Serena Williams made her return this week in Key Biscayne, so we bring back the Fan Club, this time devoted to her. I talk with one of her longtime supporters, Marissa Lackey of San Francisco. You can follow her at @sblily. Here's Part 1; I'll post Part II on Monday.

The last few years on the ATP tour have not been good to dark horses. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have collected 14 of the last 15 Grand Slams, an unprecedented two-man run of dominance in the Open era, and probably any era. Even during that time, though, it was

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The latest from the Australian Open on Saturday (all times local): 3 a.m. Grigor Dimitrov had his first win on the main court at Melbourne Park, so he didn't mind that the match started two minutes before midnight. "We had matches in the past finishing 4,

This week we’re looking back at five of the most unforgettable moments in the history of the WTA Finals, with the 2022 edition of the season-ending championships kicking off in Fort Worth, Texas in just a few days. We’ve already covered Monica Seles’ five-set victory over Gabriela Sabatini in the

Tennis Channel Live: Naomi Osaka returns to the practice court

Can Nadal turn Melbourne frustration into inspiration again? What’s the surest sign that a player is about to make a comeback? When he or she gets a time warning from a chair umpire. It rarely fails to make the offending player feel aggrieved, and to channel that aggrieved energy to

Early last year, Bianca Andreescu traveled to The Netherlands to play a Fed Cup tie for her native Canada. At the time, she was a tour neophyte who had just cracked the Top 100. But a month earlier she had beaten Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki on her way to

LONDON—This word “favorite,” does it have any meaning? A few years ago Rafael Nadal was asked, not for the first time, whether he considered himself the favorite at a certain event. He implied that the idea was a media concoction that carried no weight in the players’ minds. Basically, there

Some jaded observers may have watched Rafael Nadal demolish Italy’s Stefano Travaglia 6–1, 6-4, 6-0 under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier and taken the Spaniard’s third-round performance for granted. They might have looked at this match as simply business as usual, as just another early-round meeting with 34-year-old presiding

In an essay titled “The Crack Up,” the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” One day in 2010, this was the case for

I asked him whether the shoes served him well. He's like, ‘maybe not today but generally yes.’

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) With a quick wave and a smile, Kim Clijsters walked out of Rod Laver Arena for probably the last time in her professional career on Thursday, leaving behind a crowd that has come to view her as their own. Clijsters, who plans to retire at the end

PARIS(AP) Twelve years into Taylor Dent's career, tennis is still taking him places he has never been. This week it's the second round of the French Open. The American won a match at Roland Garros for the first time, and his reward will be a match Wednesday against 2009 runner-up

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The times on the clock shifted from p.m. to a.m., the day from Thursday to Friday, and Andy Murray never wavered, never relented, no matter that he faced a two-set hole at the Australian Open, no matter that he is 35 and possesses an artificial hip,

NEW YORK (AP) — After a bunch of bad news about big names missing the U.S. Open, the folks who run the tournament are searching for a silver lining. Who could blame 'em? They figure there's no time like the present to promote the future stars of tennis. At least

So far February has lived up to its new reputation as a hot time for tennis. On the men’s side this weekend, Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Zverev won significant titles—more on them later on Monday—while the women provided a whirlwind of Fed Cup theater and farce from Hawaii to Geneva.

Making a name for herself has always been a motivation for four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, whether on the tennis court or through her myriad of off-court interests. But, as she reflects this week on the latest episode of Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios, her perspective has now shifted.

PARIS—In 2005, Andy Murray was the top-ranked junior boy when Roland Garros rolled around. The Dunblane native would reach the semifinals of the tournament, and while Murray is the first to admit he needed time to navigate the surface once moving up to the professional ranks, he’s more than proven

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Roger Federer finds a lot to like about Cincinnati - the big crowds for his matches, the quiet time away from the court, the way his game seems to come together on the fast, blue courts. Probably helps that he often takes home the trophy, too. Make it

Mornin'. This being spring, and clay-court season, and thus a time for renewal or new birth, I want to share news of the newest member of the TWibe, pictured here. I met his daddy, Cal Powell, a regular reader of Tennisworld a few weeks ago at the Birmingham, Ala., Davis