Angelique Kerber played her first official WTA match as a Grand Slam champion in Doha earlier this week, and a fan expecting a spectacular show could be forgiven for asking for her money back. Kerber, the top seed, lost to Zheng Saisai of China—a woman ranked 71 spots below her,

MIAMI, Fla.—Ordinarily, when a player loses a set after leading 5-2, blame lies squarely on his or her shoulders. But it’s a measure of just how explosive, just how dangerous, just how fearless, just how determined and just how gifted Serena Williams is that it was impossible to hold Li

Okay, I'm not supposed to like this on-court coaching thing. I know. But the experiment that has traditionalists apoplectic has borne some strange - and funny - fruit here. Just this morning, in the round table with Larry Scott, CEO of the WTA Tour, he made his case for coaching:

I have a funny feeling that I know just what Thomas Hogstedt is not wanting to think, but thinking nonetheless, right now: “Okay, we’ve got her right where we want her!” The “we” would be coach Hogstedt and his protégé, Maria Sharapova. The “her” would be Serena Williams, who will

How much of a chance would you give a guy who re-injures an already tender knee in the very first game of a Wimbledon quarterfinal clash with David Ferrer—a guy who also had been dismissed by the Spaniard in straight sets one round earlier at the same exact tournament last

The second installment of our 30-Love series contemplates the future of another May-birthday baseliner, Novak Djokovic. We began with an examination of Andy Murray, 30 years after he was born. These are trying times for Novak Djokovic, not exactly what he might have anticipated when he turned 29 a year

WIMBLEDON—Donna Vekic was the veteran who’d previously played in 42 Grand Slam tournaments. Lulu Sun was the qualifier, in the main draw of a major for only the second time. Theoretically, Vekic should have been the one swinging freely and feeling more comfortable. But through the first set and well

Rafael Nadal has won almost everything of significance in tennis over the course of his career. Grand Slam singles titles? Twenty-two of them, and at least two from each pillar tournament. He’s won Olympic gold in singles and doubles, and held the Davis Cup five times—with another possibly on the

Carlos Alcaraz kept hopes of reaching a second consecutive Nitto ATP Finals semifinal alive on Wednesday, overcoming illness and Andrey Rublev, 6-3, 7-6 (8) to score his first win of the week and improve to 1-1 in the John Newcombe Group. "I surprised myself a lot, the way I played

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The turning point in the longest men's final ever at a Grand Slam came when 10-time major winner Rafael Nadal went for a bit too much on a backhand after more than 5 hours on court. Novak Djokovic outlasted Nadal in 5 hours, 53 minutes to win

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) One of the two Russian semifinalists at Wimbledon failed to convert a match point Thursday. The other struggled to even win a point in her match. Neither will be playing in Saturday's final. Elena Dementieva came close, though, getting within a point of beating one half of the

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) John Isner dragged his weary, 6-foot-9 body back out to play in Wimbledon's second round a day after finally winning the longest match in tennis history, an 11-hour, 5-minute affair that ended 70-68 in the fifth set. Not surprisingly, every movement was a chore. Also not surprisingly, the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Vera Zvonareva calls her “great for women’s tennis.” Li Na says she’s an “amazing player.” Doubles star Mike Bryan considers her “one of the best in the mix.” Justine Henin’s retirement brought tributes across tennis Thursday for the seven-time Grand Slam winner who was competing only days earlier

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams - players with a combined 12 Wimbledon titles - all won in straight sets Saturday to move into the fourth round and keep up their pursuit of even more championship trophies at the All England Club. Six-time champion Federer beat

Start with a recommendation: Find another way to lose. The catalyst for this suggestion is the brilliant baseline play of Novak Djokovic. For more than a decade now, save for Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros and the occasional zone-like effort from various contenders, rarely has anyone knocked Djokovic off his

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NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff is still a teenager, after all, and so it should surprise no one that she was on her phone in the locker room, scrolling through social media, right up until 10 minutes before heading out on court for the U.S. Open final. What the

There was something different about Danielle Collins on Saturday in Miami. As always, the American showed us her fire. The max-volume screams of “Come on!” The commands to her coaches to “Stand up!” and “Talk to me!” The grunts that climb higher and higher as the points get more and

Three-time Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova scored the first big upset of the tournament on Tuesday when she rallied from a set down to reel off seven straight games en route to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 stunner over top seed Elina Svitolina. "I haven't been playing too