I’m afraid I won’t be able to report on every detail of Rafael Nadal’s 6-1, 6-4 win over Daniel Gimeno-Traver. That’s because I watched this match on a livestream whose proprietors have apparently decided the best time to show an ad is just as the first point of a game

The men’s game can’t lose at the moment. When the year began, who could have guessed that the third meeting between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would come in early April, and that it would follow on the heels of an all-time classic semifinal between Federer and 21-year-old wild child

Way back on March 17, Roland Garros rescheduled its 2020 tournament to begin on September 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It turns out that it wouldn't be the only time the clay-court major would have to shift its start date. On Tuesday, the French Tennis Federation confirmed that the

Venus Williams ended a few weeks of speculation on Wednesday by deciding not to play this weekend’s Fed Cup tie against Russia, leaving the U.S. without a Top 30 player to compete against Russia and two-time Grand Slam finalist Elena Dementieva. U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez had left

One of the game's all-time greats faced a stern challenge in his attempt to achieve something new. Even though his legendary results were primarily built upon his success on faster surfaces, Boris Becker could play on the clay, with multiple French Open semifinal appearances to back that up. However, he

Imagine this. The Patriots are down 21-3 against the Falcons by half-time in the Super Bowl and world No. 44 Eugenie Bouchard tweets out her faith in Atlanta. A young man sees this and asks her out on a date if New England gets the win. She says yes, fast-forward

Everyone’s hearts and prayers are with two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova after a home invasion. Kvitova stated that she was "shaken, but fortunate to be alive" after she badly injured her left hand while defending herself against a man with a knife in her apartment in the Czech Republic. Kvitova

In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, nine-time Grand Slam champion Monica Seles spoke about her struggles with a binge eating disorder which developed after she was famously attacked as a 19-year-old following a match at the 1993 Hamburg Open. The Yugoslavian was forced to take a two year hiatus

Howdy. I'm back in New York but have an awful lot going on in the last two days before I leave for vacation, so blogging will be very light. One thing I thought you long-time Tribe members might find amusing is that the other day at the Cincinnati Masters I

TAMPA, FL (Nov. 9, 2012) – Inspired by his hometown crowd, Central Florida’s own Jim Courier battled back from a 5-1 deficit in the Championship match to overcome John McEnroe and win the Champions Challenge Friday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. It was the Dade City native’s second

GENEVA—Roger Federer won the decisive singles match on Sunday to give Switzerland a 3-2 win over Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup and a spot in the semifinals for the first time in 11 years. Federer cruised to a 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3 victory over 64th-ranked Andrey Golubev, then ran across

Howdy. Just a quick up date to let you now I'll be posting some thoughts on Federer/Blake right about the time the first women's semifinal begins, and Steggy will be posting on the tantalizing Mauresmo/Sharapova cat fight that follows (I need to get out of here by about 5 P.M.,

Evening! Nice reindeer scarf. Come on in, can I take your coat? Beth is here already, and probably wondering what she's doing doing dressed to the nines at a holiday party at 10 AM, PST. But she's an old TW hand, and understands that the party starts any time we

PRAGUE (AP) — Petra Kvitova says she's determined to play tennis again — no matter what that involves after a knife-wielding intruder attacked her inside her home and injured her playing hand. The two-time Wimbledon champion was released from hospital on Friday, three days after she was operated on following

Serena Williams has written an op-ed in The New York Times calling for the Miami tournament to be allowed to make planned improvements to the grounds. Organizers have plans for a $50 million revamp of the facility, which is on public land. Though local residents voted in favor of the

Roger Federer says he is still fresh and energized for the indoor events, and does not see it becoming common for players to take off the second half of the season. The 19-time Grand Slam champion is playing this week at his local event in Basel, having won the title

For the first time since all of them were even born, there are eight Americans through to the quarterfinals of an ATP event, as Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Brandon Nakashima, Alex Michelsen, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Chris Eubanks, Colton Smith and Jenson Broosky have swept all eight spots in the quarterfinals in

Where to Watch 🖥️📱 Click here for live coverage on TennisChannel.com (estimated start time 8:10 a.m. ET) The winner of this match will face either Linda Noskova or Maria Carle in the third round. 👉 Click here for the complete Madrid bracket.

MELBOURNE—Matchups are the greatest thing going in tennis. But maybe, particularly since this is Australia Day, don’t tell first-seeded Ashleigh Barty how it feels to ponder facing the woman she barely beat this evening, 18th-seeded Alison Riske. In their only two previous matches, Riske had won, including a victory last

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Open's two main courts, with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight to conclude the program on Tuesday. In a bid to reduce the number of late finishes, organizers extended