You've no doubt heard Billie Jean King's famous quote, "Pressure is a privilege," more times than you can count: from King herself and from many other sources inside and outside of sports. But what are the origins of the now-ubiquitous phrase, which has since been repeated by many other greats,

Top seeds Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz both advanced out of their respective quarterfinals Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Swiatek dismissed Petra Martic, 6-0, 6-3, capitalizing on all four break points she created. The three-time major champion, who won the first seven games before the Croatian got on the

NEW YORK—From the waist up, Coco Vandeweghe was the picture of calm. She was sitting back in her sideline chair, with her eyes closed, in an attempt to meditate. But the lower half of her body gave her away. Her legs were bobbing up and down in constant, manic, nervous

We're counting down the Top 10 matches of 2020 from Nov. 30 through Dec. 11. Click here to read each selection. “Dominic Thiem was the winner,” I wrote a few hours after the US Open men’s final ended, “but when it was over, the focus shifted to Alexander Zverev. He

Was it me who was wondering the other day whether there really was no future for tennis? Judging by today’s results on the ATP side, where Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic advanced to the semifinals, I may have jumped the gun when it comes to the men. Meanwhile, on the

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer served poorly. He volleyed poorly. Closed out sets poorly, too. And now he's gone, beaten at the U.S. Open by an opponent ranked outside the top 50 for the first time in his illustrious career. Looking slow and tired on a sweltering night in

NEW YORK(AP) Serena Williams was fined $10,000 Sunday for a profanity-laced tirade directed at a U.S. Open line judge, and an investigation is under way to determine whether there should be additional punishment. The $10,000 penalty - not quite 3 percent of the $350,000 in prize money Williams earned by

WATCH: Zheng continued her blistering start to her Tokyo campaign with a big win over Badosa

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Novak Djokovic delivered a near-flawless performance to ease into the second round of the Astana Open with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Cristian Garin on Wednesday as he goes for a third straight tournament title. Djokovic dropped just six points on his serve and won the

The seats in Estadio Manolo Santana, even the expensive ones, were full. The Spanish VIPs were in their court-side boxes. The tournament’s owner, Ion Tiriac, was basking in the expectant atmosphere. The reason for all of the buzz? At the center of the scene was the new local hero of

FLASHBACK: Emma Raducanu defeats Magda Linette in the 2023 BNP Paribas Open match point

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — US Open champion Coco Gauff double-faulted four times in a row while serving for the second set and wound up losing 6-0, 7-5 to three-time major title winner Iga Swiatek in round-robin action at the WTA Finals on a windy Wednesday night. There were plenty of

The 19-year-old from Poland won her first Grand Slam at the French Open in 2020, with the event delayed four months and spectators limited because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, eight months later, she will return to defend the title. This time, the event has been delayed by a week

Only in Italy, I suppose, could Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro play second fiddle to Andreas Seppi, but such was the case at the Foro Italico this evening. Seppi had the Roman crowd in an uproar during his comeback win over Stan Wawrinka, so much so that there

PARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams' disappointing return to tennis continued when she lost in straight sets to 68th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in the second round of the Emilia-Romagna Open on Tuesday. Top-seeded Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma tournament after losing her opening match at the Italian

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Australian Open champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams will maintain their No. 1 rankings when new ATP and WTA rankings are released Monday. Federer, who beat Britain’s Andy Murray in the Australian Open men’s final in straight sets Sunday, will begin his 268th week as No. 1 and

With Serena Williams' win over Julia Goerges on Friday, she set up a "blockbuster" fourth round against Maria Sharapova. Why the quotations? Though some call it a rivalry, it's hard to see it as competitive with Williams holding a 19-2 record against the Russian, including 18 straight wins.

Berd Good morning. As usual please use this space to discuss today's matches, and any other tennis-related matters of the day. We'd appreciate it if you could hold you off-topic chat until the tennis has finished. Please note that when this post has collected between 400-500 comments, we'll put up

He’s something of a forgotten man. He doesn’t have the fanfare or the following of the Big Four, and Stan Wawrinka and even Milos Raonic are often considered bigger threats at Grand Slams than he is. But Marin Cilic does have a major title, you might remember, and now he’s

We’re just a day away from the kick-off of the Paris Olympic Tennis Event, and if the numbers are anything to go by, Iga Swiatek has to be a big favorite for the women’s gold medal. First of all, the event is being held at Stade Roland Garros, the home