Does tweeting out a link to The Doors' opus of ominousness, "The End," seem just the slightest bit extreme, as far as reactions go, to the news that Roger Federer won’t be playing this year’s French Open due to a back injury?

With 2017 nearing its close, it's time to decide what was the year's best match. Steve Tignor will relive his top 10 contests over the next two weeks—but which was your favorite? We want to know, so vote for your favorite match in our poll. Tennis Channel will air the

WATCH: Before his fourth-rounder against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafael Nadal stopped by the Tennis Channel desk at Roland Garros

WATCH: Take a closer look at the footwork from 2020 Roland Garros champ Iga Swiatek.

BEIJING (AP) — Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she's been shocked to hear about a fellow player who has gone quiet since making a sexual assault allegation against a former top government official in China. The former No. 1-ranked, four-time major winner from Japan posted on social media on Wednesday

MELBOURNE—Margaret Court Arena has been in the headlines recently, for good reasons and bad. After its namesake’s recent comments about homosexuals, protests at the stadium were discussed, and there was even some talk about changing its name. After tonight’s disastrous ending to a classic five-setter between John Isner and David

Dominic Thiem arrived in Madrid with the sides of his hair almost shaved off. By the end of the final on Sunday, he had nearly pulled out what was left on top of his head. The 24-year-old Austrian, who has yet to win a Masters 1000 title, had looked unstoppable

I am often asked which mental skill is the most important in tennis. In many years of providing sport psychology services I would have to say that proper focus or “attention control” is the hands down winner. Unforced errors, poor decisions, and inconsistent performance can all be caused by any

After the Australian Open, it can be tempting to check out until Indian Wells kicks off the rest of the year, but that would be a mistake. In the intervening weeks, plenty of tennis is played, with changes in the rankings and noteworthy tournament wins to keep track of. If

WATCH: Kostyuk maintained her mastery of Raducanu in a 57-minute clinic at the Transylvania Open.

Play a team sport and you are socialized into some form of reality. Even if you’re the best shooting guard in your city, you need to work with four other players. Even if you’re the greatest number one draft pick the world has ever seen, you’re still a rookie. At

Underrated Week isn't just about the pro game. Here are five overlooked tactics you can use once you're back on the court. It may be one of the ugliest shots in the sport, and one of the most rarely seen in the pros. But it was used to great effect

Written by Michael Steinberger; photos, videos and captions by Ed McGrogan Forty years ago this summer, the US Open was held for the last time at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens. It went out with a bang—literally. During a night match between Eddie Dibbs and an

Hi Steve, As Wimbledon returns, I have a memory of a documentary I saw nearly 50 years ago. The gravel-voiced narrator uttered just one word: “London.” The setting was the 1948 Olympic Games—the first Olympics since the end of World War II. Following “London,” there came the British national anthem,

PARIS—There comes a point in the middle of a long trip when the things that I did a week ago, when they pop back into my head, start to feel like they came from some other visit in the past, maybe another lifetime. Did I really see Manet at the

“You refuse to go modern, I see,” the grayhaired man on the next court called out to me with a laugh. He and his wife, their hitting session over, had spent the last 20 minutes on a sideline bench watching me and my opponent rally. It wasn’t the quality of

WATCH: Isner once took Nadal to five sets on the clay courts of Roland Garros, but the Spaniard had no such problems in Rome.

WATCH: After the delay, Novak Djokovic extended his Wimbledon winning streak with a straight-sets win over Pedro Cachin.

A few years ago, Janko Tipsarevic sat across a table at the Miami Masters and said one of the wisest things this reporter has ever heard. Tipsarevic, fellow countryman and good friend of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, said that his primary goal in most matches was to win his first three

In hindsight, it probably happened the way it had to happen. Roger Federer won his first meeting with the man known as Baby Fed, Grigor Dimitrov, today in Federer’s hometown of Basel, 6-3, 7-6 (2). That the maestro would find a way to beat his stylistic understudy in their inaugural