It would be way too simple to say that this rollercoaster contest came down to Kaia Kanepi's mental shortcomings versus Caroline Wozniacki's physical limitations. Yes, Kanepi failed to serve it out four times—and wasted four match points—before ultimately prevailing, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3. And yes, Wozniacki's inability to hit through

Kim Clijsters announced that this tournament will be her Wimbledon farewell, and she's playing like a woman prepared to make it a long good-bye. Playing fast and looking fit, Clijsters cruised to a 6-3, 4-3 lead over Vera Zvonareva when the 12th-seeded Russian retired, the victim of an apparent respiratory

With his 30th birthday looming in July, Fernando Gonzalez knows he may not have many chances left to play in the rich and prestigious BNP Paribas Open. But Gonzalez is skipping Indian Wells this year—not because of a personal injury, but because his country is hurting. “It wasn’t a difficult

WASHINGTON (AP)—Gael Monfils put one hand on the trophy of the Legg Mason Classic by beating Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets Friday while his four main rivals all lost. The top-seeded Frenchman won 6-4, 6-4 to set up a semifinal against big-serving American John Isner, who blew away Viktor Trocki

In the G-rated words of Kanye West, How could you be so heartless? Venus Williams, one of the nicest athletes of all, was merciless in winning her first title since 2012—and, if you can believe it, only her second in the last four years. She did it with a 6-3,

On Monday, Juan Martin del Potro won the U.S. Open. Tuesday morning, he watched himself do it again and again, as if to prove that it really happened. “On TV, on the Internet, everywhere,” del Potro told a small group of reporters in midtown Manhattan. “When I saw the ball

The damp Court 2 lawn looked like a launching pad as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wristed a lunging backhand stab volley at a devious angle and a sprinting Mardy Fish went airborne in a full-stretch dive for the fluttering ball, only to nudge it into net. That dazzling exchange at 5-4 in

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Roger Federer made short work of Andy Roddick this time, winning 6-2, 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday in their first rematch since the epic 2009 Wimbledon final. Federer broke Roddick’s serve twice in each set and fired 13 aces to the American’s four to win

In a new entry in Behind the Racquet's photo-essay series, WTA pro Alison Van Uytvanck opens up about her tough times growing up in the glare of hurtful comments from peers, and from coaches who didn't see promise in her budding play as part of the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation.

NEW YORK—Serena Williams wrapped up her quarterfinal win—marking her 100th US Open victory—over Wang Qiang in a tidy 44 minutes. She won 6-1, 6-0, and hit 25 winners. Her opponent, the 18th-ranked payer in the world, hit none. "It’s really unbelievable: literally because from when I first stated here I

98764571 by Pete Bodo When Sam Querrey flamed out in the first round at Roland Garros and abruptly said No mas! to the European clay tour in a press conference more noteworthy for its honesty than its diplomacy, pundits speculated on the damage Querrey's actions might have on friendship with

[Here is Ed McGrogan's latest By the Letters entry, with an interesting challenge thrown it! Enjoy the weekend, I'll be around and dropping in. . . Pete] I love words, and I can tell from reading the Tribe's comments and posts that you do too; we have some great writers

Hi everyone. The qualifying rounds for the Monte Carlo Masters are under way, Jelena Jankovic has reached her first final of 2009 in Marbella (where she will play Carla Suarez Navarro for the title tomorrow), Florent Serra is the first finalist to be determined in Casablanca, and back in the

Watercooler2 Mornin.' Over the past few days, I've been rasslin' with an infrastructural issue at this weblog. Our traditional format relies heavily on posts called Your Call, or Crisis Center. These are the posts where you're invited to chat about anything, including on-going matches - especially when some of your

• PicBy Pete Bodo* WIMBLEDON, England—Well, that's one round done and gone. Or almost. A dozen singles matches remain unfinished or unplayed. Yesterday, I commented briefly about the tournament's decision to relegate both Venus and Serena Williams to secondary show courts, but there's at least one person who's been treated

Some of you may remember that, a few months back, I posted, "Anna Without the Hype," an informal review of the DVD Anna’s Army. I thought it was a great effort by first-time filmmakers, Philip Johnston and Peter Geisler. But just the other day, I got a troublesome e-mail from

I'll probably make this short, because its my second post of the day. My first one was for my Twitter link, and it's brief enough to "re-post" here: Thinking that it's unfair that Sveta has to bounce back and play her semi after that Tolstoyan semifinal ending late yesterday afternoon.

NEW YORK—Kim Clijsters’ singles career ended at approximately 6:30pm this evening before a regrettably sparse crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Belgian, a three-time U.S. Open champion and former world No. 1, was defeated in the second round by the UK’s Laura Robson, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). The upset (Robson

Swaying side-to-side while standing inside the baseline to return serve, Venus Williams looked like a woman going places even while standing still. Spinning her wheels with a series of forehand errors early, Williams found her range in a first-set tiebreaker, beat Ekaterina Makarova to the ball in running rallies, and

Taking the court at just before 8 p.m. Paris time, Novak Djokovic knew he had to win in around 90 minutes or risk having to return tomorrow. In the end, it took an hour and 44 minutes, but the world No. 1 was magnificent in beating the darkness and qualifier