DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) The Dubai Tennis Championships will start next week without five of the top seven men's players scheduled to compete at the ATP Tour event, mostly because of injuries. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal (knee) and second-ranked Roger Federer (back) withdrew earlier this week. The tournament has since lost

On this, the leaders of tennis can agree: There is more money out there to be made. And they see eye-to-eye on this, too: The sport's current structure could stand to change. The how's and why's and when's of it all? Well, that's open to discussion—and there is plenty of

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — It's been two decades since the Wimbledon men's singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Could this be the year someone else earns that trophy? "Yeah, why not? What Roger, Rafa, Andy and Novak

HIGHLIGHTS: Fritz tops Tiafoe in all-American Tokyo final

Andy Murray says he would like to see women play best-of-five-set matches at Grand Slams, believing it would increase acceptance of equal prize money among male players. Murray, speaking to the New York Times, said having different formats for the men's and women's fields creates two different competitions. Currently, men

Some of the biggest names in men’s tennis, including two of the Big Three, could be on high alert as they kick off their 2020 Australian Open campaigns. Here are five men’s first-rounders to watch: ALSO: The Top 5 Women's First Rounders No man in tennis history has won more

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2022 –Tennis Channel will offer exclusive, live coverage of the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage across multiple platforms Sept. 13-18, including the three matches the United States will play in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 14-17. The network will carry Davis Cup competition on its original linear television

** Welcome to Florida Week! As the tours head southeast for the Miami Open, TENNIS.com and Baseline will feature all things Sunshine State. You’ll learn about the personalities, stories, teams and venues that have made Florida one of the tennis capitals of the world. We’ll also be reporting from the

NEW YORK(AP) Rafael Nadal encountered what's been passing as trouble for the top men at the U.S. Open. He lost - gasp! - a set. Not a match, mind you. Not even two sets. Just one, solitary set. Then, though, the No. 3-seeded Nadal righted himself to beat 129th-ranked Nicolas

** Welcome to Florida Week! As the tours head southeast for the Miami Open, TENNIS.com and Baseline will feature all things Sunshine State. You’ll learn about the personalities, stories, teams and venues that have made Florida one of the tennis capitals of the world. We’ll also be reporting from the

MONTREAL (AP) — Rafael Nadal is the top seed for the upcoming men's Rogers Cup in Montreal, while Ash Barty is the top seed for the women's event in Toronto. Nadal is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 2 and will be only member of the men's Big

After almost two months without professional tennis during the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, Tennis Channel will bring live matches back to viewers this weekend, May 1-4. Based in Germany, the Tennis Point Exhibition Series will feature eight men’s tour players in a 32-match, round-robin competition with prize money and playoffs on

When the French Open's third round gets underway Friday, there will be four men from the United States on the schedule — the largest contingent from the country to get that far in Paris in 25 years. "It beats all of us losing and getting on flights home," said one

Over the next three days, we'll look at how the coronavirus crisis has impacted one aspect of tennis in a particularly cruel way: the college game. On Monday, Steve Tignor looks back on a season at the top for the University of Southern California men's team—before it suddenly stopped. He

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It's been almost two full decades since this many U.S. men reached Week 2 at the Australian Open. And while that group in 2004 included a couple of Grand Slam champions in Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, everything is all so new for the quartet there

From individuals to organizations, weekend warriors to professional players, minute observations to big-picture ideas, tennis has been top of mind across the board over the past two years. “I feel like this is the tennis boom part two,” says Trey Waltke, general manager of the Malibu Racquet Club in southern

Pete Sampras says that one of the reasons why men’s tennis’ Big 4 of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal continue to dominate the sport is not because there is a lack of depth in the game, but because playing styles have become more homogenous. “In my

MIAMI, Fla.—When we last caught up with top-ranked American wheelchair tennis star Dana Mathewson, the 33-year-old was gearing for the US Open and vowing to use her platform to raise her sport’s profile. A whirlwind six months later—amid winning a pair of gold medals for Team USA at the Parapan

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych started play in their U.S. Open semifinal more than an hour late Saturday, after heavy rain and a tornado warning. But the women's final between 14-time major champion Serena Williams and No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was postponed from Saturday night until

Complete, Live Coverage as Eight Nations Battle for World Championship in Spain LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2022 – Tennis Channel will have exclusive coverage of the 2022 Davis Cup Finals, live from Malaga, Spain, November 22-27. The six-day event, the culmination of men’s tennis’ annual national-team tournament, will feature the