WIMBLEDON, England (AP) It was Lukas Rosol and not Rafael Nadal who looked like a two-time Wimbledon champion used to pummeling opponents into submission on tennis' biggest stage. It was Rosol, and not Nadal, who sprinted to and from his chair during changeovers like he had a never-ending supply of

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka's Australian Open championship is about persistence. It's about the value of confronting, not ignoring, problems. It's about putting in the time and the effort required to get better. And, to hear Sabalenka and her team tell it, it's as much about the way she

MASON, Ohio (AP) — For Roger Federer, it was one big blur. The seven-time champion was ousted from one of his favorite tournaments in barely over an hour, falling in straight sets to a 21-year-old qualifier he'd never faced. Andre Rublev — with only one career win over a top-five

MELBOURNE—Thursday morning, just after 11 a.m., was a fine time for Margaret Court Arena to take on the qualities of a tennis classroom. Outside the east entrance of the court stood the woman it was named for, Ms. Court herself. The 77-year-old Aussie legend stood in front of an exhibit

Naomi Osaka wanted a reset after her 23-match winning streak came to an end at the Miami Open, and the four-time Grand Slam champion will get just that—for better or worse—as she makes her return at the Mutua Madrid Open on a surface she’s successfully avoided for the better part

Another hard, hard week of typing has been brought to a merciful conclusion. It’s time for the semi-weekly trek to Burpcastle on 7th St. in Manhattan. It’s a Belgian bar that was once run by monks—you really can find anything in New York—but it’s better now that it's been sold

The life of a professional tennis player can be quite fickle at times: One moment, you’re accomplishing your life’s goals by emerging triumphant at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments and then the next, you’re on a 2-8 skid that lasts for months. That’s the situation doubles specialists Kevin

Big day, Tribe: Lindsay, the brother-sister team of Marat and Dinara, Rafael, all gone. Call it bloody Wednesday - or the day the tournament recovered from the loss of Andre Agassi and decided it really was time to move on. I'll be posting later tonight, from home, on the Nadal/Youzhny

[Ed. Note: When she's not interviewing former Presidents, Reuters reporter and TW Tribe member Lisa McDermott spends her time playing doubles. While in Memphis, she sat down with a few notable doubles stars on the WTA tour and recorded their two cents' worth on the recent changes in the game.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Back on the Grand Slam stage, Eugenie Bouchard returned to her winning ways. The seventh-seeded Bouchard routed Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday in the first round of the U.S. Open. The last time she played at a major tournament, the 20-year-old made history: the first

WUHAN, China—Coco Gauff joined the wave of current and former players paying tribute to Rafael Nadal, after the 22-time Grand Slam champion announced his plans to retire at the end of the season. The Spaniard shared the news on Thursday with a video message posted to social media, and along