INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—A strong start to the new season has Casper Ruud feeling as light as his newly trimmed physique at the BNP Paribas Open. “Last year in February I was around 84 kilos and this year I'm 80, so it's 4 kilos less,” Ruud explained during his post-match press

When Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov meet in the final of the Miami Open presented by Itau, they’ll both be looking for their second career ATP Masters 1000 trophies. But their roads to get there couldn’t be more different. Sinner was a win away from lifting the trophy here on

Watch Venus and Serena face off in Indian Wells—with Lindsay Davenport and Ted Robinson calling the action LIVE—tonight on Tennis Channel: 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Five years ago at what was then known as the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., I watched Serena Williams utterly dominate her older

A pair of Americans, Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens, took to the courts Friday to play quarterfinal matches at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C. Neither won, but to assess where each of these two stood at the end of their latest matches triggers an assertion: Define winning. Gauff’s

There’s no question that players are inspired to perform at their best at their “home” tournaments, and the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., is no exception. However, despite its status as one of the crown jewels on the ATP and WTA tours, no player from the U.S. has

The draws were revealed for the 2020 US Open on Thursday afternoon, and there were a lot of first-round matches that jumped out at us. Here are 10 of the most intriguing opening clashes: In what could be the most-anticipated first-round match on the women’s side, American phenom Gauff will

NEW YORK—Just after her 6-2, 6-2 win over Ana Konjuh, which took all of 57 minutes, Karolina Pliskova was asked how she felt. The 24-year-old Czech didn’t waste any time with her answer. “It’s an amazing feeling,” she began in her rapid-fire, no-time-to-take-a-breath English. She then went on to tell

WATCH—Sloane Stephens talks US Open title defense with TC:

LONDON (AP) — Madison Brengle knew, of course, that her opponent, Petra Kvitova, was a two-time Wimbledon champion and a popular pick to win the title again this year. Brengle also was aware, of course, that she herself never had won so much as one main-draw match at the All

source: The Associated Press Vasek Pospisil, of Canada, celebrates after defeating Andy Murray, of Great Britain, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Indian Wells, Calif. Pospisil won the match 6-4, 7-6 (5). (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Andy Murray was

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Elena Vesnina recovered after blowing three match points to beat Venus Williams 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 and reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night. Vesnina staved off six break points in the last game, falling behind 40-love to start, before closing out

By the time a player has earned a third match point, the pulse is likely rising quickly, each one previously surrendered an exponential tension-raiser. In the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open, Camila Giorgi had lost the first on her serve at 5-4, 40-30. The second came and went two

On Thursday, Stefanos Tsitsipas survived in a decisive tiebreaker to squeak past Hubert Hurkacz. Twenty-four hours later, the 21-year-old enjoyed a day to remember at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Prior to taking the court for his quarterfinal with Novak Djokovic Friday, Tsitsipas locked up his first berth to the Nitto

WATCH: Sharapova was last at the US Open for a shocking first-round clash with Serena Williams in 2019.

Welcome to Underrated Week! From May 4 through 8, TENNIS.com is focusing on the most overlooked aspects of the sport, from stats to achievements to tactics, and beyond. We're also featuring 10 players because of something they do extremely well, but which isn't their signature quality. It's a series we're

Carlos Alcaraz swept aside lingering injury concerns as he kicked off his quest for a third straight Mutua Madrid Open title, defeating Alexander Shevchenko, 6-2, 6-1 on Friday. The top seed had been forced to sit out the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters and a title defense at the Barcelona Open Banc

Tennis matches are won by breaking an opponent’s game apart. At the world-class level, that usually calls for taking away response time, sometimes by hitting the ball harder, sometimes by hitting it earlier. Do both, as Iga Swiatek has done now for two weeks at Roland Garros, and you enter

LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked women's doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands needs surgery after dislocating her right kneecap and rupturing her patellar tendon during a singles match at Wimbledon. "One of the most painful injuries that I've had," the 32-year-old American said on Facebook Live on Saturday, "and I've had a few

“It was kind of a disaster.” That’s how Sofia Kenin described her 6-0, 6-0 loss to Victoria Azarenka in Rome, just before Roland Garros. There are disasters in tennis, and then there are double-bagel disasters. They carry a special, embarrassing sting. Fans and future opponents will forget a 6-0, 6-1

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