The day got off to a great start – with Martina Hingis and Shahar Peer (pronounced "Pe-air") finishing a match that was halted last night at a set apiece. They played in the Bullring, the court with the best press seats I’ve ever sat in (see my “Blake Blinks” post),

To kick off a loaded Saturday schedule, Dominic Thiem beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the third round at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Thiem looked like he was going to absolutely steamroll the 19-year-old, as he needed only 30 minutes to cruise to a

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) If Roger Federer's performances at Wimbledon weren't already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year. The All England Club said Tuesday it has appointed a ``Championships Poet'' to write a poem per day to sum up the matches and atmosphere of the the grass-court Grand

WATCH: Jabeur weathered stormy conditions and an in-form Daria Kasatkina to reach back-to-back finals in Charleston.

While not as well-known for her collection of ink as Marketa Vondrousova might be, for example, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has accumulated quite the collection of body art over the years. And in a new, candid social media video, the Russian is revealing where it all came from. Some of the "crazy

Iga Swiatek may only be 19, but her music tastes are well refined. The Pole shared what she's been listening to while making her way through the draw at Roland Garros. Like many players, she likes to walk on court sporting headphones, begging the question, "What are you listening to?"

In the spirit of Halloween and all things spooky, Tennis Channel decided to celebrate by indulging a group of ATP players in a game of Would You Rather. This wasn't a typical edition, for the questions were hair-raising, spine-chilling and frightening. OK, maybe it wasn't all that scary, though some

Felix Auger-Aliassime currently holds the honor of being the youngest player in the ATP Top 100, at 19 years old. But there's a younger up-and-comer right on the precipice, at No. 101. Italian 18-year-old Jannik Sinner has won 52 matches, across all levels, in 2019, and picked up four lower-tier

Ashleigh Barty is going for No. 1 in Birmingham, Roger Federer is going for No. 102 in Halle, and Feliciano Lopez is playing something like his 200th match this week at Queen's Club. The finals those players are participating in may be more significant in tennis' bigger picture, but for

In 1973, it looked as if men’s tennis finally belonged to its players. A union—the ATP—had been formed in ’72 and proved its power by convincing 81 members to boycott Wimbledon. It seemed only a matter of time before the pros would run the show. That’s not how it worked

Rafael Nadal is turning his attention to the clay events now that he's decided not to play the US Open, but will have to adjust his schedule following the cancelation of Madrid. The world No. 2 called the decision not to hold the Madrid Masters "sensible and coherent" given the

Taking in the beauty of Rio de Janeiro is a must for anyone visiting and the stars of the Rio Open are not missing out. Top seed Marin Cilic climbed a mountain to get an up-close look at Christ the Redeemer, an icon of the Brazilian city.

The Super Bowl isn’t just a game. It’s an event, a spectacle; a production of epic proportions. On Sunday night, the Broncos upset the Panthers, 24-10, in the 50th installment of the big game. Everyone—well, pretty much everyone—tuned in to watch, and social media was abuzz with reaction. Tennis players

Li Na: reality television star. That may seem an unlikely undertaking for the retired Chinese, a far cry for the WTA star since she hung up her racquets as a professional player in September 2014, but it's the truth. In a recent CNN piece, Li's agent, IMG's Max Eisenbud, says

The ATP dived into how its top players maintain a healthy work and life balance—essential to success on the court—with players including Novak Djokovic, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Grigor Dimitrov, John McEnroe and Thomas Muster. "When you are tennis player, you never have a normal life," Tsonga said. "But you try to

Last year, Danil Medvedev spent the summer tearing up the hard-court season with runner-up finishes in Washington, Montreal and New York, and a title in Cincinnati. The summer of 2020 looks very different for the world No. 5 as he began his title defense of the Western & Southern Open,

As I write, Frankie Schiavone is one set up on her opponent in Austria, Yvonne Meusburger - could she be on her way to claiming her first WTA tour title at last? Also in Kitzbuhel, Juan Monaco faces Potito Starace for the title (the latter is also in the doubles

For a long time now, I’ve secretly wondered about the cops-and-robbers game being played out between users of performance-enhancing drugs and the doping police. Namely, a part of me kept thinking something to this effect: “There’s no way on earth the posse can ever catch up and stop the lawbreakers,

OK, here’s the million dollar question: What does Rafael Nadal do for an encore in 2014? Left for dead (athletically) with bad knees midway through 2012, he rebounded after an angst-filled, seven-month layoff to succeed beyond his wildest dreams in 2013. He won 10 titles (including two of the three

Wow. Where does the time go? I’m looking at two days off and leaving for Indian Wells very early Sunday morning, so I won't be posting anything new for a bit. I need to get up to the farm and take care of some other personal stuff tomorrow and Saturday.