LONDON (AP)—The WTA says it will add an extra grass-court tournament in Nottingham, England, to its calendar from 2015 to give players more time to gear up for Wimbledon. The ATP and WTA tours had previously announced that the break between the French Open and Wimbledon will be increased to

We apologize for the orientation of this video, but it's still worth your time. Federer and Michael Jordan, who was sitting in the Swiss' courtside box during this first-round match, even exchange a laugh at Marinko Matsoevic's expense. For more on this match and Day 2 of the U.S. Open,

Lleyton Hewitt has taken a wild card into Houston, while fellow Australian Bernard Tomic has withdrawn from the clay-court event. Also receiving a wild card into Houston is Janko Tipsarevic, a former Top 10 player. The Serb will be playing singles for the first time since October 2013 after being

Three-time Rogers Cup champion Rafael Nadal will be taking Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has proven himself to be a serious threat against veterans of the tour this year. The Greek reached the second final of his career by defeating four Top 10 stars including Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, and,

PARIS (AP) Just playing at this year's French Open was an accomplishment for Venus Williams. Winning was a bonus. Williams played at a major tournament for the first time since last August, when she withdrew before her second-round match at the U.S. Open. It was then that she revealed that

LONDON (AP)—Just three days after winning the French Open for a sixth time, Rafael Nadal began his preparations for Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden in his opening match at Queen’s Club on Wednesday. The top-seeded Spaniard was never at his best, but broke in

LONDON (AP) Just three days after winning the French Open for a sixth time, Rafael Nadal began his preparations for Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden in his opening match at Queen's Club on Wednesday. The top-seeded Spaniard was never at his best, but broke

It may have taken a knee injury, a global pandemic and a freak accident to deny the Big 3 their 14th consecutive major title over the past fortnight at Flushing Meadows. Nevertheless, on Sunday in Queens, a new men’s singles Grand Slam champion will be crowned for the first time

Serena Williams survived Black Wednesday at Wimbledon—she was lucky enough not to play that day—but she couldn’t make it through Manic Monday. By the time the No. 1 seed walked onto Centre Court to face Sabine Lisicki to start the second week, the tournament already known as Wimblegeddon had waved

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal was concerned going into his first match at the Madrid Open. He lost practice time ahead of the tournament because of a stomach virus and didn't know exactly how his body would react when he stepped onto the "Magic Box" center court on Wednesday. But

NEW YORK (AP)—The U.S. Open’s most stunning loss Wednesday was bigger than just the Grand Slam tournament, with Venus Williams withdrawing and revealing she’s suffering from an autoimmune disease. The seven-time major champion said in a statement that she was recently diagnosed with Sjogren’s Syndrome, “an ongoing medical condition that

CHARLESTON, S.C.—It was 2-2, 22 minutes in—the same amount of time it took Serena Williams to win the first set against her sister in Saturday’s much-hyped semifinal. About 22 minutes later, after Jelena Jankovic had won four of the next five games, it was clear that the weekend’s best throwback

Wouldn't it be grand if there were a special world where every player won every match? In this tennis fantasyland, scores would be meaningless since every player would be crowned champion. If this is what you seek, hit the snooze button one more time. When you wake up and smell

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- After a near six-year absence, former world No. 1 Martina Hingis is back on the WTA Tour. But Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, insists her return will only be in doubles and not singles. The 32-year-old Hingis began her second comeback to the tour Wednesday,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) China has begun its search for the next Li Na, and one of the juniors with the talent to replace the country's two-time Grand Slam champion may speak better English than she does Chinese. Xu Shilin, who just turned 17 and goes by the English name Coco,

WimbleSpin harbors this regal fortnight's latest off-court news. TOO MANY MICS In news from the It's Not Getting Smarter Out There department, sportswriter Jason Whitlock, native to my hometown of Indianapolis, has spouted off again about Serena Williams. This time he puts Venus in the mix as well, going on

NEW YORK (AP) -- Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka. Coming all the way back from a set and a break down, the top-seeded Azarenka prevailed in a stirring third, beating four-time Grand Slam champion

Andrey Rublev is more than ready to turn the page on his 2024 season—again. But this time, the keys to his turnaround may be coming from an unlikely source. The top seed at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag recently opened up about how he’s been working on “fixing (his)

There’s no time for rest on the WTA Tour. After last week’s thrilling 1000-level event in Doha, we’re right back at it with another, in Dubai. On Sunday, February 16th, the Dubai Duty Free Championships begins. This event has been interesting over the years. While Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina

Monday Order of Play (All times USA EDT) Centre at 8 AM – S Williams vs V Williams followed by Karlovic vs Murray ending with Bautista Agut vs Federer No. 1 Court at 8 AM – Sharapova vs Diyas followed by Wawrinka vs Goffin ending with Djokovic vs Anderson No.