Grass season arrives in a 24-hour flash. One day we’re watching the players slide across red clay in Paris; the next we’re watching them slip across green turf in England, and Germany. After a week, many of those players have had a chance to grow accustomed to the new surface

“It took a lot of emotions,” Sofia Kenin said when she was asked how she had pulled off her 6-2, 7-5 upset win over Serena Williams at Roland Garros on Saturday. A lot of emotions, as well as a lot of big serves and bold ground strokes; a lot of

This week I’ll be discussing "The Agassi Story," the 2004 autobiography of Mike Agassi, Andre’s father, with TENNIS.com editor Kamakshi Tandon. Hi Kamakshi, By the time I finished this book, I found myself thinking, “Wow, Mike Agassi really doesn’t know much about his youngest son, does he?” There’s very little

Tennis has been transformed over the last five decades by TV, money, technology, equipment, fashion and politics. But through all of that, the players have remained at the heart of the game. As part of our golden anniversary celebration of the Open era, Tennis.com presents its list of 50 best

Dustin Brown was hitting balls on the first day of professional tennis since the middle of March, and I had the best seat in the house. The dreadlocked German was traversing brick-red clay with veteran savvy, and tormenting his opponent, Jean-Marc Werner, with an array of spins and blasts. It

We all know the feeling: You’re in the throes of some epic grudge match against a fellow court rat and you’re both pumped. In your mind it’s the fifth-set tiebreak at the U.S. Open and the tension is exquisite. You’re playing out of your mind. In fact, you’re fairly sure

NEW YORK -- James Blake rested his white baseball hat on the table at the front of the U.S. Open's main interview room, smiled, and began speaking Monday about his impending retirement from tennis. The former top-five player was relaxed, composed and matter-of-fact. "No real surprise here. This is my

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor

Serena Williams earned her first win of the clay-court season, easing past inspired Italian qualifier Lisa Pigato, 6-3, 6-2 to advance at the inaugural Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma. "I've played everywhere," the top seed laughed after the match, "so now I can add this to the list. The atmosphere is

• NandoRafa by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director* Hi TWibe! More All About Me fun this week, so let’s jump right in. (If you’ve missed the past few weeks and have no idea what’s going on here, click here to catch up.) Introducing the "real" __! Gender: Female Hair color:

Hc by Pete Bodo Well, day one is in the books, folks. And day two will begin with some talk about books. First, though, note that this is a Crisis Center post, which means it will be the place for you to discuss all the U.S. Open action of day

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are back on court Friday for their third-round matches at the Australian Open. Six-time champion Williams is playing Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina. Djokovic, seeking his sixth Australian Open title, plays No. 28-seeded Andreas Seppi. Djokovic has never lost in 11

NEW YORK (AP) She came to New York rusty, injured and, by tennis standards, aging. She'll leave after another nice run at a Grand Slam title, though nice runs are not ever what Venus Williams has played for. Williams fell 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to Kim Clijsters in the semifinals

WATCH: Alcaraz ended en epic clash with Nadal with one of the best rallies of the day.

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On Tuesday, Irina Falconi defeated Xinyun Han of China in the first round of the Australian Open, 6-1, 7-5. This is not new territory for the 26-year-old American, who has reached the second round of the season’s first Slam for the fourth consecutive year. But it remains a feat nonetheless,

Playing under the lights in Paris, Scandinavian duo Holger Rune and Casper Ruud wrapped up thrilling five-set encounters to reach the third round of Roland Garros late Thursday night. Rune, a two-time quarterfinalist (twice losing in the last eight to Ruud) shook off losing a two-set lead and rallied from