"If someone calls you and is like, 'Hey, do you want to be in Vogue, yes or no?' What are you going to do, say no? And tennis brought me that opportunity, so it’s like, of course, I'm a tennis player first and foremost, but it opened other doors." Eugenie

On Thursday, Simona Halep faltered in her quarterfinal match in Eastbourne. Up a set and 3-0, she would lose the match, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. All week long, the Romanian has been trying to find her feel on grass, dropping the opening sets in three-set wins over Ying-Ying Duan and Tsvetana

Is the ATP's resident bad boy turning over a new leaf? Just days after retiring from a Citi Open match in Washington, D.C. to a chorus of boos, Nick Kyrgios had a decidedly more positive interaction with the spectators at Rogers Cup in Montreal. He complied with a fan’s Twitter

Hi all. Welcome to the inaugural Crisis Center of 2009, as the first Grand Slam of the year finally gets under way. It starts at 7 p.m. EST, which is 11 a.m. local time, and midnight where I'm sitting here in the UK. Like many other devoted tennis watchers, I

Mornin'. It's cool and drizzly here in the northeastern U.S, but the skunk cabbage is coming up nicely along the brooks and streams, and meadows and lawns that were mown last summer are greening up. The ones that weren't maintained or exploited for hay are a tawny mat of expired

GIJON, Spain -- The Bryan brothers delivered as expected on Saturday. That just leaves John Isner to perform the unexpected against defending champion Spain for the U.S. to possibly reach the Davis Cup final. Mike and Bob Bryan won their doubles match against Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3, 3-6,

In the bottom-line world of pro sports, we tend to judge players, especially young ones, by one thing: Whether they won or lost. Prodigies one day, talented teenagers who haven't "broken through" by age 21 are immediately called "busts." Some people are already growing impatient with Grigor Dimitrov because he's

I first watched Anna Chakvetadze play in 2007, when she came to Stowe, Vermont, to represent Russia in Fed Cup. She's been through a lot since then, both professionally and personally. Once in the Top 5, she fell outside the Top 100 this summer and is still having difficulty winning

Mornin', and a fine one it is, although we'll have classic, hot and almost intolerably humid U.S. Open weather by mid-week if the last forecast I heard is reliable. Sorry about all the Typepad heartaches, everyone. It figures they would monkey around with their blogging task bar right before the

Greetings from Cincinnati! My trip got off to a shaky start yesterday, what with my checked bag not arriving in Cincy until 2 in the morning(!), but yesterday's action more than made up for it. On to press conferences. I couldn't wait to finally experience a live presser, and guess

There's always New Haven. Caroline Wozniacki won Brussels, a tune-up for the French Open, then got tuned at Roland Garros by Daniela Hantuchova, 6-1, 6-3. Before Wimbledon, the world No. 1 played her home tournament in Copenhagen—nothing wrong with that, except that it's held on indoor hard courts. But as

How much of an advantage is it to serve first in the final set? It's debatable. To Rafael Nadal tonight, it seemed pretty darn important. Down 0-40 after an error-filled second set, Nadal offered Tomas Berdych triple break point and a chance to take his first lead of the match

Bring on the fireworks, declares Novak Djokovic. The 24-time major winner expects an abundance of passion in his upcoming fourth-round Wimbledon meeting with Holger Rune, a player whose style of play resonates closely with Djokovic. Both competitors advanced to the second week of the grass-court major Saturday. In an encounter

WASHINGTON -- Two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia ended her four-year WTA title drought Sunday, beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the Citi Open. Asked if it felt like so much time had passed since she won a tournament, Kuznetsova smiled broadly and replied: "It feels

The Spin's latest edition of Fourhand features sublime shotmaking, a champion rebranding herself away from the courts, an allegedly jealous rage, and the ATP World Tour's titans giving kudos to a marathoner. (Well, all but one.) SCHOOL OF HARD KNOX First, Hunter Reese hit a fantastic point-ending shot around the

LONDON (AP) - Novak Djokovic survived a one-set shootout with big-serving Kevin Anderson on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals and keep up his bid for a third Wimbledon title. The top-ranked Djokovic beat the 14th-seeded South African 7-5 in the fifth set on Court 1 to complete a match

Bernard Tomic has apologized for the loud music and behavior that led to his arrest in Miami, while his fellow Australians have been attempting to concentrate on their Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan in Darwin. Speaking to a local CBS station, Tomic said, “It was definitely my fault, what happened.

BANGKOK (AP) -- The text message wasn't enough, so Rafael Nadal praised rival Novak Djokovic in person Thursday for the top-ranked Serb's ''amazing season'' after winning his third major of 2015 at the U.S. Open. The seventh-ranked Nadal is in Bangkok for a sold-out exhibition match against Djokovic dubbed ''Back

PARIS (AP) Well before Andre Agassi caused a stir with his stone-washed denim shorts at the French Open, the clay courts at Roland Garros were a sporting catwalk for fashion experimentation. From the corset-less dress worn by ''La Divine'' Suzanne Lenglen and designed by French creator Jean Patou to the

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and misses on tour. VENUS, ENVIED Venus Williams fell to No. 135 in the world rankings in February 2012, but she seized on three tournament titles in 2015 to regain a Top 10 slot on the WTA tour. "There are