The International Hall of Fame inducts its “class of 2014” this weekend, which makes me wonder how Nick Bollettieri, one of the honorees, is going to make it to the 25th reunion of this class. Nick is 82. But knowing him, he’ll probably drive a red T-top Camaro to the

NEW YORK (AP) -- The weather was much better at the U.S. Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic. Under a cloudless blue sky, in only a hint of wind, defending champion Djokovic got his game into high gear and reached his third consecutive final at Flushing Meadows by beating

• 201101170231090917798-p2@stats_com by Pete Bodo* NEW YORK—It didn't exactly feel like an omen for the qualifying tournament of the U.S. Open, but when fishing nut Frank Dancevic caught a couple of 10 lb. walleye in Lake Erie just a weeks ago (trolling a harnessed worm rig, if you must know)

By TennisWorld Contributing Editor Andrew Burton

Having watched Kyle Edmund play quite a few matches during the 2018 season, I was convinced that he belonged among the Top 20 and believed he might well be ready to take his place among the elite Top 10. He peaked at No. 14 that October after opening his campaign

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday's Barcelona Open final. The second-ranked Nadal's 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte Carlo, as Nadal

MOSCOW -- Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur advanced to the Kremlin Cup quarterfinals with straight-sets victories Thursday, while top-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov bowed out of the men's event. The 11th-ranked Ivanovic broke 19-year-old Russian qualifier Valeria Solovieva three times in a 6-1, 6-4 victory,

SAO PAULO -- Roger Federer says he won't play as often in the next few years but wants to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old Swiss star intends to be more mindful about the tournaments he plays to make sure he can keep playing at

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Top-seeded Novak Djokovic struggled with his serve before beating Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Serb broke Cipolla in the second game of the first set, but the Italian broke back in the

PARIS(AP) After losing to Roger Federer in a tight five-set match in the French Open semifinals, Juan Martin del Potro has yet another reason to envy his more accomplished rival. Led on by a loud and boisterous crowd on center court at Roland Garros, Federer twice rallied from a one-set

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Justine Henin beat Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Henin, the former No. 1 who is playing in this tournament for the first time since 2006, was the top-ranked player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour when she

NEW YORK (AP) After putting on a clinic during the match, Roger Federer gave another one afterward. Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 U.S. Open victory over Israel's Dudi Sela on Thursday to give the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how

CORDOBA, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal put Spain into the Davis Cup final after routing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 for an insurmountable lead against France in their semifinal encounter. Nadal complained of fatigue coming into the series but showed no symptoms as he dominated the 10th-ranked Frenchman on the outdoor

From Emma Raducanu becoming the first qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title to Daniil Medvedev breaking a 15-year stranglehold on the Top 2, and from Rafael Nadal surpassing 800 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 to Ons Jabeur becoming the first Arab tennis player to

HIGHLIGHTS: Madison Keys tops Alison Riske in the Adelaide final

WATCH: Auger-Aliassime extended his winning streak to six in a row after winning his first title in Rotterdam last week.

When Doris Obih grew up in inner-city Los Angeles, she loved tennis. Her family didn’t have the financial means to support this passion, but a program called Hope For Kids opened a door by funding costs like instruction, equipment and tournament fees. More importantly, it provided Obih with authority figures

WATCH: The Break: Venus preps for mixed doubles return at Wimbledon

WATCH: Kyrgios ousts Tsitsipas in a fourth-set tiebreaker