The last time Novak Djokovic and Jim Courier crossed paths in Rod Laver Arena, the 37-year-old Serbian didn’t say anything. Not because of Courier, but because of comments on Channel Nine, the domestic host broadcaster of the Australian Open which airs Courier’s on-court interviews. But with apologies issued and the

Mirra Andreeva knows what time it is. The 17-year-old announced on social media Tuesday that she had picked up a Rolex sponsorship following a second-week run at the 2025 Australian Open. “Can’t wait for this journey together!✨😁” captioned the world No. 15, who added the hashtag #rolexfamily.

A look at the best in social media from the past week. Naomi Osaka’s dreamy trip to Japan Naomi Osaka has been sidelined for a few weeks with an Achilles injury, but now she’s in her anime "training arc" gearing up for her big comeback ahead of the US Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams knows better than most what it takes to win a Grand Slam title without the smoothest of preparation. The 13-time Grand Slam champion approaches the Australian Open beginning Monday still troubled by a sprained left ankle that needs regular ice treatment. It means she has

After falling quickly in his first two matches at the ATP World Tour Finals, Janko Tipsarevic rips himself for poor performances. "I'm playing horrible," he told reporters. "I'm playing worse than horrible. I'm playing the worst tennis that I played in a long time…It's sad to say, but this is

NEW YORK(AP) Andre Agassi's autobiography is heading to book stores in November. In the book, the eight-time Grand Slam singles champion discusses his start in tennis as a child, his relationship with his father and his failed marriage to Brooke Shields. Agassi writes: ``No one ever asked me if I

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Li Na beat Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the second straight year. The No. 9-seeded Li broke Petkovic's serve three times in the first set and twice in the second, recovering an early break in each set and playing

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) Santiago Giraldo of Colombian defeating fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-4, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Movistar Open. The eighth-seeded Giraldo has reached the quarterfinals - or better - three times in the first five weeks of the season. Three other quarterfinals were

The eighth-ranked Pepperdine University men’s tennis team has been banned from competing in the post season because it had not properly reported to the NCAA how financial aid was awarded to some athletes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The school called it an "administrative error that was completely inadvertent" and

Petra Kvitova, who will crack the Top 10 for the first time on Monday, will not play the WTA Premier 5 tournament in Rome next week, instead entering a $100,000 ITF Challenger in Prague. Vera Zvonareva is also skipping the tournament. Rome is no longer a mandatory tournament on the

Venus Williams is "very unlikely" to play the French Open, a source in the Williams camp told TENNIS.com. On Monday, the seven-time Grand Slam champion pulled out of next week’s warm-up tournament in Brussels. Williams hasn’t been played since retiring in the third round at the Australian Open in January

American teenager Ryan Harrison has gotten into the main draw of Roland Garros as a lucky loser, TENNIS.com has learned. He will face Robin Soderling, as the two-time finalist's original opponent, Benjamin Becker, withdrew with an injury Monday night. Harrison lost in the last round of qualifying. All six lucky

Maria Sharapova says that in the rare times she watches tennis on TV, she turns the volume off. "I prefer just to watch the game instead of hearing about people's opinions," she told reporters. “Just a lot easier to watch. You appreciate the game more. There are some people that

In an interview with Seattle Times, Jim Courier says that the best steel cage match between tennis rivals would be between Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. "They're both fairly slight guys, but they're both pretty fierce, too," he said. "I think I might favor Connors. He'd probably be willing to

It’s that time of year again when tennis descends on New York City... While qualifying began Tuesday at the US Open, a few of the sport’s premier players put in the work on the practice courts. Fans will pack the New York major when it kicks off next Monday, but

For the first time in the tournament's 26-year history, three Spaniards have reached the men’s quarterfinals in Miami. Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Nicolas Almagro all posted victories on Tuesday. “Tennis in Spain right now, all the players, we are in a great moment,” said Verdasco, who defeated Marin Cilic,

See No. 13 in the count down of the winners and losers, the best or worst or most memorable stories from the 2016 US Open 11 Did Johanna Konta engage in gamesmanship by taking a 22-minute break at a pivotal time in her second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova?

Serena Williams hit a milestone on Instagram and celebrated with what she calls her "4 million followers dance." The 22-time Grand Slam champion was stunned in the third round of Rio by Elina Svitolina, but she's still living her best life, and celebrating the little things, like social media success.

You can fix a weak serve with a kick second serve. It’s aggressive, high percentage and takes the ball out of your opponent’s strike zone. The kick serve also gives you time to recover. Practice it on one knee, then move on to the 5-ball drill to develop racquet-head speed:

Gamma’s new multifilament is arm-friendly, elastic and comfortable. For the first time the company put its TNT processing in a dual core, then twisted and bonded the outer filaments in a polyurethane matrix for maximum springiness and resiliency. The abrasion-resistant coating also makes the string a potential choice to be