What if there was a way for you to know exactly where to hit the ball, when to hit it there and why you should? And that you're able to do so with confidence, because you know if executed correctly, that it will produce a winning outcome? This is based

He’s beaten Roger Federer on grass, Rafael Nadal on clay and Novak Djokovic on hard, and now at a career-high No. 3, Dominic Thiem is clearly one of the best players in the world. But how well do you know this awesome Austrian? Test your knowledge right here on TENNIS.com!

World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka discusses why it took her so long to do well at the U.S. Open. Before reaching the final last year, when she lost a tight three-set match to Serena Williams, the Belarusian had never passed the fourth round is six attempts. “The year before last

Surprise 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin says she has a muscle-damaging condition that may be caused by intense exertion. Oudin has written on her Twitter feed that her ''off season is a little paused at the moment'' because of the ailment, called rhabdomyolysis, and she is ''doing everything possible

NEW YORK—Coco Vandeweghe was serving for the match and a place in her first US Open semifinal, but she was also teetering on the brink. While she led top seed Karolina Pliskova by a set and 5-3, Vandeweghe’s backhand was doing its best to sabotage her chances. Over the previous

The year has been filled with GIF-able moments and though there is plenty to choose from, here's a countdown of the best 15. See No. 9 here. 8 Bob and Mike Bryan do everything together (including win Houston, Barcelona and Rome this year), but it's Bob that's the father of

Juan Martin del Potro is aiming to start his comeback to competitive action towards the beginning of next season. "I'm much better," the former US Open champion said in an interview with Argentine station C5N. "I hope January or February to return to the court to do what I like

Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova won't be competed in sanctioned tennis matches anytime soon, but they're doing a deft job of keeping their names front of mind. These well-oiled marketing machines inhabiting human skin are in new clips from Chelsea (Sharapova) and Mercedes-Benz (Federer). I'll let you as the reader

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP)—Filippo Volandri of Italy beat eighth-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania 75, 6-1 in the first round of the Brazil Open on Monday. In other first-round matches in the clay-court event, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain defeated Fernando Romboli of Brazil, 6-4, 6-2 and Pablo Andujar of

Nuria Llagostera Vives, who was suspended for two years after testing positive for methamphetamine this July in Stanford, isn’t sure whether she will appeal the ITF Tribunal decision to the Court of Arbitration of Sport. “I do not know if I have the strength to fight,” the 33-year-old told El

The Rally: Tennis participation in the U.S. skyrocketed in 2020. The question for 2021 is: How do we keep these new players in the sport? Joel Drucker and Steve Tignor discuss strategies. Hi Steve, How intriguing it was earlier this month to see the USTA send out a news release

Caroline Wozniacki suggests she may stop her playing career early to have children. "I want to be a relatively young mother, and I do not see it as being too far in the future," she told the Danish publication Lime magazine. "Therefore I have no dream to make my mark.

New York City offers a lot for the millions of people that visit each year—on top of tennis at the US Open. During media day, the top pros were asked what they would do with one hour of free time in Manhattan. As anyone would have guessed, shopping is a

John Isner and David Ferrer reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Open mainly on the strength of what they do best. For Isner, that's serving projectiles with his built-in height advantage (the American is 6'10"); for Ferrer, that's grinding out points with the efficiency of a pepper mill. But that's

Following her straight-set loss to Anastasia Potapova on Tuesday in Dubai, Madison Keys has now broken even in her first two events of the season, and says she has some catching up to do. The 26-year-old reached the second round of both Doha and Dubai, her first events since the

Aslan Karatsev came out of nowhere on the ATP tour this season, but Barbora Krejcikova's unexpected ascent on the WTA tour made the Russian's rise look small by comparison. A doubles No. 1 in 2018, Krejcikova suddenly became a singles star three years later, doing her best impression of Sam

Karolina Pliskova is still searching for her first Grand Slam title, having now come one win shy of doing so twice: at the US Open five years ago, and at Wimbledon this summer. But one thing she shouldn't be searching for respect, in spite of some heartbreaks on game's biggest

The last shot that Rafael Nadal hit in his 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 win over Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday looked like it was going to sail wide. Instead, it dropped just inside the sideline for a winner. That’s what Nadal’s shots tend to do at Roland Garros. The Spaniard and the