When you think of Maria Sharapova, you don't think of the word "consistent"—at least I don't, after watching her serve fall apart and her groundstrokes find the net so many times despite so much success in her career. She lives on the edge, much like her opponent in the second

Jim Courier and Guy Forget went the distance in a classic final in Indian Wells. At the 1989 Masters tournament, the season-ending championship featuring the top-eight male professionals, five of the players were American—and two of them were teenagers: the surprise French Open champion Michael Chang and three-time major semifinalist

This 17-point roundup is about the players who put it all on and inside the lines at the rowdiest major event of the season. The hits started early, and they certainly kept coming. Check out No. 2 here. Sloane Stephens was having a hard time. Seven weeks ago, she had

It’s Doubles Take time, your weekly recap of what’s happening among the best teams on the ATP and WTA tours. It was an interesting week for best buds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston, S.C., this week. In the second round of singles, “Team

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Along the stadium at the Miami Open, a player is mid-stretch, seated on a large towel spread out on the concrete floor. She’s taking her time going through the motions as ball boys race around her, and other players get in their own stretches. That player

On Saturday in Newport, R.I., Andy Roddick was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The class of 2017 included four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters, wheelchair champion Monique Kalkman, historian Steve Flink and the late Vic Braden. Roddick won the 2003 US Open crown, and could have won

Winning Rome has been a particularly good omen for Rafael Nadal when it comes to his chances at the French Open. Out of his seven previous titles in Rome, he’s backed them up with a Roland Garros championship six times. While he and Chris Evert, who won both titles in

Should Davis Cup captains devote two of their four roster spots to a doubles pairing? It's a question that's been debated for some time. At most, doubles accounts for one-third of the points in a tie, and if the countries go the distance, that fraction dips to one-fifth. But slotted

He may be the oldest man in the draw at 33, but Tommy Haas earned the generous applause he received as he exited Rod Laver Arena tonight, although his decision to leave the court shirtless may have had something to do with it. The injury-plagued, three-time Australian Open semifinalist acquitted

It’s been more than 35 years since Ronald Reagan stated, during his first inaugural address, “Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” We discovered heroes in every state, starting with the determined 69-year-old who won a match

BARCELONA, Spain—Kei Nishikori moved into the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Jeremy Chardy. Around the same time, with nearly an identical score, Alexandr Dolgopolov saw off rising teenager Karen Khachanov, 6-4, 7-5. The two will face off on Friday for a spot

Step aside, Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova? The biggest winner of the Wimbledon fortnight may just be Morgan Riddle, the social media influencer girlfriend of American quarterfinalist Taylor Fritz. The New York Times has already dubbed her the “most famous woman in men’s tennis” and now, British Vogue has highlighted

It’s a big week for Americans on the rankings, with three US players breaking through to new ranking classes—the biggest jump coming from Reilly Opelka, who moved into the Top 40 for the first time. Opelka, who reached the biggest semifinal of his career at the 500-level event in Tokyo

Fourteen times, Rafael Nadal was the last man standing in Paris as Roland Garros' men's singles champion. And as his tennis career officially ended on Tuesday on home soil in Spain, the city that was so integral to his legendary ethos was a showcase for its own fitting farewell as

The old Iga Swiatek can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's crushing it at the Australian Open. The world No. 2 has been dominant at Melbourne Park so far this year, having booked a spot in the semifinals for the second time in her career with a

The Australian Open set us up for a wild year of tennis ahead, and luckily for U.S.-based tennis fans, the tournaments are trickling this way. A newly-upgraded ATP 500 event in Dallas, Texas just ended, and in two weeks’ time, the long-awaited Sunshine Double will host the best of the

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Kei Nishikori, who hasn't played a match since the 2019 US Open, will see his anticipated return delayed further after testing positive for COVID-19. The current world No. 31 shared the news on his personal app, writing, "I have some unfortunate news. This morning, while still in Florida, I got

OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) Richard Gasquet powered past Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-1, 6-1 at the Estoril Open on Wednesday to reach his fifth quarterfinal of the season. The second-seeded Frenchman broke twice in the opening set and three times in the second to close out a commanding performance on clay