With Roger Federer hanging up his racquet until January and the US Open debate raging on, maybe the best thing a tennis fan can do right now is put the future aside and concentrate on the present. That’s where this weekend’s special events come in. Three of them will be

Growing up in a small town outside of Prague, Radka Leitmeritz discovered her love for storytelling and photography. Tripods, cameras and black flags fill her memories from local movie shoots. Her passion combined with a strong fascination for editorial magazines put her on a path towards photographing for the world's

Doing nothing is not an option. But for millions of people around the world, this is what they are facing: nothing to do, nowhere to go. They get up every morning and face a void. It is unsustainable. As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, lockdowns, shelters and other methods

The Rally is a new series of discussions about tennis in which Joel Drucker and Steve Tignor will step back and look at the bigger picture surrounding the sport. In the inaugural edition, they talk about the (few) other moments in history when the real world has pushed tennis to

MELBOURNE—While exiting the grounds early evening on an Australia Day that turned from warm to rather chilly—unsurprising since Melbourne, reputedly, can have four seasons in a day—fans chugged beers as they watched the action in the cozy Grand Slam oval a few feet from Rod Laver Arena. One was overheard

After a rain-shortened opening day, it was all hands on deck at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Play began at 10: 30 in the morning, and is still going as I write this 16 hours later. For all of the matches on the schedule, though, there weren’t a lot of newsworthy

—Monday: Coco's cover story, from the November/December issue of TENNIS Magazine —Tuesday: U.S. Fed Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi breaks down Gauff's backhand, frame by frame —Wednesday: Chris Evert on Serena Williams' possible successors —Thursday: Steve Tignor on Corey's and Coco's father-daughter, and coach-player, relationship —Friday: Coco in Photos—looking back at

Cori "Coco" Gauff demonstrated a professional's poise and power off her serve and both wings on Monday, when, at age 15, she defeated Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-4, to pick up her first Wimbledon win. She showed that same confidence and comfort beyond her years afterward, when she lit up the

MELBOURNE—The 1993 movie Groundhog Day starred Bill Murray as a jaded TV weatherman forced to repeat the same day over and over and over until he at last discovered his humanity. It takes place in a small Midwestern town. Tennis’ version of Groundhog Day happens in Melbourne, Paris, London and

Roger Federer's recent interview with Project TV went in a few different directions from his hopes of securing title No. 100 in Melbourne to what he doesn't like about the Australian Open. One topic that stood out is Federer discussing his habit of getting emotional. Be it shedding happy or

Roger Federer: 99 Titles and Counting

The Biggest Questions of 2019: Who will be the most successful American man?

There are the best hot shots of the season, and then there are also the backhanded compliments, verbal barbs, potshots and more – gasp, even the compliments – that capture the competitive, oft-fiery passion of tennis. Whether they made you stand up and applaud while watching your TV or led

PARIS—Qiang Wang had read this script before, and she knew she didn’t like the ending. In the first round at Roland Garros last year, the 26-year-old native of China had pushed Venus Williams hard before losing in two tight sets. Four weeks later, in the second round at Wimbledon, Wang

WATCH: TennisExtra on Play Tennis Month

Ryan Macauley, head of Desert Smash, gives an inside look at this year’s event—which will be streamed LIVE on TENNIS.com this Tuesday, March 6:

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Friday at the Australian Open (all times local): 12:15 a.m. After saving two match points and trailing 5-1 in the third set in her last match, there were no real dramas in the third round for Caroline Wozniacki. The second-seeded Wozniacki beat Kiki

This week tennis takes a rare turn on the big screen, in a big Hollywood production: Battle of the Sexes, starring Emma Stone as Billie Jean King and Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs, will debut across the country on Friday. Joel Drucker, author of Don’t Bet on It and Jimmy

The Battle of the Sexes took place in 1973 between world No. 1 Billie Jean King and 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. The match, and its unparalleled significance, may be familiar to you, but the whole story hasn’t quite been told—until now. Enter the tennis' latest foray into Hollywood, aptly titled Battle

It might well be my fatal flaw that I treat life too much like tennis, and tennis too much like life. But when you ponder the intersection of passion and tragedy that tumbled and collided seven years ago today, you might understand. Picture a 12-inch black-and-white TV. It had cost