Dominic Thiem is pondering what's next for his playing career. The 30-year-old former world No. 3 offered a frank assessment of his future to Austrian media this week, saying that he views 2024 as "the last chance" to return to the top of the ATP Tour. “I’ve been back for

Madison Keys had not won a set against Caroline Wozniacki in their two career meetings. On Sunday, she won two. The American overpowered Wozniacki, 7-6 (5), 6-3, to win her first tournament since Stanford nearly two years ago. Keys came into the final with plenty of confidence: she rallied to

On Sunday, Rafael Nadal dispatched 20-year-old Sebastian Korda, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to ease into the Roland Garros quarterfinals. In press, reporters grappled with enticing the Spaniard with new, interesting questions after yet another routine win. So things got a little weird. Here's one question that turned heads. Q: So at

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP)—Mardy Fish and John Isner gave the United States a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan at the World Team Cup on Wednesday by defeating Andrey Golubev and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 7-6 (10) in doubles. The United States will play Argentina, which defeated Sweden 2-1, to decide the winner of

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP)—No. 6 seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia lost 6-4, 7-5 to Ursula Radwanska of Poland in a first-round match Monday night at the Mercury Insurance Open. Hantuchova lost the match when she made an unforced error, sending a forehand long. ''I'm playing really good the last couple of

PARIS (AP)—Top-ranked Rafael Nadal said Monday the shoulder injury that forced him out of the Paris Masters won’t prevent him from playing at the ATP World Tour finals later this month. Nadal told a news conference he has a small case of tendinitis in his left shoulder and that he

Belinda Bencic's first-round win at Wimbledon on Tuesday was her second early Grand Slam scalp of 2018. The world No. 56 ousted sixth-seeded Caroline Garcia, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in a match that appeared to be business as usual, with a few nerves at the very end. "Very relieved. Of course,

Ajla Tomljanovic is used to sweating a lot given her Florida residence and preparing in New York in the peak of summer. The world No. 57 has an edge heading into the hot and humid US Open and it's hiding under her visor.

Before Sunday, Naomi Osaka had never given a tournament-victory speech—not on the WTA Tour, not on the ITF Pro Circuit, not on the junior circuit, not even in doubles. On Sunday in Indian Wells, she won one of the biggest titles on tour, defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-2 to win

On Tuesday, Serena Williams joined sister Venus in a "Tennis Tuesday" workout session. The elder Williams sister has been posting regular workout videos and tutorials for the past two months, and this was her first with Serena joining in.

STOCKHOLM (AP)—Tomas Berdych won his second ATP title this year by rallying to beat top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Stockholm Open final on Sunday. The sixth-ranked Czech saved seven of nine break-point chances in the hard-fought match to improve to 3-1 against Tsonga and add

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rafael Nadal returned from a troublesome back injury to win the Rio Open on Sunday, defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 7-6 (3). Nadal's victory comes four weeks after he lost the Australian Open, beaten in that final by underdog Stanislas Wawrinka after tweaking his back while warming

Despite withdrawing from the men's singles even at this year's Wimbledon, Andy Murray's final fortnight at the All England Club will include two events anyway: The former world No. 1 will team up with Emma Raducanu in mixed doubles. The two-time Wimbledon champion, who underwent back surgery to remove a

Rafael Nadal says he could not understand the timing of Andy Murray's withdrawal from the US Open. The world No. 2 had come to New York, having been sidelined with a hip injury since Wimbledon, but withdrew the day after the draw came out. If Murray had withdrawn before the

“Oh, yeah?” Ben Shelton hadn’t looked at the draw after his latest victory Tuesday in Shanghai, but soon found out another crack at world No. 1 Jannik Sinner awaits.

WATCH: Despite ending 2021 with a third title, Vekic was only at the beginning of another six-month injury sojourn with her left foot and right knee.

Judging by recent evidence, it’s only getting tougher for today’s young players to shoulder that pressure for long periods of time. On the men’s side, the Next Gen continues to labor in the long shadows of the Big 3. On the WTA side, once-budding superstars have wilted into one-Slam wonders.

In reaching the singles and doubles finals of Acapulco, Fernando Verdasco says that he’s playing the best that he has since more than a year ago when he reached the final of San Jose. The former world No. 7 has fallen to No. 27 and has not reached the final

World No. 134 Venus Williams says that trying to qualify for the London Olympics is seriously motivating her to improve her ranking. Venus, whose ranking will rise at least into the Top 100 after her three wins in at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, still needs to reached the

Svetlana Kuznetsova clarifies her coaching arrangement with 2004 Roland Garros champion and fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina, who has joined Kuznetsova's regular coach Larisa Neiland in Paris. "She just helps us, and she's good friends with Larisa," Kuznetsova said. "She will be helping me, but she will not be my coach.