Australian coach Roger Rasheed, who has worked with Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grigor Dmitrov, says he is interested in coaching Nick Kyrgios. A former coach and fitness trainer of Lleyton Hewitt, the well-known tour presence has not coached anyone since he stopped working with Dmitrov following Wimbledon. Kyrgios split

Before each day of play at Roland Garros, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. The only thing left to say here is: Let’s see what happens. Each of these women has had something of a roller-coaster ride through the clay season. Azarenka double-faulted her way out of a seemingly

ATLANTA (AP) Even retirement couldn't stop Andy Roddick from one last chance to play doubles with his friend Mardy Fish in this week's Atlanta Open. Roddick is returning to help escort Fish into his retirement. Roddick, 32, says Atlanta served as the ''bookends'' of his career. It's where he won

LONDON—Rafael Nadal, who has reached the third round at Wimbledon, says he had doubts about whether he could return to the top of the game again. Nadal won the French Open in 2014, but then injuries and illness forced him to pull out of a number of events. It took

Who says tennis in New York is only a summer thing? Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Navarro, Jessica Pegula and Ben Shelton are back in the Big Apple this week to shepherd tennis' return to Madison Square Garden for the Garden Cup exhibition event—and they're making the most of their second New

When a match ends 6-1, 6-2, as it did in Iga Swiatek's favor in her Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday, you have to dig deep for any semblance of drama. But say the words "double bounce," and visions of last year's squabble between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jack Draper likely comes

Rafael Nadal has responded sharply to criticism of his plans for his Mallorca academy and his relationship with his hometown of Manacor. The 33-year-old wrote a letter to local newspaper Manacor Noticias in Spanish and spoke of his "pain and disappointment" at the "unjustified and defamatory'' allegations. The mayor of

WATCH: After winning his semifinal against Hubert Hurkacz, Carlos Alcaraz met the media.

BERN, Switzerland (AP) Switzerland's No. 1 Belinda Bencic has withdrawn due to a back injury from a Fed Cup semifinal against defending champion Czech Republic next weekend. The Swiss tennis federation says the 10th-ranked Bencic must rest for at least four weeks. The 19-year-old Bencic carried the injury since playing

Daniil Medvedev played down his angry comments to officials during his second-round defeat at Wimbledon, saying he was just frustrated. The 21-year-old Russian accused the umpire of bias during the match, and then threw coins under the umpire's chair upon dropping a five-setter to Ruben Bemelmans. "I don't know why

PARIS—A year ago, Grigor Dimitrov debuted his new partnership with Lacoste at the tournament where the prestigious brand is most widely recognized: Roland Garros. The former world No. 3 sported a classic white polo with mild green accents that carried through to matching shorts on his way to a fourth-round

After defeating Yulia Putintseva, 7-5, 6-3, in Dubai today, world No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska has high praise for the 18-year-old's game. “I don't see much players mixing up everything like she was doing today,” she said. “She can, I think, do everything on court, you know, spin and playing aggressive

Past U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta is expecting her first child. Pennetta, who announced her 2015 retirement from tennis during the trophy presentation after her lone Grand Slam title, and her husband, touring pro Fabio Fognini, issued matching statements Thursday on Twitter about the pregnancy. "Baby Fognetta is coming," they

Roger Federer is sitting out the rest of this season, including the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and U.S. Open, to protect his surgically repaired left knee. Federer wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday that he needs "more extensive rehabilitation following my knee surgery earlier this year." "The doctors advised that

Another Ukrainian brand is getting the seal of approval from the country's most decorated female tennis player. Elina Svitolina was recently announced as the first-ever brand ambassador for the jewelry company SOLO for Diamonds, a lab-grown diamond maker. Since war broke out in her homeland in 2022 as Russia invaded

Usually how goes it in professional doubles is that the better team wins in a reasonably linear way. While classic serve-and-volley doubles is far less common in contemporary tennis, straightforward execution remains prevalent, be it with the everlasting presence of the crunching volley and, in recent decades, the ascent of

“Her level match after match is rising,” said Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena Williams’ coach, before her semifinal with Elena Vesnina on Thursday. “She’s serving better and better, and moving better and better.” Mouratoglou, the man who watches Serena’s every swing and tracks her every mood, would know. And it was hard

In a move that was described by USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan as a "stroke of genius,” President Barack Obama has named Billie Jean King, the openly gay former player, to the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, even though there is a Russian law on the