britain's Johanna Konta 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3. Cibulkova always held the upper hand, holding two break

“You gotta take a chance to dictate, or she’s gonna dictate.” This was the advice that Naomi Osaka’s coach, Jermaine Jenkins, gave to her before the final game of her 6-3, 6-4 loss to Serena Williams in Toronto on Friday. It was hard to argue with him. Up to that

Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam title, at Wimbledon in 2000, when Belinda Bencic was three years old. Now, a month shy of her 34th birthday, Williams is merely twice the age of the 17-year-old Swiss. But it was Venus’ experience, rather than her age, that showed in her

“Fear the beard”: Should that be Roger Federer’s new slogan? On Tuesday the usually clean-cut Swiss was showing a hint of facial hair as he walked out to play Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Was this a late-career turn toward the wild side? Federer certainly

MATCH POINT: Linette ousts the No. 1 seed

Since the beginning of this century, no country can match Spain’s overall body of work in the tennis world. While Rafael Nadal hogs the majority of the nation’s Grand Slam hardware, players like Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco, Roberto Bautista-Agut, and Tommy Robredo— all

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—The main news of the night was perhaps that Roger Federer actually did step onto the court, and leave it on his own two feet with a win. After a fall in practice on Friday, Twitter was awash with speculation that the world No. 3 was nursing an

NEW YORK—In defeating James Blake early this evening on the Grandstand, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, David Ferrer, the tournament's fifth seed, showed off the skills and mindset that have made him a Top 10 mainstay. The Spaniard might not hit an especially big ball, or be an arrestingly creative player, but

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP)—Russian Dinara Safina upset French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the opening round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament Monday. Safina’s win came less than a week after she lost in straight sets to Schiavone in Montreal. She has been hampered all

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—There was no bloodshed this time, no temper tantrum and no forfeit for David Nalbandian. There was no victory, either, as the Argentine lost in straight sets to Janko Tipsarevic on Monday in the opening round at Wimbledon, his first match since being disqualified for injuring a line

Before each day's play Down Under, TENNIS.com editor Ed McGrogan will pick his three must-see matches. Caroline Wozniacki [1] vs. Gisela Dulko (Rod Laver Arena, second day match) We like to find opening-round upsets in the brackets, and if Dulko can oust the No. 1 seed in round one, it

In the past 10 months, Christina McHale has beaten Caroline Wozniacki, Marion Bartoli, and Petra Kvitova, all members of the WTA Top 10. The 20-year-old American was unable to add Maria Sharapova, another player whose ranking is but one digit long, to that list, losing 7-5, 7-5, but if McHale

Sam Groth and Nicole Gibbs are giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional tennis all year long in My Tennis Life. To read more updates from Sam and Nicole, go to tennischannel.com.

Former world No. 4 Belinda Bencic will celebrate her 24th birthday on court at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, but will likely spend the evening keeping up with countryman Roger Federer's highly anticipated comeback in Doha. "It’s exciting for everyone," she said after a three-set victory over Veronika Kudermetova

WATCH: Sonego eased into his second career grass-court final last week in Eastbourne.