It seems the tennis star most likely to compete with Serena Williams these days in terms of spiking media hits is ... the omnipresent Billie Jean King. The 72-year-old retired legend has campaigned tirelessly on Hillary Clinton's behalf in recent times, in person and on social media. Now she was

In late December, ahead of the Hopman Cup in Perth, Roger Federer told reporters that he’d like to play for at least two or three more years. He put that plan into action on Tuesday when the Swiss Indoors Basel, Federer’s hometown tournament, announced that its iconic son has agreed

Thanasi Kokkinakis has a busy night ahead of him after thrilling his home fans at the Adelaide International, promising to unwind with a little WWE after wrestling past Tomás Martín Etcheverry in a third-set tiebreaker. “My recovery will look like a bit of ice. I’ll get on some WWE on

LONDON(AP) Andre Agassi says in an excerpt from his soon-to-be-released autobiography that he swallowed a pill given to him by his father - apparently when he was a junior player - that he believes could have been the illegal drug speed. In the latest passage revealed from the book ``Open,''

Pete Sampras is asking for 'good thoughts and prayers' from the tennis family after revealing that his wife, Bridgette Wilson Sampras, is battling ovarian cancer. The famously-private 14-time Grand Slam champion released a statement detailing his wife's condition through the ATP Tour's official social media channels on Sunday. Wilson Sampras

The Break is bringing you all the off-court news you need to know and this week is all about the majors. 1 Halep Tests Positive "I am self-isolating at home and am recovering well from mild symptoms. I feel good... we will get through this together," Halep said. The two-time

Novak Djokovic is currently in a 14-day quarantine, but is still permitted to leave his hotel room for five hours a day to practice and train for the upcoming ATP Cup and Australian Open. He became a spectator this week in Adelaide as he watched two youngsters rally on the

"You may have noticed I work in a pretty emotional job," Andy Murray says in a new Huffington Post blog cross-posted on his own website. Murray notes in his guest-editor piece for HuffPo that when he cried upon losing the 2012 Wimbledon men's singles final to Roger Federer, people looked

Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Pablo Cuevas may have won their semifinal matches on Saturday to advance to the Brasil Open final, but perhaps the biggest hit of the tournament that day were the ball dogs.

PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2013) – Mylan World TeamTennis hosted its first social media night on Wednesday evening at the Villanova Pavilion, bringing a digital innovation to the tennis community by having two players tweet live during halftime. Former world No. 1 Andy Roddick of the Springfield Lasers and Philadelphia Freedoms

Howdy, everyone. Well, I'm back from Birmingham, and while not exactly fresh as a daisy (my wake-up call was for 4:15 am, and the projected afternoon nap morphed into a longer-than-expected struggle to turn out an ESPN column on USA Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe). But I've still got a

PARIS (AP) 8:22 p.m. Seeded players, for the most part, earned their crust by living up to expectations on Day 1 of the French Open. Just four of the 17 seeds - two men and two women - in action Sunday failed to advance to the second round. The last

You all know by now that Gloria Connors died on January 8th, at age 82, in the town where her famous son, Jimmy, was raised, Belleville, Ill. I chose the title of this post because the first, full-flower demonstration of Gloria Connors's vision and wisdom as a tennis coach was

From his height to his background, America's John Isner is as unlikely a Top 30 player as you'll find in tennis today. He’s from North Carolina, but he’s not a Tar Heel; his family has a history at that "other" Carolina school, North Carolina State. John Isner never attended a

WATCH—What happens when the world's best are no longer around?

This week's sign of the apocalypse: However briefly, Caroline Wozniacki is becoming a pop music princess. Her first song, titled "Oxygen," has been released, with the angle that its proceeds will benefit Danish and Polish Paralympic teams. Listen here (thanks to @kedz for the tip):

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) If Roger Federer's performances at Wimbledon weren't already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year. The All England Club said Tuesday it has appointed a ``Championships Poet'' to write a poem per day to sum up the matches and atmosphere of the the grass-court Grand

WATCH: Opelka took his turn behind the Tennis Channel Live desk this summer, discussing the 2022 Laver Cup.

THE BREAK: Federer's superstar status has seen him lend his voice to apps like Waze.

Coco Gauff's US Open win is having national implications. On Tuesday, U.S. senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) passed a bipartisan resolution to congratulate the American teenager on her historic US Open victory last month. With her win in New York,