MILAN (AP) — Jannik Sinner will be looking to serve up the perfect dish next season. After Saturday's victory over third-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the ATP Finals, Sinner compared his improvement this year to cooking "pasta pomodoro" (pasta with tomato sauce). "Everything is part of a learning

MELBOURNE—Victoria Azarenka stood to serve at 0-3 in the second set against Kim Clijsters on Thursday afternoon. Two birds circled around and in front of her, well within the range of Azarenka’s Wilson racquet, as she stared across the net and raised her arms to begin her motion. The Belarussian

MELBOURNE—Sloane Stephens is a Florida native and the daughter of a former NFL star from Louisiana, but it’s hard to imagine her hailing from anywhere other than Southern California. The 19-year-old—she’ll be 20 in March—practices in a town not too far south of Los Angeles, and, like any other teenage

The readers return, for the first time since the Australian Open. If you have a question or comment for this column, please email me at stignor@tennismagazine.com.

Rena by Pete Bodo I have a confession to make right up front. While commenting on the Australian Open these past few weeks, I've more or less avoided beating my breast about being a good soldier, rising at 3:30 a.m. each morning to dial up those video holograms of Roger

Garbiñe Muguruza’s days as a professional player may be over, but she’s not done with the tennis tour life just yet. A year after announcing her retirement, the two-time Grand Slam winner is still popping up at tennis tournaments—but instead of being among the competitors, Muguruza now enjoys seeing the

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live discusses Novak Djokovic denied entry into Australia for the 2022 Australian Open.

NEW YORK—At the US Open, “outside courts” is a literal descriptor. Practice courts P6 to P17 are actually well beyond the perimeter wire of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, hard by an MTA train yard and the IRT Flushing Line’s No. 7 train

No. 4: When Frances Tiafoe’s funky fits made you do a double-take With his beaming smile and joyful laughter, it's not hard to spot Frances Tiafoe at any tennis club. And even more so in 2023, which saw the 25-year-old return to the winners circle for the first time in

A fierce-eyed Rafael Nadal looks like he’s ready to take his racquet and hit the ball out of the stadium here. Not that he was angry or anything. Rafa cruised in straights over Ryan Harrison.

NEW YORK —No. 18 seed Diana Shnaider is leaning into her growing status as a US Open cult favorite, her recognizable on-court look drawing in fans as quickly as her powerful lefty game. On a clear day, you can see Diana easily stand out in Flushing Meadows thanks to her

MIAMI, USA—With 24 Grand Slam titles and more than two decades of professional tennis to his name, Novak Djokovic has seen promising young stars climb up the rankings on the ATP Tour—to ultimately varying degrees of success. Teen prodigies can be fickle, sometimes burning out before reaching their full potential

For the second time in two years, Anastasia Potapova was completely alone. The first time was at 2024 Roland Garros, following a split with longtime coach Igor Andreev. “I felt inside of my head that I was doing something wrong with my tennis,” Potapova told me last fall in Wuhan.

There’s a lot to like about playing on a hard court. True bounces make it easier to line up shots; sure footing enables quicker movement; faster ball speeds reward aggressive tactics. But the nature of the surface—especially in hot, humid conditions—makes it taxing on both your body and your equipment.

Lacoste has had a great thing going over a few recent majors with its white polos favoring yellow-accent panels. The problem is, as with these AO looks for Daniil Medvedev, Filip Krajinovic, and others, they just keep trotting that out as if no one's seen it before (or needs yet

Alex de Minaur is a self-described car fanatic. Respecting both the classics and modern novelties, his passion for automobiles has few limitations. De Minaur’s current baby is a 1973 Mini 850 Deluxe. From the outside, its design catches the eye through its alluring evergreen coat and compact shape. This was

Earlier this week at the U.S. Open, TENNIS.com’s Backcourt sat down with Ramona and Mario Singer, the tennis-loving couple from Bravo’s hit reality show “The Real Housewives of New York City.” For those of you who haven’t found yourself in front of the TV on a weekend afternoon, transfixed by

I must say, I have no idea what to make of Kim Clijsters taking the tennis player’s equivalent to a nun’s vow of chastity—she will never, for the rest of her career, retain a coach. The most obvious interpretation here is that Kim was disgusted by the way her split

by Pete Bodo Howdy, everyone. I've got a busy day here at the mothership, with a monthly planning meeting and then a video shoot (in a proper studio, no less!) with my compadre Jon Levey later in the afternoon. I won't be around much today. But remember, we'll have our

Last week, the WTA once again rolled out one of its major spring tournaments in Stuttgart, the relevance of the event qualified only by the fact that it takes place indoors. But here’s a subtle yet important point: The event comes very close to alleviating Madrid promoter Ion Tiriac’s conviction