Two days in, and this has already been a banner Olympics for tennis. It began with the sport’s strong representation in the Games’ Opening Ceremonies, which felt like a dual validation—of the game’s global importance, and its place at the heart of a competition from which it was absent for

The possible “last dance” between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal was less a tango and more a pasodoble as Djokovic dominated the 60th meeting of their storied rivalry, 6-1, 6-4 to advance one match closer to a maiden Olympic gold medal in Paris. Facing off on Court Philippe-Chatrier for the

A tennis player we’ll call Jack is bored—for good reason. Going on ten years now, Jack’s tennis diet has been strictly doubles. Six guys. Same park. Court Two next to the parking lot. Jack always receives in the ad court. One of his regulars only plays the deuce. As surely

In his younger days, prone to perfectionism as he was, there came moments when the promising young athlete lost his cool. Spotting this tendency, his college coach jokingly referred to him as "John McEnroe." More recently, as the boy grew into a man, he realized that if he wants to

MELBOURNE—The worst athlete is the nervous athlete. According to Novak Djokovic, this is very simple, but very sound, reasoning. He heard the viewpoint from a Serbian sportscaster whose father is a retired professional boxer. It would seem someone like Djokovic would be impervious to such thoughts. After all, he’s had

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When Amanda Anisinova stepped up to serve at 4-3 in the third set against Mirra Andreeva in Miami on Sunday night, it felt like she was stepping up to a career crossroads as well. Did the former teen prodigy have what it takes to beat the teen prodigy of the

At the Oeiras Open, Denmark's Elmer Moller delivered a powerhouse performance to clinch the title. The 21-year-old left-hander crushed top seed and defending champion Francisco Comesana of Argentina in Sunday's final, 6-0, 6-4, to win the ATP Challenger Tour 125 clay-court event. Moller stormed through the first nine games of

The harder she works, the luckier she gets? Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek is taking a page out of the Ted Lasso playbook, as she channeled one of her favorite television shows on route to the US Open quarterfinals. The world No. 1 was beaming on Monday evening after

NEW YORK—Jessica Pegula’s ‘quiet confidence’ was on display on Thursday evening, as she rallied back from a set down inside Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the US Open final for the first time. After playing arguably the best tennis of her life against world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the

What’s at Stake At this stage of Novak Djokovic’s career, nothing is really at stake for him. He hasn’t merely matched tennis’ great achievements, he has created records that never existed—for example, winning singles titles at each major at least three times. It wasn’t that long ago that we marveled

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When it comes to crowning a champion on the game’s biggest stages, tennis has long shown there’s room for all types of winners: from phenoms making their first major statement to seasoned veterans who’ve already built a Hall of Fame-worthy career several times over. This year, there was no tournament

Carlos Alcaraz vs. Denis Shapovalov

> Watch live at 9:00 p.m. ET on TennisChannel.com HERE The fact that Alcaraz was 11-2 coming into Indian Wells wasn’t a surprise to any tennis fan. The fact that Shapovalov was 10-4? That’s not something that many, or any, would have seen coming from

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, winning a matchup between champions of two warmup tournaments when she beat Mona Barthel 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. Azarenka, who beat four seeded players including French Open champion Li Na to win the Sydney

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Milos Raonic captured a second straight SAP Open championship Sunday, rolling past Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6 (3), 6-2 behind a powerful serve nobody in San Jose could solve. Raonic (pronounced Rau-nitch) ripped only seven aces in the final but took control of points from the start,

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—On the verge of victory, Roger Federer stopped playing when he thought a pivotal point had ended. He mistook a fan’s shout for a linesman’s call, which cost him the game. Play continued for another 25 minutes before Federer finally closed out his opening match at the

NEW YORK (AP) -- After Brian Baker won his first match at the U.S. Open since 2005, he spoke to the crowd during an on-court interview, then slung a racket bag and black backpack over his shoulders and went over to sign autographs for fans shouting his name. Just like

NEW YORK (AP) -- Back at the site of her greatest victory, Samantha Stosur looked like a champion again, not the player who has often struggled this year. The Australian began the defense of her U.S. Open title Monday with a dominant win, needing 51 minutes to beat 64th-ranked Petra

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Kei Nishikori was walking past Marinko Matosevic, ready to switch ends after winning the first set 6-4. The Australian stopped him near the umpire's chair. Matosevic couldn't continue, not with a bone bruise in his right foot making each step simply too painful. Matosevic retired 37 minutes