Here's the full-length video for Shakira's song "Gypsy": Playing the role of Shakira's "gypsy" lover is, of course, Rafael Nadal. Apparently, Rafa had some time on his hands while recovering from the knee injury that forced him to retire from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray at this year’s Australian

After pulling out of the Rome doubles final with a shoulder injury, Andy Roddick is furious with ATP tour officials that he and Mardy Fish were only given semifinalists' prize money. The team was scheduled to play fellow Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey. The Times of London reported that

In May, Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic took down Dominic Thiem en route to winning his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the year at Mauthausen. On Wednesday, Medjedovic bested the two-time Roland Garros finalist on clay again to reach his maiden ATP quarterfinal. Having come through qualifying at the Swiss Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Ajla Tomljanovic, sidelined nearly all this season by a knee injury after beating Serena Williams last year in the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion's final match, withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday. That sent No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina into the third round and forced

There’s always time for a tweener! Ons Jabeur took a high-stakes moment in her Ningbo Open quarterfinal to inspire some of her best tennis against Vera Zvonareva on Thursday. As the former world No. 2 served for the opening set, Zvonareva was ultimately undone by a bit of Jabeur’s inimitable

Denver, Colo. youth got the experience of a lifetime last week when they participated in a tennis clinic featuring former world No. 1 and International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe. The seven-time Grand Slam singles champion was in the Mile High City for a fundraiser for the scholarship program

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both hit big milestones at Roland Garros on Wednesday, with Djokovic reaching his 40th career Grand Slam semifinal and Nadal moving into his 35th. They’re second and third on the men’s all-time list for most career Grand Slam semifinal appearances after, of course, Roger Federer.

No player in the history of tennis has been more dominant at a single Grand Slam than Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, and the 13-time champion continued that dominance on Tuesday, holding off a third-set challenge from Australia's Alexei Popyrin to kick off his quest for title No. 14, 6-3,

After the madness of back-to-back Masters and Premier 5 events, it's time to slow things down and head to North Carolina for the final stop of the US Open Series. This is the last chance for ATP players to perfect their skills and get a confidence boost before heading into

Same string, same tension. That’s the common request for most recreational players when it comes time to restring their racquets. That is, of course, if they’re bothering to restring their racquets at all. String neglect is one of the cardinal sins of everyday players. They think if it’s not broken,

In St. Petersburg, 19-year-old Alexander Zverev became the first teenage singles ATP title winner since Marin Cilic in 2008. Take a look at what some of the biggest names in tennis accomplished at his age. 1 At 19, the Swiss stunned four-time defending champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round

Hello Nick: I’m sure you have come across this question a few times. I can generally hit OK and consistently in practice, but in matches I can really fall apart. I have taken lessons recently and coaches stressed my racquet take back (to make it earlier) and my follow-through (to

The ATP Finals are about to get a fresh but familiar face, with Diego Schwartzman, at 28 years old, qualifying for London for the first time. It's been a season of breakthrough results for the Argentine, even though he went under the radar without a tournament title. Here are some

Roger Federer came so close to lifting his 21st major singles title last month at Wimbledon, but as he revealed, didn’t have much time to dwell on the crushing defeat. After Novak Djokovic saved two championship points before eventually prevailing in the first men’s match decided by a final set

Andre Agassi met the rising Swiss Roger Federer in the 2002 Miami Masters final. As the two-time defending champion at the Australian Open, Andre Agassi was forced to miss the 2002 edition due to injury. He made his season debut in San Jose, Calif., and reached the final, then followed

It was a memorable start for Kim Clijsters in her first year as tournament director of the BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games in Antwerp, with the retired four-time Grand Slam champion even taking the court to play an exhibition match when the singles final was not played. With Carla Suarez

After crushing world No. 4 David Ferrer in the Acapulco final, Rafael Nadal confirms that he will play the Masters Series tournament at Indian Wells next week and believes that he is close to an elite level again. For the first time since his comeback from knee trouble last month,

MOSCOW (AP) Four-time Fed Cup champion Russia was on the brink of a surprise first-round defeat to the Netherlands after going 2-0 down on the first day Saturday. Despite leading Russian Maria Sharapova being scheduled to play only Sunday's doubles, the home team was expected to win comfortably against a

If Maria Sharapova is nothing else, she's tenacious. Earlier this year, the five-time Grand Slam champion was handed a two-year ban after failing a drug test at the Australian Open for meldonium (a decision which she is appealing). Still, nothing has stopped her from being her A-list self. If these

Novak Djokovic's new physiotherapist, Ulises Badio, says the Serb is eager to get back on tour following his elbow problems. "Novak had a significant injury and we are bringing it under control," the Italy-based Argentine told La Nacion. "Time was required to improve it. The decision he took [not to