When you game plan for a match, it generally revolves around tactics. Hit a high percentage of first serves, go after forehands, or pick on an opponent’s weakness are all bread-and-butter strategies. Figuring out what’s working takes some analysis, and there’s not much downtime during a tennis match. That’s where

We’re only three days into the Rio Open and there’s already an absolute blockbuster set at the ATP tour 500-level tournament—a second-round clash between Marin Cilic and Gael Monfils. Here are five things to know about tonight’s match, which will be broadcast on Tennis Channel: 1. Cilic cruised through his

All matches will be aired on T2—go to tennis.com/T2 to see where you can stream it—as well as TennisChannel.com and the Tennis Channel app. Download the app on Apple here and on Android here. Saturday, Oct. 19 - Third-Place Match—Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal: 12:30 p.m. ET - 12-minute break

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)—Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she won't "hang around" in tennis if her results fail to match her high expectations. The 27-year-old Japanese player will play her first match since she suffered a back injury in the China Open in October at the ASB tennis

Zheng Qinwen held her nerve through a topsy-turvy start to her 2025 Australian Open campaign, and kept a calm face despite a few stressful moments against Anca Todoni on Sunday. “You think I am calm on court, but if you check the camera when I’m facing the fans, maybe my

We started off the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells with a Jenson Brooksby win, so why not hope our Miami Open Pick of the Day series can get off to a similar start? On Thursday, March 20, the American will take on Roman Safiullin in Miami's Round of 128.

Jessica Pegula pulled off an incredible comeback at the Credit One Charleston Open on Friday, rallying from a set and a break down to defeat Danielle Collins, 1-6, 6-3, 6-0. Top-seeded Pegula trailed Collins, 6-1, 2-0 to start the match, but ultimately reeled off 10 of the final 13 games

As was the case with just about everyone who witnessed his performance on Sunday afternoon in a second-round loss to Taro Daniel, I was watching a Novak Djokovic who was almost unrecognizable. He never found his range off the ground. His timing was abysmal. His incomparable two-handed backhand—the best in

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was knocked out of Wimbledon on Monday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round just a month after completing a career Grand Slam. Lisicki, a 15th-ranked German, outplayed the 2004 Wimbledon champion in the wind and rain on Court 1 for

It’s accepted wisdom in men’s tennis these days that the current generation of young players—starting with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and on through the likes of Andy Murray and Richard Gasquet—is among the most diverse, dynamic, and stylish the game has seen in some time. Among this group of

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): \_ 8:40 p.m. Fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. The win keeps the 19-year-old Spaniard on course for a potential quarterfinal match

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Might the smile be the new big weapon in contemporary pro tennis? It’s certainly aided Carlos Alcaraz’s run to the top. Sunday at the US Open, Ben Shelton also smiled many times—and gave the fans inside Arthur Ashe Stadium plenty of good reasons to feel happy about what they’d witnessed

Margins in professional tennis are razor thin. A few points often decide the outcome of an entire match. On the PlayStation 4, however, a minor difference in skill can lead to landslide victories, much like the ones on quarterfinal Wednesday of the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro. Of the eight

NEW YORK—If any tennis promoters out there are looking to start a two-player barnstorming tour, they might want to consider booking Venus Williams and Petra Kvitova. These two women, it seems, can’t play a bad match. All six of their previous meetings had gone three sets. The last three had

MELBOURNE—The 1993 movie Groundhog Day starred Bill Murray as a jaded TV weatherman forced to repeat the same day over and over and over until he at last discovered his humanity. It takes place in a small Midwestern town. Tennis’ version of Groundhog Day happens in Melbourne, Paris, London and

The United States celebrated its 242nd birthday on Wednesday. What did the country’s two best tennis players of this century, Venus and Serena Williams, do to mark the occasion? They were doing what they usually do at this time of year: Keeping their country’s title hopes alive at Wimbledon. There