Thanks to Richard Pagliaro for holding down the First Ball In fort for the last two days. It’s good to see tennis again from Rome, where noisy spectators hunch close to the courts, and silent statues keep watch from above.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Novak Djokovic didn't get much of a workout on his way to the BNP Paribas Open semifinals. The world's top-ranked man beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-1 in 54 minutes on Friday and didn't mind the brevity. "I had plenty of tennis last two, three months," he

NEW YORK—Service yips are the tattoos of tennis: Once you get them, they’re always with you. You can cover them up, do your best to hide them, ignore them and almost forget them for months or years at a time. But few players are able to erase them from their

Simona Halep’s tennis career has ended. Fittingly, it came in her native Romania, with the 33-year-old losing in the opening round of the Transylvania Open to 72nd-ranked Lucia Bronzetti, 6-1, 6-1. “Even though my performance wasn’t very good,” Halep told the crowd in Romanian, “it was still my soul and

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) So what if Maria Sharapova managed to win only two of the first 13 points of her Wimbledon semifinal Thursday, dropping the first three games? So what if she bungled her serve so badly that she double-faulted 13 times? All that mattered to Sharapova was that she

WATCH: Marketa Vondrousova reaches the Wimbledon final

With the 2013 tennis season in the past, it's time to dole out our annual awards. Look for the winners—for better or worse—throughout this week on TENNIS.com. (To see what's been unveiled thus far, click here.) Serena Williams: “I can’t say it’s the best season. I can’t say it’s not

Today we make the turn from July to August; in tennis terms, that means we move from Wimbledon’s month to the U.S. Open’s, and that’s the way it has felt the last few days and nights. Summer tennis in the States is in full swing, and it will get even

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Roger Federer was sublime at times in his opening win. Novak Djokovic was businesslike and to the point. Their messages to Rafael Nadal on Monday were no doubt the same: The Spaniard will have to be at his very best to complete his “Rafa Slam” at the Australian

WATCH—An interview with Team Europe captain Bjorn Borg:

NEW YORK (AP)—Novak Djokovic matched his nearly perfect season with an almost flawless performance in Monday’s U.S. Open final, returning brilliantly and swatting winners from all angles to beat Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1. In a final full of lengthy, mesmerizing points, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic claimed his

MELBOURNE — Sunday afternoon, Rafael Nadal led a match by one set to love and a service break in the second, only to surrender the break and eventually lose the set. The same thing happened here on Tuesday evening. But while squandering that lead the first time was costly, on

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) Andy Roddick beat Roger Federer for only the third time in their 24 meetings Monday, dominating with his serve to win 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4 in the third round at the Sony Ericsson Open. Roddick broke serve only once but held every service game in the

DALLAS (AP) — The semifinals of the inaugural ATP Dallas Open will feature four Americans. Seventh-seeded Marcos Giron upended No. 1 seed Taylor Fritz — who is also his practice partner — 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) on Friday to advance. The rest of the semifinals field includes second-seeded Reilly Opelka, third-seeded

Jannik Sinner had won two of his last three meetings with Novak Djokovic, and the Italian has struck again, beating the 24-time Grand Slam champion—and 10-time Australian Open champion—in the semifinals in Melbourne in a four-set stunner, 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Djokovic hadn’t lost a match at the Australian

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP)—Roger Federer suffered an upset loss to Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6) in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday. With the win, Berdych ended a streak of eight consecutive losses to Federer. The Czech also had lost 11 matches in a

MATCH POINT: Berrettini slams door shut vs. De Minaur

MELBOURNE, Australia -- After a day of searingly-hot temperatures which raised complaints from players, top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the second round of the Australian Open in relatively mild conditions. Nadal's Australian opponent Bernard Tomic, bothered from the start by a left leg injury, retired from the match after losing

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan (I'll be covering the U.S. Open for USOpen.org once again this year, so this - and next - week's MNP will be condensed versions. Thanks and for all those attending the Open, have a good time in Flushing Meadows.) Last Week's Tournaments Pilot Pen

A draw is a conversation starter, but it may be more valuable as a conversation killer. Once the men and women are locked in their brackets, we can leave behind the airy speculation about “favorites”—a meaningless word if you’re a player—and stop pondering the endless “what ifs” about who might