PARIS (AP) Defending French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Francesca Schiavone were given first-round matches in Friday's draw against Americans who own a combined two career match wins at Roland Garros. The top-ranked Nadal's bid to tie Bjorn Borg's record of six titles at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament will

WATCH: A 'big brain' moment for Stefanos Tsitsipas as he hands out pre-signed postcards for fans after his Australian Open second-round win

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Elina Svitolina and Emma Raducanu went toe-to-toe Thursday at the ASB Classic in a tussle full of twists, turns, and terrific tennis. When all was said and done, Svitolina broke away from the 2021 US Open champion, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-1, finishing with 52 winners to 26 unforced errors

Top 10 stars Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev both battled back from a set down to win their singles matches on Saturday, sending Russia past Germany and into the final of the ATP Cup. In the final, they’ll take on Italy, who also won both of their singles matches to

This week, Australian tennis has been in the headlines for a feud very publicly boiling over, but three Alex's are doing their best to change the atmosphere Down Under. Alex De Minaur, Alex Bolt and Alexei Popyrin are all into the third round of their home Slam. Making the feat

HIGHLIGHTS: Venus Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka in Auckland

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) - WTA No. 5, UTR No.3 (13.33) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) - WTA No. 31, UTR No. 27 (12.99) Don’t sleep on Su-Wei Hsieh! After a strong performance in Melbourne, she just defeated Angelique Kerber in a three-set battle to advance to the Dubai quarterfinals. While this match

HIGHLIGHTS: Pliskova d. Kvitova, 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA Finals

It's getting down to the wire as more players pack their bags and depart the Flushing Meadows bubble. The strongest mentally and physically have consistently found a way to win and now are just a couple matches away from the US Open title. These are the Top 5 Photos from

Carlos Alcaraz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Something about Tsitsipas’ game has always brought out the best in Alcaraz. The Spaniard announced himself to the tennis world as a teenager three years ago when he upset the Greek in five scintillating sets at the US Open. Since then, he’s continued that mastery

SEVILLE, Spain (AP)—Argentina is already putting the pressure on Spain, calling the defending champions the favorites on home soil in the Davis Cup final. Led by second-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 5 David Ferrer, Spain is vying for its third title in four years while the South Americans are looking

MASON, Ohio (AP)—A seven-minute rain delay saved Mardy Fish. Fish turned the brief break into a rallying point Saturday. Only one game away from a straight-set defeat, he pulled out 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over boyhood friend and high school teammate Andy Roddick in an all-American semifinal. Fish reached

Today, just five days after another historic finish to the French Open, Steffi Graf—one of the greatest players in tennis history who had some of her finest days in Paris—celebrates her 50th birthday. Graf was born on June 14, 1969 in Bruhl, Germany and was introduced to tennis when she

Maybe the next time Viktor Troicki has to face Novak Djokovic, he should consider pulling a Jeneba Tarmoh, who withdrew today from her scheduled 100-meter run-off against Allyson Felix in the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. Of course, Troicki, the 26-year-old Serbian, has never finished in a dead heat

TORONTO—Midway through the second set after Bernard Tomic held serve to knot the score at 2-2, the fans in the Rexall Centre here at the Rogers Cup broke into a "Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!" chant. Soon after, during the changeover, a Roger Federer Lindt chocolate commercial shown on the scoreboard received

LONDON -- The Bryan brothers got big air at Wimbledon on Saturday. Yes, there was a little more room than usual between their feet and the ground for their latest version of the "Bryan Bump" -- the famed chest bump they use to celebrate their victories -- because of what

You get the feeling the preliminaries are now over and that the real Dubai Duty Free tournament will start for Roger Federer in Friday’s semifinals, when he takes on either Gilles Simon or Richard Gasquet. In the first three rounds Federer faced players he had never played before, which is

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good afternoon. This is your daily thread for discussing the tennis going on at the USTABJKNTC. Today's Order of Play can be found here. Analysis, match-calling and other tennis-focused chat are all welcome; we would, however, ask that you keep any off-topic discussions until

There’s traditional betting—which we’ve covered extensively here and here—and there’s also daily fantasy sports. Don’t think of DFS, as it’s often referred to, as an inferior way to wager, though. Rather, it’s a fun way to get some skin in the game—and potentially a big payday as well. Since tennis