ROME, Italy—When Peyton Stearns learned her coaching relationship with Tom Hill had ended back in April, she took it in stride. Then she took to social media. “I wasn’t going to take to social media but due to some factors,” she said with a wink, “I took to social media.

WATCH: Kyrgios struck a smooth 12 aces to navigate tricky conditions against Baez on Thursday.

PARIS (AP) — Quite a trip to Paris in the springtime for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff: She celebrated graduating from high school — an achievement saluted via social media by former first lady Michelle Obama — and now is into the French Open quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. How

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon because of a torn abdominal muscle on Thursday, a day before he was supposed to play Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals. It is the first time since 1931 that a man pulled out of the oldest Grand Slam tournament before a

WATCH: Carlos Alcaraz makes his Calvin Klein debut as a part of the brand's "Calvins or nothing" global campaign.

Indian Wells, the tournament, is a beautiful excuse to visit Indian Wells, the city. Just thirty minutes southeast of Palm Springs is the little oasis that we fans like to call Tennis Paradise. And trust me, there’s plenty more to paradise than tennis with a view. Here are the Top

Playing in front of an enthusiastic partisan crowd, No. 8 seed Daria Kasatkina was at the center of the St. Petersburg spectacle when she ended Clara Tauson’s winning streak to advance at the eponymous Ladies Trophy, 6-4, 7-6 (0). A semifinalist at St. Petersburg’s inaugural 2016 staging, the Russian faced

WATCH: Yastremska hadn't won a match since playing Simona Halep through two tight sets in Rome last fall.

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“Tennis is a lonely sport, probably the most lonely. You’re out there with no team, no coach and no place to hide.”—Andre Agassi Tennis prides itself on being a fiercely individual game. But scattered throughout the season are opportunities for the pros to take a break from the lonely grind

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne, ending months of uncertainty about his participation because of the strict COVID-19 vaccination requirements in place for the tournament. The top-ranked Djokovic wrote on Instagram

“Was that a forehand, or a bolt of lightning?” one Eurosport commentator exclaimed, after a particularly deadly shot from Carlos Alcaraz. It’s been called a “killer forehand” by renowned coach Patrick Mouratoglou, and hailed as one of the best shots among the next generation of ATP talents. We’ve almost run

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In the middle of this charming country-style kitchen sits Maplesugar's venerable cat Frances. Maplesugar writes: This is my all-suffering cat, Frances, my tennis match-watching partner. Luckily, she is somewhat deaf, as she is an old gal, so she only hears the most high-pitched of my tennis-watching shrieks. Her eyes get

Alizé Cornet took a slice of Roland Garros with her when she bid adieu to tennis on Court Philippe-Chatrier last spring. But though the former world No. 11 had ostensibly closed the door on tennis, she left a window open. “I didn’t want it to be a real end,” Cornet

Editor's Note: This story originally ran on May 5, Alcaraz's birthday Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces and the youngest man to reach No. 1 on the ATP rankings. On the court, he’s stood in the winners’ circle 18 times and

Say it ain't so, Rafa! With a single video message shared to social media, Rafael Nadal broke the hearts of tennis fans the world over as the 22-time Grand Slam winner and former world No. 1 announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season. "It is

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