Juan Martin del Potro comes under criticism by some members of the Argentine media for choosing to play on Friday in the Davis Cup semifinals against the Czech Republic, and not on Sunday. Del Potro has been suffering from a left wrist injury and did not decide until Wednesday that

Top-ranked Naomi Osaka survived yet another grueling test from the tricky Hsieh Su-wei in a matchup that has proven to be one of the more entertaining rivalries of 2019. Osaka eventually overpowered her much smaller opponent to win a three-set battle, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, in the third round of

Kiki Bertens (WTA No. 4, UTR No.3) vs. Karolina Pliskova (WTA No. 3, UTR No. 4) Breaks of serve will be at a premium as two of the games biggest servers face off for a spot in the Eastbourne final. Bertens leads the WTA with a whopping 283 aces and

Teenage sensation Amanda Anisimova, who was expected to be seeded at the US Open, has pulled out of the final major of the year. On Monday, her agent confirmed in a report with ESPN that Anisimova’s father and coach, Konstantin, had passed away unexpectedly.

EASTBOURNE, England (AP)—Unseeded Tamira Paszek of Austria rallied to beat defending champion Marion Bartoli 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 and reach the final at Eastbourne on Friday. Paszek was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year but had won just two matches this season, losing 11 times in the first round. She will

Milos Raonic may have been defeated at the Delray Beach Open, but he still enjoyed the Florida Everglades with reporter and host Blaire Henley. He took a boat through the twists and turns of the tropical environment to hunt for the state's most well-known predator: the alligator. The Canadian had

On Thursday, Nick Kyrgios put on a show again in Paris—this time more on the negative side—during his 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 loss to Kevin Anderson. Anderson was on fire after dropping the first set, becoming virtually untouchable for the remaining three, while Kyrgios has been struggling with a hip

Many WTA players have already wrapped up their 2020 season, but for a select handful, the job is not over just yet. Nadia Podoroska, Elise Mertens and more stars are competing hard in Linz and then trading their racquets for mini Porsches.

It's been a solid couple of weeks for Gael Monfils, reaching the semifinals in Metz and the final of the Sofia Open just last week. The Frenchman has now officially arrived in California and is gearing up for the Masters 1000 event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. But before

NEW YORK — On Monday, teenager Frances Tiafoe let a lot of chances slip away in the first round of the US Open. He led by two sets to love against John Isner on the new Grandstand, and had a chance to serve it out up a break at 5-3

Rain fell on Tuesday in Paris, cancelling both blockbuster men's quarterfinal matches (Rafael Nadal vs. Pablo Carreno Busta and Novak Djokovic vs. Dominic Thiem). No one was very happy dealing with the tumultuous skies, except maybe other tournaments:

Dominic Thiem says he's surprised even himself with his run during the South American swing. The 22-year-old won a title and a reached a semifinal in two South American clay events, then won his first hardcourt title at Acapulco, defeating Bernard Tomic in three sets in the final. "It was

LONDON—Roger Federer discusses Rafael Nadal’s improvement since they first faced off in 2004, a match the Spaniard won when he was just 18 years old. Nadal owns a 22-10 record against Federer and has won 14 of their 19 matches since the start of 2008. His won over Federer in

Despite his unprecedented success on clay, Rafael Nadal says he does not practice on it and needs to adjust to the surface when the clay season begins. "Let's not forget I only play five or six tournaments on clay a year," he told reporters in Monte Carlo. "The rest of

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) After winning a grueling, tightly contested match that lasted nearly four hours, Tomas Berdych didn't expect to be met by a stadium full of booing and hisses. Berdych, the seventh seed from Czech Republic, was jeered by the crowd for refusing to shake hands with his opponent,

Famous as the first freely-elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin stood by his country for better or worse – in politics as well as his favorite pastime, tennis. But last week, the world lost one of its most well-known modern leaders and tennis lost one of its biggest fans. Yeltsin

PARIS(AP) Jelena Jankovic dominated her opponent before a 2-hour rain delay Tuesday, and then did well enough after it to advance to the second round of the French Open by beating Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3. The fifth-seeded Jankovic was leading 4-1 when the rain started at

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Svetlana Kuznetsova had a succinct explanation for losing her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open. “The tennis ball is perfect. I am not perfect,” the top-seeded Russian said after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 loss to Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round on Saturday. Kuznetsova,

Spain has appealed to the International Tennis Federation over the surface chosen by the United States for their July Davis Cup quarterfinal in Austin, TX. The surface, called Indoor Hard Premiere, is not on the list of approved surfaces by the ITF, even though a source told TENNIS.com that it

PARIS (AP) Roger Federer has been in nearly the exact same position as Maxime Teixeira found himself at the French Open, staring across the net at one of the game's greats. More than a decade ago, long before the 16 Grand Slam titles and the millions of dollars in earnings,