NEW YORK—Spinning around the service line, Roger Federer looked over the outstretched hands eager to embrace his final shot and smiled. Then he wound up and let his forehand fly sending the ball high into the night sky. All that activity took place after Federer soared into the fourth round

WATCH—Jon Wertheim talk with Sloane Stephens after her first-round win at the 2019 Australian Open:

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Nick Kyrgios put aside a bloody hand, a hamstring issue, a tiff with the chair umpire and a resilient opponent who saved a pair of match points. When the Australian Open third-round thriller ended after about 4 1/2 hours Saturday, Kyrgios dropped to his back behind

ROQUEBRUNE, France (AP)—John Isner’s big serve and solid forehand proved too strong for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, defeating the Frenchman 6-3, 7-6 (4) 5-7, 6-3 Sunday to put the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals. Tsonga had chances, but could only break his serve once as the Americans took an unassailable

SURPRISE, Ariz.(AP) A fiesty teenager and a transplanted South African led the way in a comeback victory for the United States over Argentina on Sunday in the first round of the Fed Cup. Melanie Oudin, a 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., kept the United States alive by rallying to beat Betina

There are two more days and three more matches left in the ATP's season. Here's a quick look ahead at Sunday's semifinals in London. They could be blockbusters, they could be busts, but they've got four great and deserving players in them.

The mens’s Masters event in Montreal is getting underway, but two of its recent former champions won’t be making the trip. Andy Roddick is retired and starting a new gig on the other side of the TV screen, at Fox Sports, while Roger Federer pulled out yesterday with what we

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Rafael Nadal swept Tomas Berdych in straight sets Sunday to win his second Wimbledon title and eighth Grand Slam championship. The top-ranked Spaniard beat the 12th-seeded Czech 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours, 13 minutes to reinforce his current status as the No. 1 player in the game

When you think of Peng Shuai’s run to the 2014 U.S. Open semifinals, you probably remember her being wheeled off the court in the second set due to heat illness. It was a frightening scene that largely overshadowed the match itself. But what shouldn’t be forgotten was Peng’s forehand, a

MONACO (AP) Rafael Nadal is glad he won a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title the hard way, after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in an error-strewn final Sunday. Normally, having to face 47 break points in five matches to win a tournament on clay would be a big

Captc2f7e325997d414fbb39b126a47e3addhungarytennismti102 By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (ATP - Grass - Newport, United States) Singles Bracket - Rajeev Ram def. Sam Querrey Doubles Bracket - Jordan Kerr/Rajeev Ram def. Michael Kohlmann/Rogier Wassen Davis Cup (ITF - Various) Czech Republic vs. Argentina

Rafael Nadal clinched the coveted year-end No. 1 ranking for 2013 today with a workmanlike, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) win over Stanislas Wawrinka. This was a match containing numerous “glass half-full, glass half-empty” elements. For while the glory and importance of what Nadal accomplished is obvious, it’s also true that

It’s odd to watch a match and conclude that experience pulled the winner through, when that player is just 20 years old. But that was the case tonight, as Sloane Stephens put down the Australian Open insurgency of 19-year-old Elina Svitolina in a third-round match, prevailing 7-5, 6-4. It seems

Nobody present in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, or watching on television, would have confused the work done by Roberta Vinci with that of her fellow Italian whose surname is so similar. Maria Sharapova's 6-2, 6-1 win over the 29-year-old from Taranto was a work of art only in the

ISTANBUL, Turkey—Just before she skipped into her press conference after her upset of Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday, the gregarious Jelena Jankovic told the official whom she was walking with that she wanted to go in immediately because she had to “tell her story.” The former No. 1 was in fine

WUHAN, China—Jessica Pegula has played just once before at the Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open; with that 2019 result in mind, the world No. 3 was loath to outline any grandiose expectations at her Media Day press conference. “Last time I was in Wuhan, I think I lost, 6-0, 6-1,” she

There may have been stars missing when the draws came out and a few names of note have already exited 'Cincinnati in New York', but it would be difficult for anyone to deny that Monday's order of play at the Western & Southern Open is stacked. We'll keep you updated

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Rafael Nadal's bid to win four straight Grand Slam tournaments is over. The injured Nadal lost for the second straight year in the Australian Open quarterfinals, going down 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Nadal, who appeared to have tears in his eyes during

Luke and I have been listening to a song lately called Cowboy Logic (hat tip to the composers, Don Cook and Chuck Rains). The lyrics go like this: This is a serviceable comparison for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it works whether you love

Whether it’s the long, grueling rallies on the terre battue, or the fact that there are more specialized clay-courters to grind past, the French Open is generally regarded as the toughest Grand Slam to win, and the stats tell the story—of all the players who’ve won three of the four