"Why Tennis Players Can't Dance"—that was the title of a Tom Perotta piece for The Wall Street Journal earlier this year, and it's a thought that carries through to today. Yesteryear's missteps on dance-centric "reality" shows by Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova, and Martina Hingis seemed to confirm this, as did

ACAPULCO, Mexico—Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his second career title by edging South Africa's Kevin Anderson 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Sunday morning to claim the title of the Mexican Open. On the women's side of the tournament, Dominika Cibulkova beat American Christina McHale 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4. Dimitrov, fourth

As the occasion of his one-year anniversary on Twitter, let us raise a glass of nectar and salute Tomas Berdych, No. 6 in the ATP World Tour rankings but quite possibly No. 1 in terms of tweeted glory.​ The 6-foot-5 Czech, no stranger to power, has wielded the social medium

First the Spin relayed fashion findings in positive hues, and now it's time to shed light on the unforced errors, sartorially speaking. What we came to do we shall do quickly: Agent orange: ​Svetlana Kuznetsova's ​​Qiaodan number ​​makes for a monochromatic bore with what would be a dynamic statement dress

Returning effectively was the biggest problem Roger Federer says he had during his five-set defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. ''I couldn't figure out why I wasn't breaking Novak's serve, or actually creating opportunities,'' he said. ''It's really only until the fourth set when I was down a

Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych questioned Wimbledon officials for letting the Czech's match against Marin Cilic continue in near-darkness on Friday. The third set was played out, eventually being decided by a tiebreak. The match finished at 9:38 p.m., exceeding the previous record of 9:35 p.m., which was set when

One assumes that Swiss misters Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka truly put their spat from Saturday's semifinal match at the ATP World Tour Finals behind them. While it's never wise to assume, it would seem unfathomable otherwise that Federer would say what he did about Wawrinka on Monday: “Stan should

Andy Murray will go into his Australian Open semifinal with a former member of his team coaching his opponent, Tomas Berdych. The Scot's childhood friend and longtime assistant coach, Dani Vallverdu, began working with Berdych at the end of 2014. Murray noted that he has dealt with this sort of

In the holiday rush, I neglected to post an item that has professional as well as sentimental value to me—the International Tennis Writers Association's annual Player-of-the-Year and Ambassador-for-Tennis awards. The former is self-explanatory; the latter award is for players who “go out of their way to advance the sport at

1270931 Yesterday afternoon I had a call from John P. McEnroe, who begat the brothers, John, Mark and Patrick. And I suppose I ought to tell you that Patrick and I are working on a book in which he'll tell stories about, and render opinions on, an array of subjects

Gael Monfils will switch one tournament for another this week, going to Dubai following his withdrawal from Marseille. Sidelined with a wrist injury, 32-year-old Frenchman Monfils now plans to cheer for his girlfriend, Elina Svitolina, at the women's event in Dubai. He told French press a little more about their

Boris Becker, who was just appointed as Novak Djokovic’s head coach, says that Serbian wasn’t totally satisfied with his season and that he aims to gain ground on rivals Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. “He had a couple of bad losses this year, in finals and semifinals,” Becker told the

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) -- Venus Williams turned back the clock with a vintage performance to beat Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Saturday's final of the ASB Classic, displaying her advanced preparation for the upcoming Australian Open. Wozniacki swept through the first set in 30 minutes on the back

LONDON (AP) Marathon man John Isner is at it again at Wimbledon. The winner of the longest match in tennis history found himself involved in another never-ending one at the All England Club, tied with reigning U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic at 10-all in the fifth set when their third-round

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Andy Murray was knocked out of the Dubai Championships on Thursday, losing to 18-year-old Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Murray, who reached the Australian Open final at the beginning of the month, had 55 unforced errors and only 15 winners against the Croatian

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Jamie Murray is leaving Melbourne with one Australian Open trophy for his family after capturing the men's doubles title with partner Bruno Soares in a match ending early Sunday morning. It's now up to his brother, Andy, to add a second. Murray and Soares defeated the oldest

Fourhand is the Daily Spin's occasional roundup of various hits and misses on tour. TAYLOR MADE: "It" kid Taylor Fritz took in a Los Angeles Lakers game just ahead of his first Indian Wells main-draw match as a pro. He sidled up to legends (his term) Roger Federer and Tommy

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Querrey was about as perfect as can be en route to becoming the first American man in the U.S. Open quarterfinals since 2011. Not that Querrey feels any sort of burden when it comes to the carrying-the-flag aspect of his career-best run at Flushing Meadows.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren said in an interview on Tuesday that he deleted several years of tweets to "move forward" and create a "version of a cleaner start" after he was questioned about his connections with right-wing activists on social media. Sandgren's social media activity

Juan Martin del Potro plans to play a reduced claycourt schedule following his recent hardcourt success, but says he has not yet decided where he will be competing. The Argentine won 15 matches in a row going into the Miami semifinals, capturing back-to-back titles in Acapulco and Indian Wells. Having