It isn’t just the players at Flushing Meadows who have their own personalities. So do the courts. At more than 30 years old, the National Tennis Center is still in its youth. It isn’t suffused with the tradition and history that cover every inch of the All England Club and

By TW Contributing Editor, Andrew BurtonCreatureslightdark Morning, all. Yesterday saw an epic struggle between the forces of light and darkness. There are fundamentally two ways to win a tennis point: through an opponent's error, or through hitting the ball to a place where he or she can't get to it

We’ve all seen that certain points, at not obviously crucial times, can have an outsized impact on the outcome of a match. We had one such point in today’s final in Madrid, in which a spectacularly determined and focused Rafael Nadal collected his fifth win in seven finals this year—this

• Picby Pete Bodo* I'll say this much for Rafael Nadal: He has a way of keeping things very interesting. When it comes to his game, and his understanding of it, he's traveled far from the raw, explosive, ball-busting hellion who once went out with, seemingly, no more complicated a

by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director How’s it going, TWibe? Funny story from last night . . . I’m lounging at home and I get this message from one of my co-workers (who knows nothing about tennis): “OMG, watching True Hollywood Story on Anna Kournikova. Your man Pete is on

PARIS (AP) In ''Narcos,'' the television drama based on the life and crimes of Pablo Escobar, the now long-dead Colombian cocaine trafficker is shown making a roaring bonfire of banknotes to keep his family warm while they are on the run. This waste in a country with grinding poverty comes

NEW YORK—If an athlete has a name that can be chanted, New York sports fans won’t waste any time making it happen. Even when the athlete in question is an unseeded, 20-year-old tennis player from Dallas, who had never won a main-draw match at the US Open before this week.

What’s at Stake Since attaining the world number one ranking in April 2022, Iga Swiatek has held that spot for all but eight weeks. But by the end of 2023, Swiatek had regained her place at the top from Aryna Sabalenka. Though Swiatek has remained No. 1 ever since, the

What was the biggest stunner of Novak Djokovic’s Saturday in Indian Wells? There was, first and foremost, his three-set loss to 85th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp. That may sound like a shocking result to the casual fan, but anyone who follows the sport week to week knew it was a

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams think they're entitled to be considered the No. 1 female tennis player. They'll have the chance to prove it at the Australian Open. Jankovic has the bragging rights now, spending the last two months at the top of the rankings despite a series

NEW YORK (AP) - She came to New York rusty, injured and, by tennis standards, aging. She'll leave after another nice run at a Grand Slam title, though nice runs are not ever what Venus Williams has played for. Williams fell 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to Kim Clijsters in the

Elena Rybakina made history on Wednesday when she became the first Kazakh player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. It's a result that the Moscow-born No. 17 seed hopes will, in some small way, repay the nation’s tennis federation for their years of support. “They believed in me,” she said

A tennis photographer once told me that it’s hard to get good shots of players when they’re facing a French opponent at Roland Garros. Not wanting to do anything to tick off the famously partisan, and famously noisy Parisian crowd, they try to kept their emotions and reactions in check.

You may know Dave Portnoy from Barstool Sports. You may know him from his beloved “One Bite” pizza reviews shot at slice shops around the country. You may know him as one of the most fervent and outspoken Boston sports fanatics anywhere. And, over the past few days, you may

There is no singular blueprint for a tennis parent. The terrain is filled with likeminded people who want the same goal for their children, but the odds are slim of reaching the summit. Michael Parks knows all about the cutthroat life of competitive sports. The former pro basketball player understands

The Sunshine Swing comes to an electric conclusion at the Hard Rock Stadium, featuring a women’s final emblematic of the kind of power tennis fans have watched throughout the two weeks at the 2024 Miami Open. Elena Rybakina was a win away from the Sunshine Double in 2023 after capturing

Everybody knows Jelena. I think she always tells me the demons in her head comes out during the match, so I completely understand. . .Probably my box wasn't that easy [either], cheering for me. Maybe she said some bad words to them, but I think they can handle it. They're

When it comes to the clay season, we might call this the slow-build period. It’s been a little haphazard, but we’re getting there. This past weekend we had four Davis Cup ties on red dirt, and an old-fashioned thumping by Serena Williams on Har-Tru—I’d call it a beat down if

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Who wore what? Style Points breaks down the latest collabs, kits and fashion statements from around the tennis world. With the year’s second Grand Slam taking place in the fashion capital of the world, tennis fans already know to expect some memorable looks to hit the courts at Roland Garros.