Is she chasing down a drop shot, or coming out of the backfield?

As the second week of Indian Wells gets underway, we preview and predict three must-see matches in the desert. There are other intriguing women’s matches set for Tuesday—Simona Halep vs. Barbora Strycova, Daria Kasatkina vs. Timea Bacsinszky, Victoria Azarenka vs. Sam Stosur—but it’s hard to say exactly what might we

NORCROSS, Ga. (AP)—John Isner, in position to win back-to-back tournaments for the first time in his career, is savoring the confidence that has come with his success. Isner overwhelmed Gilles Muller in the third set to win 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Atlanta Tennis Championships final

In our U.S. Open preview podcast, I felt it was appropriate not only to talk about Flushing Meadows, but also about Flushing’s pro sports team, the New York Mets. The perennially disappointing baseball outfit was in a midst of an unlikely midseason surge thanks to an arsenal of young pitchers

WIMBLEDON, England—The pairings are an embarrassment of riches this early in a Grand Slam tournament; and if you know the back-stories of the main characters, or of particular match-ups, things just become that much more interesting. The obvious marquee matches today include Rafael Nadal against dangerous lefty Thomaz Bellucci, second

A lot of the talk this week in tennis has been about Maria Sharapova’s outstanding record on clay, but at the end of the Italian Open, it was once again Serena Williams accepting the winner’s trophy. She earned it with a win over Sara Errani, the 5’4” dynamo who specializes

There is mounting intrigue surrounding Australia's Davis Cup tie against the United States in Kooyong, with recently retired Lleyton Hewitt naming himself to the team and questions arising about what surface should have been selected for the tie. Hewitt, in his first tie as Australia's captain, put himself on the

Signs of stress surrounded Rafael Nadal everywhere he looked: Kei Nishikori’s scalding groundstrokes, a blister on his palm, a blown-out shoelace on his Nike, a second-set deficit, a coaching violation warning, and time violations. The top seed had his hands full on multiple fronts. Nadal showed he was up to

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is well-known for being a vociferous reader and a student of tennis, but despite having already rewritten WTA record books and won five Grand Slam titles by the tender age of 23, the Polish star has made no secret of the fact that there's still

'Morning. Pete is still on vacation. Meanwhile, this is today's post for the Tribe's discussions, debates, deliberations, unfreakingbelievably dire predictions, cutting-edge analyses, wild guesses, celebratory dances, group wakes, serious pontifications and statistically fine-tuned prognostications concerning the tennis matches being played. The Order of play for the men's Masters Series tournament

After suffering six defeats to Roger Federer this year, some of them excruciating, Juan Martin del Potro gained his second measure of revenge, backing up his triumph in Basel with a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 victory to claim his place in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals. There’s

Two days after he carried his nation’s flag during the opening ceremony, Stanislas Wawrinka was unceremoniously shut out of the London Olympics, defeated by home favorite Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-3. Murray exited this stage four years ago in Beijing, and his previous meetings with Wawrinka—they have played 10 times in

Julia Goerges, a dark horse pick for the women’s title this year, survived rather than convinced in a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova. Asked earlier in the week how she would rate her chances for the title, Goerges noted that it was a little premature to discuss when

As a child neurologist specializing in autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, Dr. Shafali Spurling Jeste found that the programs available for autistic children were limited. Too often they catered only to the high-functioning side of the spectrum and left the children who are minimally verbal and have behavioral issues out of

PARIS (AP) — Serbia, Australia, France and Belgium are one win away from reaching the Davis Cup semifinals after winning their two singles matches on Friday. In Belgrade, Serb Novak Djokovic returned in style after an elbow injury, sweeping past Albert Ramos Vinolas of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on indoor

Roger Federer eyed his third Grand Slam title in a row, while Juan Martin del Potro was playing in his first major final. Roger Federer entered the 2009 US Open looking unbeatable—not only in New York, but everywhere. The Swiss captured his first French Open title earlier in the summer,

Each weekday, we'll preview one must-see match that you'll find on Tennis Channel Plus, the digital network for the devoted tennis fan. To subscribe to Tennis Channel Plus, go to BuyTCPlus.com After suffering an embarrassing 6-0, 6-1 loss against Joao Sousa in Miami, David Goffin has found his game this

The No. 3 Alexander Zverev says that players are getting taller and hitting harder, and he's been leading the way. The German, who just won Madrid to capture his third Masters title, is now into the final of Rome, where he will play No.2 Rafael Nadal. The top 10 players

MONTE CARLO—“Hopefully one of these weeks will be special, even for me. And hopefully I can be one of the names to look up.” That was the sentiment Lorenzo Musetti expressed to me last weekend during media day at the Monte Carlo Country Club heading into the launch of his

The common trait that unites the best women's tennis players isn't the quality of their forehands or their ability to dart across the baseline. It's their presence. This is true for the men as well, but the stars of the WTA tend to arrive on tour with it fully formed.