WIMBLEDON—“We’re back, big dog,” were the words Ben Shelton directed towards his father Bryan this afternoon on Court 1 at Wimbledon. Having just beaten fellow lefty Denis Shapovalov, Ben had equaled Bryan’s feat of reaching Wimbledon’s round of 16, a result he generated back in 1994. Father and son both

NEW YORK—Marin Cilic, seeded No. 14 at this U.S. Open, fired the second resounding salvo of this extraordinary semifinals day barely two hours after No. 10 seed Kei Nishikori eliminated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Showing a newfound poise but the same old howitzer serve, Cilic eliminated No. 2 seed

MIAMI, Fla.—For a while there today, it looked as if that bump on the head Li Na suffered in the Australian Open final—and the long, subsequent layoff—might have caused her to forget how to play tennis. For after jumping out to a 5-1 lead over 19-year-old Garbine Muguruza, Li’s mind

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Rafael Nadal ended the run of Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory in the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals against defending champion Roger Federer, who survived a three-set marathon of his own,

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Jelena Jankovic of Serbia defeated U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The eighth-seeded Jankovic was in control throughout the match as the fourth-seeded Stosur struggled with her game. The Australian seemed to rush her

WATCH: Jabeur helped Serena make a winning return to action in Eastbourne earlier this year, making the semifinals together in doubles.

WATCH: Kasatkina came out earlier this summer, later revealing her relationship with former Olympic figure skater Natalia Zabiiako.

WATCH —Tennis Channel recaps Barty's quarterfinal win over Kiki Bertens in Toronto:

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP)—Serena Williams will face sister Venus in an exhibition in Colombia on Wednesday, her first match since losing the U.S. Open final two months ago. Serena leads Venus 13-10 in competitive head-to-head matches, and both sisters pledged to play hard during the match at Medellin, which is located

Sam Groth and Nicole Gibbs are giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the world of professional tennis all year long in My Tennis Life. To read more updates from Sam and Nicole, go to tennischannel.com.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Top-seeded Kei Nishikori successfully defended his title at the Barcelona Open by beating Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday's final. The fifth-ranked Japanese fought back from early breaks in both sets to claim his second clay-court title in as many years at the Real Club de

MELBOURNE—World No. 2 Andy Murray is adamant that he will quit the Australian Open if his wife, Kim Sears, is about to go into labor with their first child during the next two weeks. Novak Djokovic, whose wife Jelena Ristic gave birth to their first child in October 2014, says

Former world No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza treated fans to a tense ending as she closed out No. 10 seed Elise Mertens, 6-4, 7-6 (5), needing seven match points to advance into her third WTA final in five events at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship. "I'm very motivated," Muguruza said

The week—March 16, 2015. An 18-year-old native of Rome was in the infant stages of pursuing a professional tennis career. Having lost his opening six main-draw matches at ITF Futures events, the hopeful Italian came into Antalya, Turkey searching for his first ATP ranking point. Matteo Berrettini remembers the scene

WATCH: Krejcikova has been largely off court since reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals in Febuary.

[In Pete's absence, we are repeating some "Classic" TW posts from earlier times. Some discussions that have been going on in TW recently got me thinking about this post, originally titled 'a Night of Historical Importance', written by Pete during the 2006 US Open, on the night that the USTA

Rafael Nadal has been around the battle long enough to know where the mines are planted, and when even a seemingly innocuous question can blow up in his face. So it was only natural that he balked when, after his 3-6,6-3,6-1 over James Blake here at the Sony Ericsson Open,

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Looking lean and relaxed—but still intense—John McEnroe took to the streets of Delray Beach on Feb. 18 with fellow Hall of Famer Mats Wilander, playing an exhibition super-tiebreaker while joking with the crowd and, of course, mixing in devious shots with beguiling topspin. McEnroe, an art gallery owner,

From career titles and winning streaks to ranking breakthroughs and in-match numbers, tennis is a stat-lover’s playground. And with so many big names achieving so many big things seemingly every week, many of the sport's most incredible stats are forgotten as time goes by—underrated, if you will. Grand Slams tend

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Top seed John Isner captured a 6-3, 6-4 win over fellow American Ryan Sweeting on Wednesday to move into the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships quarterfinals. The 11th-ranked Isner struggled through his first round win over wildcard recipient Jesse Levine on Tuesday because of the humidity, but