With Rafael Nadal ending his season due to a foot injury, and Roger Federer about to undergo a third surgery on his knee, the 2021 US Open will be just the second Grand Slam since 2000 where neither of the two 20-time major champions are in the draw. The only

Novak Djokovic is set to play his first match since his second-round exit at the Australian Open, but the Serb is the only player in the Top 14 participating in the first round of the Davis Cup. World No. 1 Andy Murray has been a regular presence for Britain in

Additional reporting from Kamakshi Tandon. Rafael Nadal served up a storm to beat Denis Shapovalov in straight sets at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Thursday, avenging a loss to the rising star in their only previous meeting in Canada last summer. In that previous meeting, in the round

Laura Robson jokes that she and her new coach, Miles Maclagan, don’t quite see eye-to-eye on off court pursuits yet. “He wouldn’t come with me yesterday to a horror movie so we are not gelling that well,” she told reporters in Birmingham. “It’s good so far, we have only had

Pouille is not the only one to have made the best of a second chance. (AP Photo) 1 Event: Rome 2016 Result: Semifinals Big win(s): David Ferrer Prize Money Earned: $200,670 Ranking Points Earned: 376 2 Event: Miami 2016 Result: Fourth Round Big win(s): Juan Martin del Potro, Fernando Verdasco

Going into the WTA 500 event in Berlin this past week, Liudmila Samsonova had only ever been to the quarterfinals or better at a WTA event one time—reaching the semis of the WTA 250 clay-court stop in Palermo, Italy two years ago—and she only had 10 tour-level match wins to

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won his sixth Wimbledon and record-tying 20th career Grand Slam title on Sunday, rallying from a set down to beat grass-court giant-killer Matteo Berrettini in the final, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. And now comes the talk of a potential Calendar Grand Slam. The only

Next week at Roland Garros, Serena Williams will resume her quest for the elusive 24th Grand Slam. She is aiming to tie Margaret Court's all-time record—the America currently holds the Open era record of 23 majors. Serena enters the French Open having played only four tournaments this season—four matches since

I don’t know what Maria Sharapova needs more if she hopes to survive her Australian Open semifinal with the feral and precious one, Justine Henin-Hardenne—a complete, overnight game makeover, or one of her pal Maria Kirilenko’s Stella McCartney-designed tennis dresses. That blue parachute Maria’s been wearing makes her look like

MADRID (AP) — Petra Kvitova opened her title defense in the Madrid Open by dispatching Sofia Kenin of the United States 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday. The second-seeded Kvitova, a three-time champion in Madrid, is coming off a title in Stuttgart and is the only woman to win two tournaments this

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Novak Djokovic needed only 75 minutes to win his 90th tour title, overcoming third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Astana Open on Sunday. Djokovic dominated his Greek opponent from the start, winning the first game in little more than a minute. The

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat unseeded Ashleigh Barty 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Sunday in the Aegon Classic final to win her first title since her playing hand was injured in a knife attack at her home. Kvitova was playing only her second tournament and seventh match

TOKYO -- Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro beat Milos Raonic of Canada, 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Sunday to win the Japan Open and claim his third title of the season. Del Potro got the only break of the match to go up 6-5 in the second set and then held

Naomi Osaka says the shoulder injury that led to her withdrawal from the WTA Finals should only require rest to heal. Osaka told press at the event, in Shenzhen, that she began experiencing the problem at Beijing, and had avoided practicing her serving. (A clip of Osaka's practice in Shenzhen

With his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Rafael Nadal at the ATP Finals on Tuesday, Felix Auger-Aliassime joined a very exclusive list—so exclusive that he’s the only name on it, and will always be. Auger-Aliassime has become the first player born in the 2000s to have wins over every one of

MELBOURNE, Australia—Both Angelique Kerber and Johanna Konta were playing for a spot in their first Grand Slam final, but one of them had a lot more riding on it. At the time, Kerber was the only remaining player in the Top 10 to never have reached a major final. Until

SYDNEY (AP) — Alex de Minaur is set to make his Olympic debut in Paris three years after being forced out of the Tokyo Games because of COVID-19. Ninth-ranked de Minaur was among the nine tennis players chosen Wednesday for Australia's Olympic team. Ajla Tomljanovic will be the only Australian

THE BREAK: Begu's racquet and more from Roland Garros

The entire WTA Top 4 were in action on Quarterfinals Day at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany on Saturday, but only one of them—the world No. 1—was able to survive. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, who was actually playing her first match of the week, won a relatively close