MIAMI, FL — Alexandra Eala had barely any time to process her history-making run at the Miami Open presented by Itau, but on Sunday afternoon she already had one thing clear: There’s still one more match to prepare for. The big-hitting teenager from the Philippines pulled off one of the

Sloane Stephens is a cover girl once again, and for good reason. The 2017 US Open champion’s accomplishments extend far beyond the tennis court, and afford her a well-deserved spot on the cover of Shape’s Women Run The World digital edition. The 28-year-old looks the part, serving both power and

MELBOURNE—Do you have trouble concentrating at work? How would you like to try it with a children’s carnival swirling around you? That’s what the 56 desperate, harried souls trying to qualify for the last 28 spots in the Australian Open main draw faced here on Saturday. On the courts, this

The first half of this fortnight has come and gone, and in its wake we have a flurry of tweets to show for all the rapid thoughts and feelings of tennis journalists, fans, and other observers. (Yea, though some try from time to time, nothing is ever truly deleted on

1. Dinara Safina made it to Fes, her first time in Morocco since 2002.
2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands was at the shooting range taking target practice:

It didn’t take long for Carlos Alcaraz to pinpoint why he lost, and why Novak Djokovic won, their Australian Open quarterfinal, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. The reason can be summed up in two sentences: - When Alcaraz had Djokovic down early, the young Spaniard didn’t step

Tsvetana Pironkova, who qualified and has reached the final of the Sydney International with her upset of Petra Kvitova, says that being less self-critical has helped her resurgence. A former Wimbledon semifinalist, Pironkova fell out of the Top 100 in 2013. “Definitely a difficult season last year, very disappointing,” she

This week at Roland Garros, a journalist has been asking top players whether they’ve “ever played the perfect tennis match,” and “whether it’s possible to play an absolutely perfect tennis match.” Some pros have, naturally enough, denied that it’s doable. Rafael Nadal summed up the consensus when he said that

Eugenie Bouchard is the newest addition to the list of players we’ll miss at the Tokyo Olympics. The Canadian first confused fans when she took to Instagram stories recently to have her followers guess where she was headed. The photo of her luggage and passport made it clear she was

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic tells reporters in Basel that the back problems he suffered after he won the U.S. Open was the worst injury of his career. "I'm only just back from the biggest injury of my career. It was a big task for me to have played really

PARIS (AP) When someone has won as many significant matches and titles as Serena Williams - her Grand Slam trophy count now stands at 20 - it can be hard to decide how to sort them by degree of difficulty or order of importance. She puts her 2015 French Open

This week at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, Stefanos Tsitsipas traded some forehands for "Fore!" when the Greek star teed it up on the mini-golf course with LPGA golfer Hannah Green. Green, a 27-year-old Aussie who won a major crown at the 2019 Women's PGA Championship, was in town for the

Novak Djokovic, who will lead Serbia in its Davis Cup semifinal against Canada in Belgrade this weekend, admits that he is tired after his loss to Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final on Monday night. Djokovic took an overnight flight to Belgrade after hosting his foundation’s charity gala in

Radek Stepanek says he is no longer on the market as far as tennis players are concerned. The 36-year-old Czech has been known for his relationships with fellow pros. Stepanek was engaged to Martina Hingis and married Nicole Vaidisova before most recently dating Petra Kvitova. But no more, he declares.

Former world No. 5 Anna Chakvetadze tells Russia’s Sport Express that she has officially retired. The 26-year-old Moscow native reached the U.S. Open semifinals in 2007, but never reached that stage of a major again. In December 2007, Chakvetadze and her family were victims of an armed robbery, which she

The defending champion Naomi Osaka is smiling again at the US Open. The 21-year-old Japanese was in tears during the trophy ceremony in 2018 and exited her press conference in similar fashion at Wimbledon. But she says she now has another approach. “It's definitely changed for me. I took, like,

It’s probably safe to say that tennis broadcast rightsholders in the United States didn’t love what the sport was up against Sunday night. Due to the Australian Open’s three-week, pandemic-induced delay, the first hours of the tournament’s first day of coverage ran opposite—wait for it—the Super Bowl. From a ratings