LONDON—Who said the rankings in tennis don’t make any sense? Tomorrow Novak Djokovic becomes No. 1 in the world for the first time. Today he won Wimbledon, also for the first time, by registering his first victory over world No. 2 Rafael Nadal at a Grand Slam. For once, the

by Pete Bodo Let's put this very simply: If I were to ask you, a week ago, to name the four finalists at Indian Wells, how many of you would have said: Wozniacki, Jankovic, Roddick and Ljubicic? Or, not to open old tennis wounds, but what kinds of odds would

by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Evening, TWibe. It’s getting late (par for the course lately, huh), so let’s just jump right into our All About Me TWiber profile for the week! Who am I? Age: Younger than Springtime/Older than dirt Birthday: In Aug. Zodiac sign: Leo Hair color: Dirty

• Pic by Pete Bodo* NEW YORK—Facing Serena Williams when she's on her game, in the second round of a Grand Slam tournament, may seem like a surefire recipe for leaving a player ranked No. 183 bruised, battered and wondering what on earth she's doing playing this game. But it

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live discusses Serena Williams and Ons Jabeur withdrawing from doubles in Eastbourne. CLICK HERE to view the complete men's and women's Wimbledon draws.

I have to commit, and I have to believe I can do it—go all in. . .with commitment and confidence. Sometimes [the shot] can fly five meters behind the baseline, but it is what it is. Caroline Garcia after her upset of Coco Gauff at the Miami Open on Monday,

LONDON—This being the United Kingdom, it seems appropriate to ponder a line from a notable 19th century British poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In Sonnet 43 of Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, she raised the question, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” This being Wimbledon, let us

HIGHLIGHTS: Recapping Day 8 at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells

Court Report: Looking ahead to the Nitto ATP Finals in London

You sort of figured that was going to happen, didn’t you? You take a rising 21-year-old and a Cortisoned-up 36-year-old, back the old guy with 23,000 people, and you’ve got the makings for an entertaining match. And it seemed that all of New York came out to see it. I

How will the 2009 World Tour Final be remembered? It might become known as the week when Nikolay Davydenko jumped the last hurdle before his personal Grand Slam finish line. It might be recalled as the tournament where indoor tennis lighting and photography saw their futures, by leaving the fans

It was late on a quiet Friday afternoon in the TENNIS Magazine office when my phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number, but I decided to pick it up anyway. The weekend was so close: What could possibly go wrong now? I put my feet up on my desk, leaned

Freelance tennis writer Ravi Ubha will be blogging from Queen's this week. Here's his first post from the first day of the Artois Championships.

By 10:00 this morning, after a week spent watching every match from the Shanghai Masters, I officially felt like I was in two places at once. Familiar sounds from the tournament—Andy Murray screaming, Mohamed Lahyani booming, the crowd oohing and aahing in the middle of points—blended perfectly with the familiar

MELBOURNE—One piece of advice for ticket-buyers at the Aussie Open: Think twice before you pick up one for Rod Laver Arena during the day, at least through the first week. For every Tomic-Verdasco thriller, there have been five blowouts by Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and Novak Djokovic. Like Flushing Meadows,

Next week should be an entertaining, as well as edifying, one for fans of women’s tennis. The WTA kicks into high clay gear in Madrid, where it will stage one of its handful of top-level mandatory events. Even better, it will be the first time since February that the tour’s

The vast majority of the time, we feel like we’ll never see anything new under the sun. Or the clouds. Or the bright blue sky. Rock is dead, it’s politics as usual, tennis has no new personalities—on any given day, all of these clichés are likely to seem true. But

For those of us who follow tennis and other sports in the U.S., March is the month when we get the most practice with our TV remote controls. We spend the better part of three weeks flicking back and forth between broadcasts of the NCAA college-basketball tournament, and the big

Over the years we had seen glimpses of what Andy Murray’s game could look like in all of its various brilliance. Those moments hadn’t lasted as long as we might have liked; the man with every shot and a few more had always favored practicality over genius, defense over offense,

Steve Tignor will return from vacation next Monday. In the meantime, we'll be running some past articles from Steve, including this one, a remembrance of summer nights past: