It has often struck me that there are disconcerting elements and challenges that come with the territory of pro tennis, one of the chief among them is the obvious but still easily overlooked randomness of the game. As a tour player, you’re one in the pool of roughly 200 players

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Fresh off a first-round win at Indian Wells—and an engagement to Lauren McHale, the sister of WTA No. 62 Christina McHale—Ryan Harrison talks about finding his form, getting inspiration from the younger Americans, and why he decided to pop the question. You come in off a pretty tough

201009131508545094505-p2@stats_com by Pete Bodo NEW YORK—Today, we're going to try something a little different. With 23 players from the U.S. in action in various events on sundry courts, I'm going to keep a running diary of their fortunes, all the way until the end of tonight's feature match on Ashe

It was a given that the story of the day would be the roof. Thunderstorms were in the forecast, and in the morning the All England Club slid its celebrated multimillion-dollar steel contraption across Centre Court. It may have been wishful thinking on their part. By the time a few

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In this week's edition of The Rally, Joel Drucker and Steve Tignor talk about a more down-to-earth Roland Garros; the hard-won pleasures of the five-set epic; and how Paris brings out the swagger in the game’s young stars. Hi Steve, From famine to feast. Just over a month ago, pro

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Jack Sock, the No. 14 seed, ranted and railed as he lost in the French Open first round for a second consecutive year. His tormentor Tuesday was 136th-ranked Jurgen

Fresh off an epic first Thursday, fellow editor Richard Pagliaro and I discuss some of the happenings from the first week of the Australian Open. ** Richard, So what do you make the of the early goings? The story down here has obviously been the heat, and I'm guessing it's

How much can we learn from the pros? Or, more to the point, how much can we take from their games and profitably apply to our own? After seeing 4 hours and 48 minutes of Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer (yes, I’m switching the customary order of their names for

The clear-sky machine was working overtime in Southern California as I rolled into an empty Indian Wells Tennis Garden this morning around 9:00. The sun seemed to have obliterated everything in its path, leaving just a few rocky desert hills beneath a bright blue expanse. There was one human relic

The resplendent correspondent returns* with a few musings - sartorial and otherwise - from the French Open grounds ahead of the tournament. Steve,

The Germans know introductions. In 1996, before their famous ATP World Championship final in Hannover, Pete Sampras and Boris Becker appeared at the top of a set of steps and strode through a thundering, hyped-up audience to reach the court. It turned out to be one of the best matches

It seems, to paraphrase NFL coach Denny Green, that no one has ever said what we thought they said. Rodney King never asked America, “Can’t we all just get along?” Humphrey Bogart never demanded, “Play it again, Sam.” Mark Twain never joked, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

GOLF KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is looking like the Mickelson of old at the PGA Championship. The 50-year-old ran off five birdies for a 69 and shared the lead with Louis Oosthuizen after two rounds at Kiawah Island. Mickelson and Oosthuizen were at 5-under 139, the highest

Quick fadeaway jumpers, running through hoops and swinging away at fastballs, Ahlilah Longmire spent much of her childhood looking up to her brothers and following in their footsteps. Longmire was fueled by her competitive nature to keep up with them in just about every sport under the sun. It doesn't

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:45 p.m. A couple of top pairings exited women's doubles at the French Open on Sunday, when the Williams sisters lost their second match of the day and Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza's bid for a fourth consecutive Grand

PARIS (AP) The Latest from the French Open: 8:48 p.m Three more seeded players failed to advance to the second round on Tuesday, including 10th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov who faltered at the first hurdle for the second straight year in Paris. Two of the seeded women exited: No. 6 Eugenie Bouchard,

Upsets blew open the women’s field in Paris, Serena endured physical issues, Rafa fell off his perch, and Silent Stan awoke. All the happenings made it an even more noteworthy French Open than usual—and the results at Roland Garros heavily influenced our latest Top 25. 1. Serena Williams (Previous: 3)