Andy Murray says that he is not stunned that Rafael Nadal's uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, plans to largely not come to tournaments in 2018. Toni Nadal has been coaching Rafael Nadal since he was very young, but now wants to coach full-time at Nadal's new academy. Murray said it

Tuesday’s a very special day, as Tracy Austin—a two-time Grand Slam singles champion and former World No. 1, and now analyst—celebrates her birthday. Austin was born on December 12, 1962, and it didn’t take her long to start breaking records. At Portland in 1977, she became the youngest player ever

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Serena Williams is ready to return to competition for the first time in more than a year, a little more than five months after giving birth. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday that Williams will represent the country in its first-round Fed Cup matches against

The Czech veteran Lucie Safarova, who will rise to No. 11 on Monday after winning the Qatar Open over Victoria Azarenka, says she has taken time to mature and gain consistency. "It took me quite a few years to get to this point. I hope it's not a finish point

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Russian-born tennis player Daria Kasatkina says she is switching allegiances to Australia after her application for permanent residency was accepted by the Australian government. The 27-year-old Kasatkina was a French Open semifinalist in 2022 and is currently ranked 12th. The eight-time WTA singles champion's best career

In a meeting between two 1-0 players in the Red Group at the ATP Finals, Alexander Zverev takes on Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday, November 15th. Zverev is coming off an impressive 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 win over Carlos Alcaraz, while Medvedev defeated fellow countryman Andrey Rublev, 6-4, 6-2. Now, we’re

Clay season is going from en fuego to nel fuoco as the tennis calendar shifts from Madrid to Rome—and Tennis Channel is tagging along. Two more weeks of 1000-level competition will take place at the Foro Italico, the host site of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Everyone at the top of

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki remains undefeated at the New Haven Open. The four-time defending champion beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-3 in the first round Monday, her 18th consecutive victory at the tournament. She first entered the event in 2008 when it was known as the Pilot Pen.

Hard to believe, perhaps, given the recent state of affairs for Americans in Paris, yet there was a time when U.S. men were regulars in French Open finals. Starting with Michael Chang's championship in 1989, followed by Jim Courier's in 1991 and 1992, and ending with Andre Agassi's in 1999,

Agnieszka Radwanska is back on tour for the first time since her recent wedding, a highlight in what has been a lackluster season for the 10th-ranked player. "It was obviously great," she told a small group of journalists in Toronto, referring to the ceremony in her hometown of Krakow, Poland.

Walking onto the grounds of the U.S. Open for the first time this weekend, I felt like I had never left, that the tournament had been going on since last September. I spend two weeks at Flushing Meadows at the end of each summer, but the experience seems to take

It was Ticked-Off-Fed time. Roger Federer, down 0-3 in the third set to Gael Monfils, had bashed a ball into the upper deck of Manuel Santana stadium in a fit of frustration. He had complained to the chair umpire that the lights in the arena were getting in his eyes.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Caroline Wozniacki, set to regain the No. 1 ranking, beat Jelena Jankovic 7-5, 6-3 Saturday at the Dubai Championships to reach her first final of the year. The top-seeded Dane downed Jankovic for the first time and will play for the title Sunday against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Venus Williams served for the second set twice today, was broken both times, but went on to win it in the end. We nearly got to see how Urszula Radwanska would have handled the same situation in the third set, though if we did, we probably wouldn't have known the

NEW YORK—Andrea Petkovic is an experienced veteran walking around the grounds at the US Open, and an expert at all things New York. Though she's German, by way of Bosnia, the 31-year-old has significant stakes in Brooklyn. "I'm based half of my time in New York," she told Baseline. "I

By Heidi Kim, TW Contributing Writer Hi TW! I'm not back in Chicago yet, but at least back in the country from some more European travels. Let's cut to the important stuff: I queued for Wimbledon on Monday and had a great time in the evening, watching some doubles and

97459165 Howdy, everyone. Sorry to have been AWOL yesterday, but it's CDS (Credential Deadline Season) and I had to get my tennis travel plans for the summer worked out. I did have time to post a Davis Cup preview at ESPN, although I wrote exclusively about the U.S. vs. Serbia

For the second consecutive Masters final (in a two-week span, no less), Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal. He did so in a third-set tiebreaker this time, with the final score showing 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). For all the match minutiae,

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Caroline Wozniacki is feeling healthy, and it showed in another victory at the Connecticut Open. The four-time champion opened play Tuesday night by cruising past American Alison Riske 6-0, 6-4 to advance to the third round at the Connecticut Tennis Center. ''I felt pretty well out

“I don’t think we need it. There are ball marks on clay, and our chair umpires are used to checking the marks when needed, so why would we need Hawk-Eye?”—Gilbert Ysern, a former umpire and director general of the French Open, to the New York Times in 2009. Watching the