Cori "Coco" Gauff demonstrated a professional's poise and power off her serve and both wings on Monday, when, at age 15, she defeated Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-4, to pick up her first Wimbledon win. She showed that same confidence and comfort beyond her years afterward, when she lit up the

An ominous atmosphere often accompanies the early stages of an Iga Swiatek match. If you’re a tournament director, or a TV commentator, or a paying ticket-holder—anyone with an interest in seeing a competitive contest that lasts for more than an hour—you’re quietly rooting for Swiatek’s opponent not to fall behind

Before Wednesday, the one time No. 72-ranked Madison Brengle had a chance to play Serena Williams, she managed to win just one game. But in their second-round contest in Auckland, the 26-year-old pulled off the unthinkable, upsetting the world No. 2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4. During a changeover with Nicole

Maria Sharapova says there is no more feud between her and Serena Williams. During Wimbledon, Sharapova lashed out at Williams, who criticized another Top-5 player in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying: “She begins every interview with ‘I’m so happy. I’m so lucky’—it’s so boring. She’s still not going to

“I kind of had a different idea about the match, or about at least how I was hitting. I didn’t feel like I was hitting rockets out there. I thought I was being aggressive, but I was doing the right things and being patient enough and looking for the right

PARIS (AP)—Serena Williams thinks her best years may still be ahead of her at the age of 31. She overcame stubborn resistance from defending champion Maria Sharapova in the French Open final Saturday to clinch her 16th Grand Slam title, beating the Russian 6-4, 6-4 and extending her own winning

WATCH: Cam Norrie's champion's speech earlier this year at Los Cabos

After crushing world No. 4 David Ferrer in the Acapulco final, Rafael Nadal confirms that he will play the Masters Series tournament at Indian Wells next week and believes that he is close to an elite level again. For the first time since his comeback from knee trouble last month,

MELBOURNE, Australia—Rafael Nadal and Milos Raonic know their game plans before they face off in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The two clashed just over two weeks ago, when the Canadian took down the Spaniard in the Brisbane quarterfinals. They also met in the Abu Dhabi exhibition a week

MATCH POINT: Nadal d. Kyrgios, 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4

*Hi Nick: I spent a day courtside at the Connecticut Open. Watching the pros hit, I could feel the muscles in my arms and legs twitching, almost as if I were hitting the ball. The next morning, I played a match and never felt better. I was hitting harder, deeper

Prior to playing an exhibition match in Buenos Aires, world No. 1 Serena Williams discusses the impact she and her older sister Venus have had on the game. “We changed tennis,” Serena told reporters. “We brought passion and fashion wearing extravagant clothes. And also style, power as a new skin

Former Top 10 player Marin Cilic credits coach Goran Ivanisevic with reconstructing his serve and helping him improve his net game. Former Wimbledon champion Ivanisivic has worked with Cilic before, but never on a full-time basis. “To simplify. Throw the ball in the air and hit it,” Cilic said of

LONDON—For the second time in three seasons, a Russian baseliner is undergoing a career transformation at a Grand Slam. Just as a then-ranked world No. 114, Aslan Karatsev, stifled the likes of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Grigor Dimitrov at the 2021 Australian Open, 92nd-ranked Roman Safiullin is turning heads at Wimbledon.

Do the pros play the same game that you and I do? Let me start my answer to that question by comparing tennis to another sport with which I have some experience. When I watch top men's squash players—yes, they have a pro tour—compete, I have to admit that I

Maria Kirilenko, on reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal a day before her 23rd birthday: "When I was a kid, I had a dream, you know, to be in a Grand Slam main draw in Australia when I have a birthday. I think my dream comes true. "I don't want

WATCH: Match highlights as Rafael Nadal defeats Casper Ruud in the 2022 Roland Garros final.

Dominika Cibulkova, who lost to Simona Halep in the Madrid Open final, says her tactics didn’t work the way she wanted them to. Though now ranked No. 26, she will not play Rome this week. She had previously beaten Halep three times. But the Romanian—who earned her second career win