Intrepid Los Angeles Times reporter Lisa Dillman was one of the reporters who spoke with Maria Emilia Salerni after she lost in the second round to Daniela Hantuchova. Why the sudden interest in a woman who got just three games off someone who’s been one of the least reliable and

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- At 6-foot-11, Ivo Karlovic, has served his way out of plenty of predicaments. On Sunday, the tallest tennis professional player on record did so again, hitting 13 aces and saving all seven break points he faced to beat Donald Young 6-3, 6-3 in the Delray

Zhang Shuai's run of futility on the singles court—specifically, 1 year, 7 months, and 25 days of it—is over. The 35-year-old former world No. 22 hadn't won a singles match since Jan. 31, 2023, but snapped that streak in style on Wednesday on home soil in Beijing by defeating American

ROME, Italy—Bianca Andreescu is a win away from ensuring herself a return to the Top 100 after getting revenge on Elena Rybakina, 6-2, 6-4 in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. A former world No. 4, Andreescu started the week ranked No. 121 after missing the first three

What do you do when there are no more matches to watch in 2014? Take a look back at the year's best, of course. From today through next Friday, I'll be counting down TENNIS.com's Top 10 matches of 2014, one classic per day. Here's No. 10.

Q: You’re talking about the physicality of your game and it improving. I’m wondering if that break at the end of last year and have to be home, was it an intense training block in a lot of ways to catch up, get faster, stronger, maybe a blessing is disguise?

In one of the most enticing Day 2 match-ups at the Australian Open, world No. 23 Nikoloz Basilashvili takes on Andy Murray for the second time in seven days. These two played one another in the round of 16 in Sydney, where Murray was nearly a -300 favorite and pulled

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have been a legendary force—not only have they won 66 of the last 77 majors between them, a stretch that began with Federer’s first at Wimbledon in 2003, but they’ve won almost a third of all of the majors in the

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"You’ve got their back, that goes both ways for a male or female tennis player. You have to earn their trust in the beginning."

The Bryan brothers keep rolling, while some Fed Cup ties went the distance. It’s all here in Doubles Take. ANOTHER MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE In 2017, Bob and Mike Bryan failed to win an ATP Masters 1000 title for the first time since 2004. This year, it appears they’re determined to put

On his path to becoming one of the greatest to ever play the game, Rafael Nadal has had his uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, there with him every step of the way. As recently announced, though, Uncle Toni will stop traveling with his nephew when the 2017 season wraps up.

The Golden Rule of tennis is a simple rule that, if followed, will keep you out of trouble more than anything else: Never do anything on court that doesn’t help you win. Granted, the rule sounds absurdly obvious, but few people consistently follow it. To do so, ask yourself this

by Pete Bodo A really prescient tennis fan might have predicted that Robin Soderling would win the BNP Paribas Masters, his maiden blue-chip title, despite having been mired in a period of fairly average play. But who would have speculated that he’d do it without beating Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer

Andy Murray is "really positive" following hip surgery in Melbourne, saying he's aiming to return to the top of the game.

"You’ve got their back, that goes both ways for a male or female tennis player. You have to earn their trust in the beginning."

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Women to watch at the Australian Open, which begins Monday (seedings in parentheses): SERENA WILLIAMS (1) Age: 28 Country: United States 2009 Match Record: 50-12 2009 Singles Titles: 3 Career Singles Titles: 35 Major Titles: 11 - U.S. Open ('99, '02, '08), Australian Open ('03, '05, '07, '09),

This surface is the fastest of the year, that’s for sure. . . all the tournaments that we have played on hard court are so, so slow, then we come here to the Masters and they put this court so fast. I don’t know why. Carlos Alcaraz, after falling to

This is the second installment of Peter Bodo’s in-depth interview with Ahmad Nassar, executive director of the Professional Tennis Players Association and former NFL Players’ Inc. President. For a closer look at how and why the fledgling PTPA was formed, see Part 1.—The Editors BODO: Some of the issues you