Despite losing her 11th consecutive match to Serena Williams in the Miami final, Maria Sharapova says she will one day again upend the American. "Today I certainly played a lot better and had my chances," she told reporters. "There's no reason why I couldn't win. I was playing well --

World No. 4 David Ferrer tells Ole that he isn’t bent on winning a Grand Slam title. Ferrer has yet to reach a Grand Slam final. “Every player dreams of that,” he said. “But I am being sincere when I say I don’t think about it. I only try to

PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer withdraws from French Open, saying 'it's important that I listen to my body' after 2 knee surgeries.

"This is just a match I will never forget. I hope the people who watched the match will think the same. At this moment, it's really painful. "I was just trying to -- you know, I was behind all the match. Every time I was serving to stay in the

Patty Schnyder retires after a 17-year career and said while she loved competing, she didn’t always hit her top level. "When I was playing these matches sometimes I thought, I'm not that free. I cannot make the choices I wanted to make. And I played better during practice. It was

During the Cincinnati tournament, Victoria Azarenka watched some GIFs of her post-point reactions on The Changeover and was amused by what she saw. “I think, once I start competing more, this somehow comes out. I never noticed that,” she said. “I actually heard that from my boyfriend [RedFoo] for the

Dayana Yastremska has announced that she recently tested positive for coronavirus but has now recovered. The 20-year-old Ukrainian's offseason training plans were affected when she became ill two days upon arriving in Dubai. "I went into self-isolation and didn’t train for 2 weeks," she said on social media.

After playing her first match since the 2011 U.S. Open, Serena Williams tells reporters in Brisbane that tennis is not her passion these days. ''I mean, I don't love tennis today, but I'm here, and I can't live without it … so I'm still here and I don't want to

As I threaded my way through the overstuffed grounds at Flushing Meadows in the early evening yesterday, I caught the sound of John McEnroe’s voice on a café television. The New York native was saying that it felt like one of those special nights at the Open, when there was

Novak Djokovic said he still feels “a bit of trauma” when he travels to Australia, stemming from his deportation in 2022 because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. “The last couple of times that I landed in Australia, to go through passport control and immigration, I had a bit of

TenniStory: Stan Wawrinka

by Pete Bodo We're just a little way past the halfway mark in the year, and I thought it might be a good idea to look at some of the ATP statistics. Am I alone in thinking that I'd gladly trade the "Zagat Guide: Best of the WTA" feature on

Samantha Stosur’s coach, David Taylor, tells the Age that he despises grunting. Stosur herself said it doesn’t bother her that much when she on court, but doesn’t like it when she's watching match on TV. "I don't like it," Taylor said. "I hate it. You can't believe how many members

Kei Nishikori, who beat Novak Djokovic to reach his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open, almost didn't play the tournament because of a cyst in his right foot. "I just started playing points few days ago before the tournament. I didn't even know if I should come to

Roger Federer says he was at the peak of his powers from 2005-07, when he won 32 tournaments, including two Australian Opens, three Wimbledons and three U.S. Opens. “I consider I had one of my best years from 2005-2007 so of course I was confident going on court,” Federer said.

Serena Williams has thrown more than her fair share of temper tantrums over the years, with her vocal assault of a lineswoman during her loss to Kim Clijsters in the 2009 U.S. Open semifinals the most notorious. But the man with most notoriety for his outbursts doesn’t think she been

Mornin', folks. We had a meeting a little earlier to review Tennis's Internet operations, and the news was all good on the growth front. So I want to thank you all for poking around at Tennis.com; you're the reason that the magazine supports me as, primarily, an Internet columnist. And