Venus Williams has had an absolutely phenomenal career, and with today being her 40th birthday, here are 10 of the seven-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1’s most impressive stats: A 14-year-old Venus made her professional debut on October 31, 1994 at the Bank of the West Classic in

Each day this week, Peter Bodo will review action from the Rogers Cup tournaments in Canada and preview upcoming matches. These "Good Morning Canada" posts will be published around 10 am EST, and we encourage you to discuss the day's play—along with Pete's thoughts—in the comment section below. Yesterday: Any

Hi everyone. Please use this as today's space for your commentary on the matches going on. Today's question is pretty simple (and I admit I've adapted it from a question that was asked in TW some two years back, that I felt was worth reinventing in light of the changes

EASTBOURNE, England—Ivan Dodig, while he’s ranked just 50th in the world and has never been above No. 32, has always seemed to me to be a model competitor. He treats the game like a job; he tries what he can, and if it doesn’t work, he doesn’t turn it into

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is today's post for discussing events at Roland Garros, whether involving balls hitting racquets, or raindrops hitting covers. Today's schedule can be found here.

Presenting your daily look at the doubles action at the US Open. The US Open men’s and mixed doubles semifinals are set, with some blowouts and squeakers along the way. One women’s team is already through to the final four: Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova, who beat Andreja Klepac and

As we all know, tennis isn’t the only sport currently on hold. Today was going to be Opening Day for a sport that has an intriguing connection to tennis: baseball. Like tennis, baseball involves hitting. Back in the 1930s, Don Budge mimicked his lefty baseball swing to create the modern

Good morning, all. Good afternoon, if you are in the European timezone. As always, please use this space to call or discuss todays tennis; some off-topic chat is also OK here. Earlier today, Gilles Simon defeated Carlos Moya to take the title in Bucharest; his effort puts him 12th in

Friday Order of Play WTA: Katowice at 6 AM - Cornet vs Koukalova ATP: Casablanca at 7 AM - Hanescu vs Delbonis WTA: Katowice at 8 AM - A Radwanska vs Meusburger ATP: Casablanca at 8:30 AM - Granollers vs Carreno Busta followed by Garcia-Lopez vs Paire ending with Carballes

Djoker BY TW Contributing Editor Rosangel Valenti Good morning. As usual, this will act as your gathering-place for discussion of the action in today's semifinals in Monte Carlo. Today's Order of Play in singles (after one of two doubles semifinals) begins with Rafael Nadal's encounter with Nikolay Davydenko. The two

Good morning. Earlier today, Juan Martin Del Potro claimed a second career title in Kitzbuhel, having won the first a week ago, in Stuttgart. Albert Montanes is the new Champion in Amersfoort. Later today, in Umag, Fernando Verdasco will meet Igor Andreev for the title match. In Indianapolis, Gilles Simon

Well, the French Open got off to a rough, wet start this weekend, but things today appear to be going along swimmingly - although that surely is the wrong word. So this will be your post for calling the matches and all other RG related discussion today. You have Monday

Hi everyone. Here's your new thread for commentating on today's matches. Coming up today we have two ATP finals. In Rotterdam the world number one, Rafael Nadal, faces the world number four, Andy Murray. It's a hard life being world number one - it usually means that British commentators root

Hola, Tribe. This will be your match-calling post for today. This morning, L'Equipe published a photo of Carlos Moya, looking spiffy in a suit, with a kid who came up to about his waist, sporting short hair, holding a trophy. Today, they clash in the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Crazy times, busy day here at the U.S. Open. With much to do, and not a lot of time to do it, here's today's Crisis Center post. Pete will be around shortly with something much more substantial...and enjoyable. Here's today's schedule: 12:00 pm: Rafael Nadal vs. Juan Martin del Potro,

In a column for CNN, former Wimbledon champion and TV analyst Pat Cash laments the state of the current men’s game, calling it too homogenous. “There’s an argument that this generation of men’s tennis is boring and I think it’s a valid one,” Cash wrote. “It’s not boring to see

Presenting your daily look at the doubles action at the US Open. When you put two former world No. 1's together who’ve each won multiple Grand Slam titles, experience plays a vital role in coming through in clutch situations. That was the case on Sunday with Sania Mirza and Shuai

USA Today reports that Wimbledon CEO Ian Ritchie has dropped out of the running for the ATP CEO job. The Times of London confirmed that information. USA Today also reports that there is infighting on the ATP board between the player and tournament director representatives, which has prevented the tour

Cincinnati Thursday Order of Play (All times EDT) Center Court at 11 AM - Wawrinka vs Cilic Grandstand at 11 AM - Benneteau vs Janowicz followed by Murray vs Isner Court 3 at 11 AM - Safarova vs Halep followed by Fognini vs Lu Center Court at 1 PM -

Mornin'. It promises to be a very busy day today, so this will be extra brief. I'll be covering the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Roger Federer match today, and looking ahead later to the men's semifinals. The big question here is, just how injured is Rafael Nadal? Apparently, not very, which