WASHINGTON (AP)—Venus Williams is done for the season because of a left knee injury that has sidelined her for most of the second half of 2010. In a statement released to The Associated Press on Wednesday, the seven-time Grand Slam champion said she is “very disappointed to announce that I

For the second time this year, Stanislas Wawrinka looked ready to hand a member of the Big Four a loss at a significant tournament. And for the second time this year, the Swiss second-in-command couldn’t handle prosperity. On the first instance, Wawrinka denied Novak Djokovic two match points before somehow

With the spotlight almost exclusively on them, Julia Goerges and Agnieszka Radwanska delivered one of the highest-quality opening-round matches I've seen at any tournament. And even when the rain gave way to sun, and Novak Djokovic surfaced on Court 1, the Bravo television network stayed with this battle until its

JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Defending champion Feliciano Lopez of Spain joined the parade of seeded players exiting the SA Tennis Open, becoming the fourth to fall Wednesday when he lost 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (8) to Frank Dancevic of Canada in the first round. Third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and seventh-seeded Rainer Schuettler

CORDOBA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal shrugged off his disappointment and fatigue from losing the U.S. Open final to rout Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 Friday and help Spain take a 2-0 lead over France in the Davis Cup semifinals. Nadal, playing on his favored outdoor clay in hot conditions at Cordoba’s

For once he was not the player with the biggest press presence from his home country awaiting the result, but Andy Murray is into the semifinals of his fifth consecutive Grand Slam after a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kei Nishikori, ending the run of the first Japanese man into

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP)—Andy Roddick came to North Carolina hoping for some good workouts before the U.S. Open. So far, he hasn’t been seriously tested. Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals of the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday night,by beating Santiago Giraldo 6-1, 6-3. Playing in the final men’s tuneup before the U.S.

NEW YORK—It is futile to try and describe a typical Gael Monfils point. You will run out of adjectives, verbs, and space, and even efforts worthy of Wordsworth will be unsatisfying. The Frenchman’s modern art is best enjoyed visually, like an exhibit at the nearby MoMA. With that in mind,

It's all about video in social media these days. Thus, as teased ahead of mounting her 2019 Wimbledon campaign, Venus Williams has launched (or expertly upgraded) her YouTube channel. Though she has posted in recent months about Auckland and Australian Open experiences and her EleVen brand's photo shoot, Venus's new

This week at the Battle of the Brits saw youngster Paul Jubb sub in for an injured Jay Clarke, and debut with a win. The 20-year-old topped Ryan Peniston on Thursday and gets to test his level against world No. 76 Cameron Norrie on Friday. Jubb's aggressive all-court game mixed

When talking about equality in tennis, everyone immediately thinks of Billie Jean King. She's a champion for social justice, equality, women's rights and the LGBQT community, as well as a living legend of the game.

Whether you’re a tennis fan or just staying on top of the ball, you know that the French Open is happening now. While you may not be able to fly off to Paris to catch the action in person, Tennis Channel has you covered. To celebrate, Yelp pulled a list

On his path to becoming one of the greatest to ever play the game, Rafael Nadal has had his uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, there with him every step of the way. As recently announced, though, Uncle Toni will stop traveling with his nephew when the 2017 season wraps up.

1 After two retirements and a walkover put him into the semifinals. “I can only wish all of my opponents a speedy recovery.” 2 After falling to Stan Wawrinka, the US Open crowd chants brought him to tears. "I'm so proud to get that from the crowd, because I have

Pic WIMBLEDON, England—The word "omen" is on the lips of countless people throughout Great Britain, because Jonny Marray (sounds like "Murray," sort of) has become the first British male to win a singles or mens' doubles champion at Wimbledon since 1936. And that also happens to be the same year

88920274 Mornin', folks. I was a little surprised by some of the reactions to my last post, A Charmed Life. After posting the piece, I felt I may have devoted too much of it to this fashion-image thing (territory I'd covered two weeks ago), but I did so to set

“Like, my coach (David Nankin) came out on the court and he was like, ‘I love losing a set 6-0’ . . . I’m like, ‘Dude, shut up.’”—Sloane Stephens, in her press conference after rebounding from losing the first set at love to Olga Govortsova in the second round at

*106350178 by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Hey, TWibe. It's good to be back following my little hiatus. Many thanks to white line fever for pinch hitting as Deuce Club host last week. Fantastic work, wilfy! I'll be bugging you again soon, I'm sure. I had planned on another hodgepodge

The other night, I had dinner with my buddy Chris Clarey (his columns in the International Herald-Tribune are must reading) at a fine Parisian restaurant, Le Flandrin, where I had a sautéed calamari appetizer and Risotto Aux Champignon, which I figured out was Champion’s Rice – ever notice how a

In a battle between former No. 7s, David Goffin beat Richard Gasquet in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open on Saturday, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the first ATP Masters 1000 final of his career in Cincinnati. It was fifth time lucky for Goffin, who had been 0-4 in