Julia Goerges enjoyed the tour hiatus so much, she decided to do it all the time. The 32-year-old German would consider stepping away from the game each season just before the long journey to Australia. "It was always in the off-season, when you were at home for two weeks and

As a sidelined Kei Nishikori tries to work his way back to the ATP Tour, he’s doing it with a new beginning alongside wife Mai Yamauchi. The two celebrated their two-year anniversary on December 24 in notable fashion. On social media, Nishikori shared the happy couple held a wedding ceremony

A Spaniard from the Balearic Island of Mallorca learned lessons at a very young age that both supported and transcended his profession, lessons that tennis players at every level of the game carry with them on and off the court. But this isn’t just another story about another lesson that

Thanksgiving asks us to be thankful on command, which isn’t all that easy. When I walked down the street this morning, was I as thankful as I should have been for that last yellow leaf hanging from an otherwise barren tree on my block? Probably not—once it’s gone, after all,

Leading the ATP 500 draw is Dalla this week is the highest-ranked American, Taylor Fritz, whose first round match against Arthur Rinderknech was a 66-minute non-event that added another win to the American's ledger against the Frenchman. The two do have an interesting history behind that 3-0 head-to-head, though, as

The serve is arguably the most important shot in tennis, and the toss is without question the most important part of it. Now, before you fault yourself for a failing serve, ask yourself: when in day-to-day living do you throw something up in the air with one arm, and hit

Marketa Vondrousova has tested positive for coronavirus and will not play next week's event at Ostrava, the tournament announced. The 21-year-old from the Czech Republic would have been among a number of crowd favorites at the event, like top seed Karolina Pliskova. "I'm disappointed, but there's nothing I can do,"

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Novak Djokovic tosses the ball up and catches it. He’s seen something out of the corner of his eye. He looks to the side of the court, where a ball boy is belatedly scurrying back to his designated kneeling spot next to the net. Djokovic shakes his head.

"What you are doing in this court is unbelievable. Not just this court -- throughout your entire career, you've been a great champion,'' Djokovic told Nadal during the trophy presentation. "Today you showed why you are King of the Clay.''

Bernard Tomic got to an ATP semifinal for the first time since 2016 but has a lot of work to do, according to Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt. Tomic scored wins against Top 50 players for the first time since 2017, with victories over Robin Haase and Fernando Verdasco on

Tennis players, fans, and media have swarmed to the Big Apple for one last major hoorah at the US Open. But beyond the tennis circus in Flushing Meadows, there’s plenty more to see, do and taste across the city’s five boroughs. If you’re in town for the tennis, your tourist

Judy Murray says that her older son, Jamie, drove his younger brother, Andy, to achieve great success. Andy Murray, 27, has won an Olympic gold medal and two Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon, while Jamie, 28, is a Top 50 doubles player who won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title

"It was interesting trying to think about what to do after I got inside of [the Top] 100; that was always my goal to get inside of 100. It took six years to do that for me. It was like what do I do now? Do I just move the

LONDON—Roger Federer, who will face Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals, says he isn’t feeling a lot of pressure and may be able to play more freely against the Spaniard. Federer is 5-13 against Nadal since the beginning of 2008, but has won both of

ROME (AP) — Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori has doubts about whether the IOC and local organizers are doing enough to plan for a worst-case scenario of "hundreds" or "thousands" of coronavirus cases at the Tokyo Olympics. Or whether it's even still feasible to hold the games when a state

by Pete Bodo PARIS—It might have been taken as an omen, the way that predicted deluge held off, leaving Court Philippe Chatrier bathed in rich sunlight as the French Open men's final got underway this afternoon, with the brass buttons glistening on jackets of the marching band members, and the

Is it feeling a bit chilly in Paris this week? We’re not talking about Daniil Medvedev, or his layered-up look during a late-night first-round match at Roland Garros. This time it's about calm and cool Elena Rybakina, who let her new Yonex kit do all the talking amid a frosty

LONDON (AP) — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done "all that he reasonably could do" to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors nearly 50 million pounds ($62.5

Novak Djokovic has done just about everything there is to do in tennis—he’s won every Grand Slam tournament at least three times, every Masters 1000 event at least twice and the ATP Finals seven times. He's spent 428 career weeks at No. 1 on the ATP rankings, with eight year-end

"It was interesting trying to think about what to do after I got inside of [the Top] 100; that was always my goal to get inside of 100. It took six years to do that for me. It was like what do I do now? Do I just move the