When Naomi Osaka withdrew from the final of the Western & Southern Open against Victoria Azarenka last weekend with a left hamstring injury, many skeptics wondered if she would even try to compete at the US Open. Hamstring issues can be awfully difficult to resolve. There were more than a

Whether it’s the long, grueling rallies on the terre battue, or the fact that there are more specialized clay-courters to grind past, the French Open is generally regarded as the toughest Grand Slam to win, and the stats tell the story—of all the players who’ve won three of the four

NEW YORK—Mardy Fish understood when he came to Flushing Meadows this year that his last tournament wouldn’t have a storybook finish. “This isn’t a sports movie, of course,” he wrote this week in "The Weight," a first-person article for The Players’ Tribune about the anxiety disorder that essentially ended his

NEW YORK—When Rafael Nadal and Lucas Pouille turned into the homestretch of their five-set epic at the U.S. Open on Sunday, everything—stats, talent, experience, logic—should have pointed to a Rafa victory. He was the 14-time Grand Slam champion, and a man who had reached No. 1 in the world by

NEW YORK (AP)—After trailing for much of the third set, Venus Williams suddenly was right back in the thick of her U.S. Open semifinal against Kim Clijsters, serving at 4-all, 30-all. At that moment Friday night, it didn’t appear to matter that the 30-year-old Williams was bidding to become the

• DC1118 by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Evening, TWibe! How is everyone doing? Counting down the hours until the start of the WTFs? For those of you in London, Jewell has arranged a small WTF TW gathering on Sunday evening; please stop by if you can! Here are the

NEW YORK—The first time Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray faced off, they were a pair of scrawny pre-teens calling their own lines. When the pair square off in tonight's BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden, in front of more than 10,000 people (including a chair umpire and linesmen) they

20080830monfilsblog By Asad Raza Good evening, friends! It's great to be writing in this hallowed space again--as you know, Pete's away at AmyLu and Juan José's wedding today and so you'll have to put up with me for a post. First off, let me just add my congratulations to everyone

INDIAN WELLS, California (AP)—Rafael Nadal restored order on a day of upsets with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 fourth-round victory over big-serving American John Isner at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, after Novak Djokovic and Elena Dementieva were ousted. Seeking his third title at Indian Wells, No. 3-seed Nadal withstood

Over the next two weeks, we'll run down our Top 10 Matches of the 2021 season. On Monday, No. 10 was unveiled.

WATCH: Swiatek meets the press after reaching her second major final at Roland Garros.

LONDON (AP)—Injuries knocked three key players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday — second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American man who won the longest match in tennis history. The start of Day 3 of the grass-court Grand Slam was less about

Retooling strokes at the pro level in tennis is a rare and risky proposition. Sometimes, however, it’s an inescapable reality. Shoulder troubles, for instance, prompted Maria Sharapova to tinker with her service motion. Ernests Gulbis dramatically altered his forehand setup and grip, resulting in this:

Wimbledon’s mystique took something of a hit when the All England Club more or less capitulated to critics—or was it “evolution”?—and slowed down the grass courts to enable longer rallies and fewer serve-and-volley battles in which few points lasted more than three or four touches. That mystique may be back,

*96200985 by Pete Bodo I've always been a big believer in that old bit of folk wisdom: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. . . and it was particularly applicable in a reversible-image way yesterday in the highlight matches of the Australian Open featuring

Tim Henman says he has no desire to join former Grand Slam champions Ivan Lendl and Yevgeny Kafelnikov on golf tours. Lendl plays senior tournaments in the United States and Kafelnikov is aiming to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. "People say: ‘Are you going to play in these tournaments?’ It

NICE, France (AP) Dominic Thiem hit 11 aces Friday to upset second-seeded John Isner and set up a final against Leonardo Mayer at the Open de Nice. The big-serving Isner also had 11 aces and saved seven of eight break points in the first set but lost the first three

Andy Roddick refuses to discuss whether this will be his last Wimbledon after a four-set defeat to David Ferrer in the third round. As the three-time Wimbledon finalist walked off the court, he blew a kiss to the crowd. "No," he said when asked to give a definite answer. "That's

After playing their second-round matches at the French Open, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic both discussed Jankovic's imitation of Ivanovic's fist-pump following their match in Madrid. "It's very, very hard for me to comment on that," said Ivanovic. "You know how they say -- sport doesn't build character, it shows

Justine Henin, who has won all of her matches at the Hopman Cup, including a Friday victory over Ana Ivanovic, says that winning an eighth Grand Slam title would be her greatest feat. After injuring her elbow at 2010 Wimbledon, the Belgian was unable to compete the rest of the