Serena Williams dominates the WTA tour. Any ninny knows that, but many Australian Open observers are fingering Victoria Azarenka as a player who might wrestle the women's singles title from her grasp. As it turns out, these rivals hit comparable and lauded shots in recent matches. Thus the Spin dares

The WTA rankings saw a number of players—from teenage sensations to veterans—make major moves in 2019. As the regular season wraps up, here’s a look at five of them and their results during their career-best campaigns. While they didn't make it to the top 10, they're definitely headed in the

By the time the men reach the year’s eighth Masters event, in Shanghai, the race for No. 1 is typically all but over. During the last 10 years, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have made a habit of clinching that spot early. Halfway through 2016, after winning two

Tennis fans are in for a treat with the Day 5 Australian Open slate. Not only will the stars be out in Melbourne, but many of them will have talented opponents on the other side of the net. You simply can't ask for much more than that, and we're here

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal isn't planning to give up tennis anytime soon. Johanna Konta won't take too seriously her dominating win in the Sydney International last Friday. And Sam Stosur, who has never done well at her home Grand Slam tournament, isn't getting too down on herself after

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — On Thursday night Serena Williams battled past some stiff opposition to get past fellow American Christina McHale, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. She was forced to bring her “A”game out in her opening round, but brought far less than that to press afterward. Reporters asked Williams a handful

Today’s young pros are adding new and sometimes radical shots to the classic tennis repertoire. Here’s how to make these next-gen plays work for you, too. Roger Federer’s coaches dubbed it the SABR: “Sneak Attack by Roger.” In 2015, looking for ways to liven up his game and utilize his

Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, who hasn't won a major since the 2010 Australian Open, says he would like to put an end to the stranglehold that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have on the sport. The two have played each other in the last four Grand Slam finals. "I

Coco Gauff turns 20 today—Happy Birthday, Coco! To celebrate her big day, here are 20 of the most incredible things Coco achieved as a teenager—and considering she achieved more as a teenager than most players do in their entire career, this list wasn’t that hard to make. First of all,

It doesn’t take long for those pre-season player forecasts to go stale, does it? One major tournament, a weekend of Davis Cup, and the sport’s landscape is completely altered. Remember when Serena Williams was going to win the calendar-year Grand Slam, and Juan Martin del Potro was about to storm

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—On Saturday night Rafael Nadal returned to American hard courts for the first time in nearly a year. A few minutes later, he returned to face much of the tennis press corps for the first time since Wimbledon last June. Rafa had, as you might expect, a lot

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ISTANBUL, Turkey—Victoria Azarenka admits that one of the reasons she continued to play her final round-robin match against Li Na at the WTA Championships even though her backed locked up in the first set is because she was concerned about the reaction to a retirement. Azarenka lost the match 6-2,

The last male player to complete the singles-doubles sweep in Indian Wells was Jim Courier back in 1991. The feat has been accomplished more recently among the women, with Vera Zvonareva pulling it off in 2009. This year, there’s a lot of reasons for someone to go for both titles—a

Tennis Channel Live: Novak Djokovic makes his tour return in Dubai

It’s five days into the new year and I’ve already broken one of my resolutions, which was to write more often on this blog. Does a “January 5 resolution” have any meaning? Hopefully you’ll forgive me the time away. At least I spent it combing the Hill Country of Texas,

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Here’s a photo of Elena Rybakina reacting to her historic maiden Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon, which made her the first player representing Kazakhstan to claim major singles glory. Or maybe it’s Rybakina reacting to winning a point in the first set. Who can be sure? The Russian-born player celebrates

Madison Keys’ Cinderella run to her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open was magical in a lot of ways, including all of the incredible stats and records she achieved—here are just 20 of them: First of all, she’s the first American woman—or American, period—to win the Australian Open

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