MELBOURNE—It didn’t require the Houdini act that Novak Djokovic pulled off here the other evening, but Roger Federer’s 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 quarterfinal win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga tonight in Rod Laver Arena required every trick, tactic, and shot in Federer’s vaunted repertoire. Federer wasn’t as razor-sharp as he had

This week, TENNIS.com online editor Kamakshi Tandon and I are discussing Quest for Perfection: The Roger Federer Story, by René Stauffer. Hi Steve,

July 3 1920 — Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers a second straight year (6-3, 6-0) to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon. 1925 — Suzanne Lenglen wins her sixth and final women's singles title at Wimbledon, easily beating Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0. 1931 — Max Schmeling knocks out Young

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The buzz around Centre Court gradually increased while Andy Murray inched closer to ending one of the longest waits in British sports. A tennis crowd used to disappointments finally saw reason to believe, with the classic shouts of `Come on Andy'' at Wimbledon over the last seven years

CARLSBAD, California (AP)—No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland reached her first final in 10 months with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova at the Mercury Insurance Open on Saturday night. Radwanska, ranked 10th in the world, used Hantuchova’s double fault in the seventh game for the only

NEW YORK (AP)—A Monday men’s final is becoming a U.S. Open tradition. The championship match between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic was postponed a day because of persistent rain Sunday, the third consecutive year that the season’s last major tournament won’t finish on schedule. The No. 1-seeded Nadal, bidding to

MONTREAL (AP)—Kim Clijsters breezed into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kaia Kanepi on Thursday. Clijsters, who won at Cincinnati last week in three sets over Maria Sharapova, had to outlast American Bethanie Mattek-Sands the night before. “I was playing an opponent who could

PARIS (AP)—Andy Roddick, Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer claimed the last spots for the ATP World Tour Finals after Gael Monfils ended Fernando Verdasco's hopes at the Paris Masters on Thursday. Roddick reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-6 (8), putting Jurgen Melzer out of contention in the

MASON, Ohio -- Four games, 16 minutes, only nine points lost. Rafael Nadal couldn't have gotten off to a much better start. The top-ranked player defeated American Taylor Dent 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday in his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters. He took control by dominating the first four games,

If you tuned into the Madrid telecast today because you wanted to see Roger Federer driven into the ropes and battered and bloodied with body punches, you were a day too late. This was not Milos Raonic he was playing, but a very soft Richard Gasquet—the Frenchman who's more or

LONDON (AP)—It seems every time Roger Federer steps onto the tennis court these days, there’s another milestone within his grasp. The former top-ranked Swiss star scratched another one off the list on Saturday, reaching his 100th career final by beating David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinals of

Each day during the 2011 U.S. Open, coach Nick Bollettieri will discuss three of the most intriguing matches on the schedule and offer his predictions. Sabine Lisicki [22] vs. Vera Zvonareva [2] (Arthur Ashe Stadium, second night match) Zvonareva is 3-0 against Lisicki and has beaten her twice this year,

Each day during the French Open, we'll preview—and predict the winner of—three of the most compelling women's matches. (9) Caroline Wozniacki vs. (23) Kaia Kanepi —Head to Head: Wozniacki leads 3-1 You can make a very good case for Kanepi winning this match. The Estonian possesses more power and beat

Head-to-Head: Williams lead 7-1 Centre Court is not the squared circle, but Victoria Azarenka's last trip inside the lines with Serena Williams at a major left her feeling like she'd spent a few rounds on the ropes. "It's painful. To have somebody just going at you like that, it's a

A competitive tennis match is the perfect breeding ground for pressure. This sport is so challenging and unpredictable at times that responding to crises becomes more rule than the exception. Proper mental training and preparation helps players feed off competitive pressure, improve focus, and raise their game to a higher

Doubles Take returns with a look at some of the best in team play on the ATP and WTA tours. THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER...ON THE CLAY, WITH SOMEONE ELSE? Back during the recently completed grass-court season, one of the best teams on the turf was the Croatian-Austrian pairing of

“So far as I am aware, there’s no suggestion Mr. Tomic has committed any offence of any kind. If there is, he certainly hasn’t been charged or even questioned about it. So I’m really not sure what all the ruckus is about.”—Chris Nyst, defense attorney for swooning ATP No. 49

I suppose the selfie generation would call this quarterfinal match between Li Na and Dominka Cibulkova a “hot mess.” It was, after all, two hours and 35 minutes of unpredictable shifts in momentum and wildly fluctuating powers of execution at both ends of the court. This was a match that

Tommy Robredo took off his shades, then turned in the most eye-popping passing shot of the day. A devious kick serve from Kevin Anderson sent Robredo into such deep retreat that he nearly knocked his knee into the court-side clock. The lunging return that floated short presented a slam-dunk smash

WATCH: Denis Shapovalov outlasted Karen Khachanov in five epic sets to reach the final four at Wimbledon.