Reading serves as clearly as the sponsor sign on the back wall, Francesca Schiavone was outside the doubles alley when she launched herself into a forehand return that dipped diagonally inside the sideline before Samantha Stosur could take a step toward the ball. Cracking returns on the rise, Schiavone made

The skid marks scarring the red clay looked like routes on a road map marking David Ferrer's path to a long-desired destination. Hair flapping against his forehead with almost every determined step, Ferrer beat Andy Murray to the ball and beat him up with his forehand, pounding out a 6-4,

"I love my tennis identity. It's given me so much in life and it's part of who I am. I've worked so hard for everything I've done on court and I think I enjoy having that part of me." The TENNIS.com Podcast catches up with Caroline Wozniacki this week to

Novak Djokovic pushed back his return to professional tennis after a six-month hiatus. The 30-year-old should still appear in Tie Break Tens action, an exhibition event in Melbourne, alongside Stan Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal, who are also set to show off how time away from sanctioned play may actually have

4 "Popalopabenkowicz" Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova recently started working with Canadian coach Rob Steckley, who specializes on the side in making off-the-wall videos with his players. Pavlyuchenkova had already released this gem in the lead-in to the tournament ...

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic met for the second time in as many weeks in an ATP Masters event. The Setting 2008 started off with a noteworthy accomplishment in Grand Slam play: Novak Djokovic captured his first major title at the Australian Open. The breakthrough was a significant one, as

Tennis fans aren't the only ones itching for the WTA tour to resume, as Venus Williams is also counting down the days until the action resumes. In anticipation of the tour resuming, Venus posted a "Return to Play" video where she answered questions from fans. Here are a few of

The French Open is headed into its final weekend with just four players left in each draw. To warm up for the main acts on Thursday (Timea Bacsinszky vs. Jelena Ostapenko and Karolina Pliskova vs. Simona Halep), take note of some important numbers from the fortnight. 0 Caroline Wozniacki’s second-round

The last great stop on the clay-court tour slides into Roland Garros where springtime tennis is as savory as one of Paris’ chocolate croissants. The draw will be wide open for a number of WTA star contenders after wading through an unpredictable 2017 season. Serena Williams won't be in Paris

Roger Federer had his chances, including a match point at 5-4 in the third set, but in the end it just wasn’t to be as he fell to Nikoloz Basilashvili, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, in the Doha quarterfinals on Thursday. It was Federer’s first event back after just over 13 months

Petra Kvitova declared herself a serious contender for the 2013 Wimbledon title over the course of two days and what might be called a typical Kvitovian roller-coaster ride, featuring repeated climbs to the heights of competence and ecstasy followed by plunges into the depths of bumbling and despair. You think

WATCH: Kontaveit dispatched Olympic champion Belinda Bencic en route to her third career title in Ostrava.

MASON, OHIO—On Thursday, Venus Williams reminded the press that beating Samantha Stosur in Rome this past spring secured her Olympic berth in London. Indeed, Stosur seems to draw out Venus’s strengths quite often—especially her cross-court backhand—while not truly hurting the American with one of her main weapons, the kick serve.

Two Canadians will contest an ATP semifinal for the first time since 1990 tomorrow as Milos Raonic beat Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4, to join compatriot Vasek Pospisil in the final four. Any match between these two is contested in a predictable, serve-dominated mode, and the 3-0 head-to-head in

NEW YORK -- Serena Williams was so dominant in the first round of the U.S. Open, her opponent really wanted a hug. So midway through the second set of defending champion Williams' 6-0, 6-1 victory Monday night, Francesca Schiavone wandered behind the baseline, found a ball boy and enveloped him

STANFORD, Calif. (AP)—Ana Ivanovic has a new coach and a better outlook. Venus Williams continues to work toward another possible Grand Slam title. The fifth-seeded Ivanovic won her first-round match in the Bank of the West Classic, defeating Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (2), 6-1 on Tuesday. The former world No. 1

Well, it's been some go 'round on equal prize money at Wimbledon, and the only thing I feel pretty certain about is that the issues informing this debate seem more substantial and debate-worthy than the fact that Wimbledon has made a slight adjustment to fully equalize the payout at this

ROME (AP) — Nick Kyrgios took full advantage of his crafty game to eliminate Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday. For his first win on clay this year, Kyrgios was full of smiles as he fired aces and passing shots seemingly

Racing from corner to corner late in the decisive set, Roger Federer was jerked around the court when Nikolay Davydenko ratcheted up the degree of difficulty in a disorienting rally by playing over Federer's head. Spinning abruptly, Federer sprinted back to the baseline, and flicked a defensive backhand at Davydenko's

Caroline Wozniacki likes to search for the right word. I realized this last April when I asked about on-court coaching; she had the perfect word in her head (possibly “critical”) but couldn’t find it and insisted it would haunt her. I noticed this again when I watched her last presser.