The Bercy arena—the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy, to be precise—is on the other side of central Paris from Roland Garros. This is fitting, because the city’s two tournaments are opposites in virtually every way. The French Open is an outdoor spring celebration, a tennis flowering, and the traditional capstone

Team Europe wins the Laver Cup:

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Agnieszka Radwanska have started to clobber the ball back and forth. The sound—or, more precisely, thump—of the ball on their oversize stringbeds echoes into the upper reaches of the main stadium at the BNP Paribas Open. It's not surprising: The loudest competing noise comes from the half-dozen

Thursday’s much-anticipated Rafael Nadal-Ernests Gulbis showdown was held on Court 1, the second-largest show court and, having been built in 1997, the most modern. It has a slightly futuristic feel, in a traditional Wimbledon sort of way, of course. At its top is an oval that cuts off the sky's

PARIS—If chair umpire Eva Asderaki had wanted to be consistent, she could have called a hindrance on virtually every shot hit by Varvara Lepchenko and Francesca Schiavone in the third set of their match in the Bullring today. The noises of pain that had caused Asderaki to dock Virginie Razzano

Greetings from a gloomy east coast of the United States. It’s been raining, heavily, according to the tournament’s web site, in Key Biscayne. It’s raining, just as heavily, outside my office window in Manhattan. With matches just getting started and no finals to review from yesterday, I’m left with a

“Good on ya, mate”—that’s Australian for “props, yo,” or perhaps just “nice job,” as far as this Yank can tell. Well, after two weeks of Grand Slam tennis Down Under, here’s a rundown of who did the nicest jobs at the Australian Open, and who was just bloody awful—“naff,” according

MELBOURNE—After Roger Federer’s last match, a straight-set, turn-back-the-clock, blitz-job win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round, I listened to the rapturous response from the Federer faithful and decided to issue a note of caution. Yes, Federer had played rings around Jo. Yes, he had owned the net in a

Watching Gael Monfils play tennis is the sharpest of double-edged swords: It’s as jaw-dropping as it is exasperating. On Tuesday night the Frenchman inspired more than his usual share of each of these reactions over the course of his four-set loss to Rafael Nadal. At the end of it all,

The clay-court season begins in earnest on the women’s side this week. If a darkened dome in Stuttgart isn’t as scenic a kick-off point as the sky and sea of Monte Carlo, there is at least a strong field on hand for the Porsche Grand Prix. Compact, too; just 28

• Ms Slap slap slap.* That was the only sound inside Court Philippe Chatrier at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday as Justine Henin prepared to throw up her first service toss of the day. It should have been an afternoon of high tension and excitement in Paris, but the clouds that

LONDON—One benefit of traveling is that you get a chance to exercise your acclimation skills. Two weeks ago I rode through the narrow streets of the Wimbledon village in the dark, in the back of a cab, with a driver who had even less of an idea of where we

“Tennis lost its most colorful character.” These words were written by former player Bill Talbert, about the 1957 motorcycle accident that prematurely ended the tennis career of his fellow American Art Larsen. They could have been written again 55 years later, in December 2012, when Larsen died at the age

When it comes to social media, Rafael Nadal considers himself old-school. He doesn’t find it easy to do an Instagram Live chat, like Novak Djokovic, or tweet a storm about a trending topic, like Roger Federer. But in a wide-ranging conversation on Thursday, the now-34-year-old Spaniard looked as comfortable as

How a writer found a hidden gem in the middle of Paris. (AP Photo; Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) PARIS — One of the oldest tropes in travel writing is that finding the hidden treasures or secret wonders in any culture is the ultimate calling of the savvy tourist. We all

Mylan World TeamTennis celebrates its 40th birthday this year. For more on WTT, including this season's schedule, click here. When former No. 1 Martina Hingis joined Mylan World TeamTennis’ Washington Kastles two seasons ago, it felt as though the Hall of Famer was on the precipice of something truly special.

During the obligatory Davis Cup presser at the USTABJKNTC a few weeks ago, I asked Patrick McEnroe what he likes about the team he has since taken to Sweden, in his continuing effort to bring the Davis Cup home (the US has not won since 1995 - the longest dry

Kei Nishikori may be on the slight side among today’s often towering tennis players—6’6” Marin Cilic, who beat Nishikori in the U.S. Open final, had him by a good eight inches—but he is, as the popular song by Alphaville goes, “Big in Japan.” Small wonder. Nishikori is a native of

*TW at IW By Jackie, TW Social Director I'm back! Indian Wells was everything I'd dreamed of ... and more. I must warn you that I'm not quite settled yet, having just flown back from California two days ago. (Post-IW, I visited a friend in LA. The highlight was our

*Wozniacki by Bobby Chintapalli, Contributing Writer The Australian Open’s here, which means it’s time to convince ourselves that friends and sleep are overrated and time to scrutinize the draw. Changing fortunes and returning players give us popcorn matches earlier every year, and this year's no exception. Here are some of