NEW YORK—The fuse was lit yesterday for an explosive match between two of the more successful and promising young American women, but the spark on Arthur Ashe Stadium quickly fizzled out and the much-anticipated cross between celebration and competition turned out to be a dud. Sloane Stephens, the 20-year-old No.

MIAMI, Fla.—For a long time on this chilly, breezy evening on Key Biscayne, Kei Nishikori looked like a boy sent to do a man’s job. It wasn’t just his relatively small stature (he’s 5-foot-10) in a game increasingly dominated by bigger specimens, his sloped shoulders, or even the way that,

Mornin', folks. I've got an ESPN chat coming up in about 20 minutes, and will be back with a post after that. Meanwhile, when I opened up the email from the ATP Tour this morning to see the results from Indianapolis, I finally felt like the US Open Series is

*MonteCarlo By Jackie, TW Social Director Is it Friday already? Time flies when you're not checking an OoP every day ... though I imagine many of you are still doing so. Where tennis goes, the TWibe is sure to follow. Still, I'm excited for Monte Carlo, as evidenced by my

MONACO -- Novak Djokovic will have a crack at toppling Rafael Nadal in the Monte Carlo Masters final for a second straight year. Despite their respective injury concerns, they will meet for the 16th time in a championship. Nadal leads 8-7 in their finals. "I am not the kind of

MASON, OHIO—An all-Swiss semifinal match in Cincinnati began with the truth that nothing was going to take either Roger Federer or Stanislas Wawrinka by surprise. "I don’t need to see Stan play, really. He doesn’t need to see me play. We know each other very well," Federer said. Too well,

Stress was spiking as Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis spun a forehand smack off the baseline in the sixth game of the second set prompting Roger Federer to kick the red clay creating a rising cloud of frustration. Federer debuted his new Wilson racquet in Hamburg this week, but Delbonis found

NEW YORK—It’s been said of actors that they bring baggage to each new role, but they don’t have anything on tennis players. From their years in the juniors, pros begin to accumulate enough ghosts and demons that by their early twenties, many of them have become one-man haunted houses of

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Victoria Azarenka advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Elena Vesnina on Monday, growing more confident she can repeat the winning roll that resulted in her first Grand Slam title here last year. "It's getting there ... with every match you start

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and offer his predictions.

PARIS (AP) -- At the French Open, there's just no one better than Rafael Nadal. The ''King of Clay'' proved that again on Sunday, winning the title at Roland Garros for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in

Thursday’s second-round match between world No. 17 Milos Raonic and three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka at the Australian Open said a lot about both players. Although it might seem like ages ago, Raonic once climbed as high as No. 3 in the world in November 2016. Fueled by both

When Roger Federer tucks his little ones in tonight, he’ll probably pause to have a few words with the newest edition to the family, little Wilson. He’ll probably say: “You did very well today, I’m so proud of you! Sure, you didn’t exactly behave your best on some of those

Nalby by Pete Bodo Hi, everyone. We're now officially entering the Twilight Zone of the tennis year. The Grand Slams are over, Davis Cup is down to the final round. After the heat, humidity and nerve-jangling chaos of the US Open, weary players must now travel to Asia for the

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Defending champion Novak Djokovic needed less than an hour to advance at the Dubai Championships on Wednesday, while Roger Federer faced a struggle to seal his place in the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Djokovic swept to a 6-1, 6-3 win over 51st-ranked Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain

A frenetic semifinal was in full flight when Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov went airborne for flying volleys—and crashed to the court in a double knockdown. Withstanding heavy blows and sudden slips, Djokovic tasted grass and teetered on the edge of a fifth set, but never lost his appetite for

MONTREAL (AP) -- If the fans had their wish, Caroline Wozniacki would be facing local favorite Eugenie Bouchard on Thursday in the third round of the Rogers Cup. Instead, the former world No. 1 from Denmark will play Shelby Rogers, the American qualifier who put a quick end to Bouchard's

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- The previous two matchups between Serena Williams and Simona Halep were blowouts. This one was a thriller. Williams is making another trip to the Miami Open women's final after beating Halep 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a 2-hour, 7-minute classic on Thursday night. Looking for her

Throughout November and December, we'll be highlighting the true heroes of tennis with our annual celebration of the gifted, the courageous, the inspired and the inspiring. You can read about heroes we've honored previously here. Tennis is the hook, education is the key—that’s the motto of the Southeast Tennis and

Australian Open Monday Order of Play Laver Arena at 7 PM (Sunday evening) – Kerber vs Beck followed by Azarenka vs Strycova Laver Arena at 10 PM (Sunday evening) – Raonic vs Wawrinka Laver Arena at 3 AM – Tomic vs Murray followed by Keys vs S Zhang Court Arena