Young North American sensations Ryan Harrison and Milos Raonic will resume their junior rivalry in the third round of Indian Wells. The 18-year-old Harrison of the U.S. reached the third round of a Masters Series tournament for the first time with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, while

Like everyone who was hoping to hit balls on Tuesday in Miami, Frances Tiafoe had some free time. The rain delay gave way to an extensive conversation with the 21-year-old ahead of this week's Miami Open. Tiafoe is in the midst of a strong 2019 season, having reached the first

Four-time Miami Open champion Roger Federer will not make a trip to the U.S. later this month to defend his title. The 39-year-old, who is slated to begin his comeback from a pair of right-knee surgeries next week, is due to play consecutive ATP 500 events in Doha and Dubai

He's experienced close calls throughout each of his 12 Roland Garros title runs. But every time, Rafael Nadal has ultimately shown a killer instinct. Today, we look back at the Spaniard's return to glory in the French capital. Previous Rewinds: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 Hello from the

Future stars Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are set to face off for the first time at ATP level on Wednesday in Paris. It’s a dream matchup for tennis fans, as the Spaniard and Italian are undoubtedly the game’s two most promising young talents. Alcaraz got the best of Sinner

MELBOURNE, Australia—Venus Williams, who will face off with her sister, Serena, in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday night, believes that their ninth Grand Slam final will be extremely intense. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has a 16-11 record against Venus, and has beaten her in their last

MELBOURNE—Barbora Strycova, who defeated Caroline Garcia in the third round of the Australian Open, will now face 22-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams. “I'm looking forward to that match. That's why you train,” said Strycova. “That's why you work hard, to play these matches on these stages and against

"The future is exciting because you never know what's going to happen," Naomi Osaka said, in a recent Nike collaboration. The two-time Grand Slam champoin sat down to write a letter to her future self and the messages within it were genuine and inspiring.

The Big Three are all in action this week: Roger Federer is in Basel, which he's attempting to win for a 10th time, while Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are in—wait for it—Kazakhstan. The exhibition season began earlier than usual this year for Rafa and Nole—as well as Federer, who

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic recently discussed all things on and off the court over Instagram Live. They answered fan questions and one was for the two to craft their perfect player. "You can pick yourself as many times as you want. You got serve, return, forehand, backhand, volley, and

The legend of the Little Beast only grows with time and age. Ferrer will turn 34 in April, but he’s coming off what was in many ways the most impressive year of his career. In 2015, he finished 55–16 and won more titles (five) than he had in all but

Last week, Nick Kyrgios beat three Top 10 players—Rafael Nadal, John Isner and Alexander Zverev—and a three-time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka, to win the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco. Was it impressive? No doubt. Was it entertaining? Of course; this is Kyrgios we're talking about. But did it really

"Thought he was back in the locker room a long time ago," a colleague of mine said about Stan Wawrinka, after hearing of the Swiss' shocking 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 loss to Marco Cecchinato at the Monte Carlo Masters. And on a busy day in the Principality—as I write this, Borna

Red clay hasn't exactly been a salvation surface for Murray: The three-time Grand Slam finalist has yet to reach a clay-court final in his career, and sometimes struggles to finish points on dirt. A suggestion of Murray breaking through to reach the French Open final may sound as realistic as

In preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, we're profiling 20 of the top medal contenders. A revitalized Serena Williams slammed a record 102 aces to win Wimbledon for the fifth time, then partnered older sister Venus to collect their fifth Wimbledon doubles title. Serena will return to tennis’

The Undefeated and SurveyMonkey recently took on the daunting task of ranking the 50 greatest black athletes of all time. With methodology that included weighting responses to reflect U.S. demographics on the whole, it was a serious undertaking. Serena Williams, recently announced as the No. 1 earner among female athletes

The pros have proved that there is just enough time between the clay and grass season to squeeze in a day off, or maybe even two. While it's likely they just posed for perfect Instagram photos between practices, at least they're in beautiful, summer locations. Garbine Muguruza, fresh from her

Once upon a time, "overnight, Henmania became Murray Mania." That's not my own editorializing. Wimbledon shares the story of the upstart, No. 312-ranked Murray's rise. "As if by magic," indeed. Murray picked at Radek Stepanek's reliable serve-and-volley game at Wimbledon in 2005 for a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory on No.

In case American tennis fans still have not caught on to 18-year-old Cici Bellis, she’s making quite an impression these past few weeks. Last week she defeated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in front of home fans at Stanford.

While no fans are allowed on-site to watch the Credit Bank One Invitational in Charleston, the locals made the best of the "new normal". With action from the 16-player event beginning on Tuesday, James Island's Terrace Theatre set up drive-in viewing for a historic night. It marked the first time