Roger Federer is no stranger to practicing in front of an audience, though one face in particular stood out during his Thursday Wimbledon warm-up. Sporting her signature pink face mask, world No. 51 Marie Bouzkova kept it casual as she caught a glimpse at the 20-time major champion as he

If John Isner was looking for a good workout at the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, he sure got it in this point.

After sending seven-time Grand Slam champion John McEnroe to the ground (OK, McEnroe was being a little dramatic), Mansour Bahrami rushed to the other side to “revive” him, performing “CPR” in the process (you can see it around the 2:02 mark). The older stars in Melbourne were competing in the

With tennis being the standard-bearer for gender equality and women’s sports, the stars of both the WTA and ATP tours celebrated International Women’s Day. Billie Jean King, the founder of the WTA and a leading voice for women’s rights, was in Singapore, celebrating with a well-chosen T-shirt.

Sloane Stephens made her way down to the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fla. this week, and not for offseason training. She has accepted a new role as the USTA's National Excellence Program ambassador to promote coaching education, college preparation, player grants and more. This week in Florida, she'll

Stan Wawrinka's time in Marseille has gotten off to a goofy start. On Wednesday, the Swiss made his media appearances and ended up in costume as a panda. His fans loved the new look:

If you missed it back in June, “Wheel of Fortune” has brought back “Tennis Week,” just in time for the US Open. The long-running game show collaborated with the Tennis Channel on the major prizes awarded during the show, which included trips to New York for the US Open, London

Tennis players know better than anyone that there is only a finite number of controllable elements at any given moment. Most important of them being the strokes that make up the game, from serves to volleys to groundstrokes. Players work endlessly for consistency and accuracy during practice so that they

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) — Philipp Kohlschreiber won his eighth career ATP tour title by defeating Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Generali Open on Saturday. The 47th-ranked German rallied from a break down in both sets and won five of the last six games to

At the tender age of 16, Yugoslavian-born Monica Seles announced her arrival at the Grand Slam stage when she won her the French Open in 1990, kicking off a rivalry with Steffi Graf that would nearly cost Seles her young life. When the 1993 Citizenship Cup in Hamburg, Germany came

Andy Murray and Kim Sears are expecting their first child, British media has confirmed. According to the Sun, the two have told friends and family that Kim is pregnant. The baby is said to be due in February. Murray and Sears were married in April, having been together for more

PARIS—Eugenie Bouchard, who lost in the first round of Roland Garros, says she still cannot figure out why she isn’t playing better. The No. 6 seed reached the semifinals in Paris last year, but has only won one of her previous nine matches. She lost to world No. 44 Kristina

Stan Wawrinka has withdrawn from Madrid, joined by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who will also not play Rome. Wawrinka, who recently reunited with coach Magnus Norman, had double knee surgery in 2017 and has been on another break since returning at the beginning of the season. But the former French Open champion

The flight is over—16 hours total to get across the country, seven of them slumped in O’Hare Airport. But it was worth it just to feel warm California air again. It’s been a while. Here’s an hourly report after opening day in Indian Wells. 6:00 A.M.: Fully awake after a

“Hugely, hugely destructive,” SquashTV commentator Joey Barrington said as he watched Amanda Sobhy put the finishing touches on the biggest title of her career, at the Oracle Netsuite Open in San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza on Monday night. By that point, as he watched Sobhy steamroll her way to a 33-minute

ESTORIL, Portugal—Juan Martin del Potro’s coach must wince every time his player cracks a forehand. I know I do. Not since Achilles has one seemingly insignificant part of a person’s body seemed so important to so many people. What is a wrist, anyway? Nothing. It just stops your hand from

In my last conversation with Ion Tiriac, the man behind the blue clay at last year’s Madrid Open, he characteristically cut right to the chase while we were talking about the future of his tournament and said, “Where is it written that there can be only four Grand Slam tournaments?”

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) After growing up together on the tennis circuit, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have yet to meet in a major. That all changes Sunday at the Australian Open. The two men who have come to be considered the best of the rest - that is, after Roger

PARIS (AP) Rafael Nadal played as if he were still a bit upset about his only loss at Roland Garros, defeating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (3) Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals for the sixth time. The five-time champion, who lost to Soderling in the fourth round in

MADRID (AP) — Novak Djokovic feels like the hard work is starting to pay off. Trying to regain his best form after a slow start to the season, Djokovic looked sharp in his opener at the Madrid Open on Tuesday, defeating Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2 to advance to a third-round