If you watched the women’s doubles semifinals of the Olympic Games on Friday, you saw an ecstatic Sara Errani of Italy drop to the red-clay court in disbelief when she and Jasmine Pasolini won match point against Czechia’s Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova. To borrow a familiar analogy, it looked

Djoko by Pete Bodo As the seeded players prepare to knock heads on Key Biscayne, Novak Djokovic stands at the brink of a unique achievement—although I'm not sure how aware he is of it, or how important it is to him. Djokovic could become just the seventh player (after Jim

MASON, Ohio (AP) Tenth-seeded Maria Sharapova shook off a lackluster second set to dominate the third and pull out a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win over Svetlana Kuznetsova in a first-round matchup of Russians at the Cincinnati Women's Open on Tuesday. Kuznetsova's win in San Diego last week pushed her ranking

Felix Auger-Aliassime has been a fixture in the upper echelon of the sport for a few years now, breaking into the Top 20 as a teenager in 2019, reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open last summer, and debuting in the Top 10 last fall. But this

WATCH: Ruud catches up with Prakash

Watch the 54th installment of the Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic rivalry on Tennis Channel (match to begin not before 10 a.m. ET), or on any device at Tennis Channel Plus. Having completed a dramatic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 quarterfinal win over Juan Martin del Potro after 1 a.m. Saturday morning, Novak

The draw ceremony for the 2021 Australian Open produced many blockbuster first-round men's match-ups, it’s hard to pick the best—but here five enticing bouts to keep an eye on. Shapovalov had a fantastic finish to 2020, not just reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open, but breaking

MELBOURNE—Efficiency appeared to be the watchword of the evening for Novak Djokovic. No reason to repeat the late-night, shirt-ripping theatrics of his five-hour win over Stan Wawrinka, as entertaining as they might have been. With a reliable pair of silver sneakers under him this time, Djokovic began as crisply tonight

Below is a revised version of our story about Rafael Nadal's win over Fabio Fognini, reflecting our ongoing quest to tell the story of tennis as accurately as possible. You’ve likely heard the phrase that history is written by the winners. But there are times when the story is best

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and offer his predictions. 1. (14) MARIA KIRILENKO vs. (20) YANINA WICKMAYER Third Round; Hisense Arena, first match Head-to-head: First meeting

As a confessed fan of boxing, Andy Murray must have known the old maxim: You don’t beat the champ in a decision, you have to knock him out. If Murray was unaware of that, he learned it tonight in a rugged, grueling, five-set Australian Open semifinal with Roger Federer, the

MONTREAL (AP) -- Serena and Venus set up an all-Williams semifinal in the Rogers Cup. The sisters advanced to their 26th career meeting Friday, both rallying to win their quarterfinal matches in the hard-court event. Serena beat Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, and Venus topped Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 6-2,

The Mutua Madrid Open, after a downer of a week, closed on a couple of up notes on Sunday. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the active Grand Slam leaders on each tour, came to Ion Tiriac’s rescue with two memorable final-round wins. Williams’s quick victory over Victoria Azarenka was a

LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2024 – Tennis Channel will add recently retired American stars John Isner (@JohnIsner) and CoCo Vandeweghe (@CocoVandey) to its on-air team at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., March 6-19. The two players, who ranked in the top 10 in singles and spent much

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The times on the clock shifted from p.m. to a.m., the day from Thursday to Friday, and Andy Murray never wavered, never relented, no matter that he faced a two-set hole at the Australian Open, no matter that he is 35 and possesses an artificial hip,

WATCH: From match point down, Alcaraz proved he is every bit the contender for Roland Garros glory everyone believed him to be.

LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal kept getting pushed to the brink of defeat. He kept resisting. He dropped the first two sets, then won the next two. He erased two match points in the riveting fifth set's 10th game, then another two in its 20th game. Only when his fourth-round

On Wednesday, Maria Sharapova saved two match points before pulling out a victory. On Thursday, Rafael Nadal battled illness and an inspired opponent to survive in five sets. On Friday, Roger Federer couldn’t hold off the latest push by an aspiring upset artist. Andreas Seppi—a far more seasoned player than

NEW YORK (AP)—Maria Sharapova’s undefeated record in three-set matches ended Friday, and so did her stay at the U.S. Open. No. 26 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy knocked off the 2006 champion 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round to hand Sharapova her first loss in 13 three-set matches this

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