We had quite a discussion last night at the The Competitor Gene post (below) on a remarkable tennis prodigy, five-year old Jan Kristian Silva. The wild card in the dialog was the participation of Jan's father, Scott. His name somehow was under my radar despite our robust correspondence (in which

NEW YORK—The largest Grand Slam stage in the world sounded like an echo chamber tonight, as Novak Djokovic repeatedly ripped heavy groundstrokes that bounded off the blue back wall with a dispiriting thud. Paolo Lorenzi spent much of the match in chase mode so far behind the baseline, he could

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic kept his perfect season alive at the US Open on Wednesday afternoon, dropping the first set in a tie-break but bouncing back to beat Kyle Edmund, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Djokovic had struggled against Edmund before, losing to him on the clay of Madrid

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Sixth-seeded Linda Noskova dropped just one game in a 49-minute, 6-0, 6-1 win over Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan on Tuesday to reach the round of 16 at the WTA 500 event at Monterrey. The 19-year-old Czech will next meet either Wang Xiyu of China or Germany's

By the time that world No. 2 Jannik Sinner found himself down 5-0 in the first set against Corentin Moutet, a point away from dropping the opening set in shocking fashion, the crowd on a lively Court Philippe Chatrier sounded equally thrilled and relieved. Late in the evening in Paris,

Bob and Mike Bryan have announced that their coach, David MacPherson, has stopped working with them and has taken a college coaching position. The record-setting twins worked with MacPherson for 11 years. "As tough as it is to part ways, it is also an exciting time for him, as Macca

WATCH: Karolina Pliskova is first into the Wimbledon semifinals with an emphatic win over Viktorija Golubic.

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—One of world sport’s last tobacco sponsorships is ending, at the Swiss Indoors tennis event in Roger Federer’s hometown of Basel. Tournament organizers said the 2010 event in November will be the last of a 17-year partnership with tobacco brand Davidoff. The ATP World Tour, which controls the

It seems Laura Siegemund’s primary on-court strategy is to make her opponent feel as uncomfortable as possible. She varies from high-arching moon balls and screaming slapshots, to surprise drop shots and the even more unexpected fake drop shot forehand slice, a-la Roger Federer.

We have an early shot-of-the-year contender, and it’s going to be tough to top this one even though we’re only in February. Considering it happened at a Challenger tournament in Bergamo, Italy, you likely missed it—or never would have seen it. Good thing we’re here. We’d hate to deprive you

WATCH: The Williams sisters have long inspired art and pop culture, as evidence by this episode of The Break.

NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek didn't hold back against close friend Kaja Javan, defeating the Slovenian qualifier 6-0, 6-1, in just 49 minutes Friday to move into the US Open's fourth round. The top-seeded defending champion from Poland has dropped only nine games so far in the tournament. She's

In a Yarra Valley Classic draw that boasts world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, it’s No. 6 seed Garbiñe Muguruza who has looked the most dangerous ahead of the first major tournament of the season. Muguruza has dropped nine games in three matches, and

ROME, Italy—Angelique Kerber is feeling decidedly at home on the clay courts at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia: the former world No. 1 has dropped just four games through her first two matches and is into the third-round of her first clay-court WTA 1000 tournament since 2021. “It’s a good win

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Jannik Sinner won his fourth tour-level title of the year and stayed in contention for the ATP Finals with a convincing straight-set victory over second-seeded Diego Schwartzman at the European Open on Sunday. The top-seeded Italian beat his Argentine opponent 6-2, 6-2 in their first meeting.

The Battle of the Backhand Drops: If Andy Murray’s 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win over David Nalbandian is remembered in the tennis-history books, it would have to be under that title. Forget aces and forehand winners, the backhand drop shot was the put-away of choice between these two lifetime members of

by Pete Bodo Yesterday we had the news that the ATP has finally named a new chief executive, Brad Drewett. Today, we learn that Sony Ericsson is ending its tour sponsor relationship with the WTA at the end of the 2012 season. No great loss, I say, although the women

Class was in session when surging American Shelby Rogers zoomed in for a guest appearance at Gerald Ford Elementary School. Rogers edged into the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, dropping just two games against Irina-Camelia Begu, and is yet to drop a set in the California