SINGAPORE (AP) — Venus Williams returns to the year-end WTA Finals for the first time since 2009 and will face Karolina Pliskova on Sunday. The top eight players in the world will play in the round-robin event, which also features No. 1 Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza, Elina Svitolina, Caroline Wozniacki,

For a second straight tournament Ash Barty will face Aryna Sabalenka in the final. It’s the third time they’ve played in the last five weeks, with the world No. 1 will hoping to sweep the Belarusian in 2021 and extend her head-to-head record to 5-3. Sabalenka aims to capture her

Koepfer’s coach, Rhyne Williams, has a wonderful tennis mind and will surely come up with a solid game plan. It’s not like Koepfer— who is from Germany— hasn’t seen Zverev play hundreds of times. Look for the former Tulane standout to keep things close.

Wondering what the Tournament of Champions is, and how we got here? Read more about our 50th Anniversary Celebration and get caught up on all the matches so far. This is a battle of the ever-so-slightly underrated. Court is the all-time Grand Slam title leader, with 24 in singles and

As in a time-out from tennis writing, not that traitor to my Philadelphia Eagles (though I still kinda miss the guy). I was in Pennsylvania this weekend to watch the Philly-Dallas game—it actually may have surpassed the considerable expectations for it—and just got back today. I’ll catch up on tennis

LONDON (AP) — Johanna Konta of Britain won't compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday, after being dropped from Wimbledon just over two weeks ago when a member of her team contracted the virus. The three-time Grand Slam semifinalist

The French Open main draw gets underway on Sunday. Amidst all of the storylines that are waiting to unfold, there's one part of a Grand Slam that is always guaranteed to get tons of attention: the outfits. Serena Williams will return to Paris for the first time in two years.

It's been a very emotional time for Kim Kardashian, who has not only ended a 14-year run of her reality TV show Keeping up with the Kardashians, but also a seven-year marriage to rapper Kanye West. Despite being at the center of most major entertainment tabloids, the 40-year-old has surprisingly

And to think, there once was a time when Roger Federer wasn’t exactly the biggest fan of Hawk-Eye. In the Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal tried one last-ditch attempt to stay in the match by challenging on match point, but it would go in Federer's favor. Like everything, though, the

A champion doesn't just grow from their victories, but also from their defeats and no one knows that better than Maria Sharapova. The five-time Grand Slam champion handled her initial suspension with grace and positivity. Her patience paid off as her ban was reduced from two years to 15 months,

On Thursday, Serena Williams fought past Danielle Collins in a deciding supertiebreaker to reach the semifinals of the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne. Though she withdrew from her Friday showdown with world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, citing a shoulder injury, Serena delivered big time in press.

Marta Kostyuk is making history at the Australian Open and she’s doing it with a lot of personality. The 15-year-old became the youngest player to reach the third round of the Happy Slam since Martina Hingis in 1996. It’s time to get more familiar with the colorful Kostyuk: 1 She’s

How do you cap off a season in which you’ve reached No. 1 in the world, and won Wimbledon and Olympic gold? How about being recognized as your country’s greatest sportsperson—of all time? In a poll conducted by Telegraph Sport of readers, correspondents and sports experts, Murray came out on

I had to sit on this knowledge for a day, but it's now confirmed: Sam Querrey will replace James Blake on the US Davis Cup squad for the tie with Spain in about 10 days time. This was no slap in the face of James Blake; according to US team

Day 6: Beef Ropa Vieja Where: Mojito Restaurant and Bar (outside Arthur Ashe Stadium) Cost: $18 There's a possibility of rain in the forecast at the Open the next few days, and should it come, attendees will find themselves killing time with roughly the same options available in an airport:

By Andrew Burton, TennisWorld Contributing Editor Morning, all. It's finals day in Europe: we have WTA finals in Luxembourg and Moscow, and ATP finals in Stockholm and Moscow. By the time you read this, Sunday's premier sporting event will be in the books: the Rugby World Cup Final in Auckland,

Serena Williams criticizes the tournament officials in Dubai for not handing former two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova a wild card. The tournament gave out wild cards to veteran Marion Bartoli, as well as teenagers Laura Robson and Yulia Putintseva. Kuznetsova was off the tour for six months due to

Roland Garros tournament director Gilbert Ysern tells The New York Times that the French Open plans to increase prize money “spectacularly” from 2013 to 2016, but won’t match the U.S. Open’s massive increase. The USTA announced on Wednesday that it will offer a $33.6 million purse in 2013, a 31.7

Remember the last time these two played? It was last season, in the Indian Wells semifinals, and Ivan Ljubicic shocked Rafael Nadal, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1). That occurred over 12 months ago, and quite a bit has happened since then in tennis. But here's what I recall from it: booming

Roger Federer says his coaching relationship with his ''childhood idol'' Stefan Edberg has ended, and the six-time Grand Slam singles champion will not travel with him next year. In a statement to the ATP website, Edberg said: ''Roger and I had a wonderful two years together ... it became very