Making a first appearance at Wimbledon, the sport’s most prestigious event, is something every tennis player remembers—and it can also be a nerve-filled occasion, too. After all, it’s arguably the most prestigious event in the sport. Every now and then, though, a first appearance can stretch out a little longer

Serena vs. Pera; Gauff vs. Dolehide; Venus vs. Azarenka; Stephens vs. Fernandez—all first-round matches, all live on Tennis Channel starting at 11 a.m. ET. And visit TENNIS.com on Tuesday for our Lexington live blog. Last year, Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka kicked off the 2019 season with a memorable first-round

One has to feel for Victoria Azarenka tonight. The world No. 4, playing some of the best tennis of her career, played about as well we've ever seen in the Rogers Cup semifinals in Toronto and still found herself ruthlessly demolished by Serena Williams, 6-3 6-3. The scoreline is both

Tennis is a game of match-ups, and the pieces never quite fit right for Philipp Kohlschreiber when Roger Federer is creating a puzzle of problems across the net. In a match of the oldest and lowest-ranked men still standing in the Paris Masters, the 32-year-old Federer showed spring in his

The rumbling of Ivo Karlovic's size 16 sneakers grew louder, but Roger Federer was too busy bending a sharp-angled forehand pass by the lunging big man to take much notice. Some players rush the net, Karlovic can suffocate it, but even Ivo paused to watch a replay of Federer's snazzy

At bay at 0-3 down in the first set of her Wimbledon semifinal against Sabine Lisicki, Maria Sharapova must have felt like she was facing a distorted ghost from her past. Lisicki, the Birmingham champion on a 10-match grass-court winning streak, was the younger underdog showing no fear. But as

LONDON (AP) — A set up against a man he'd never lost to, Roger Federer looked to be cruising toward a shot at a seventh ATP Finals title. David Goffin had other ideas. The Belgian rallied in the semifinals on Saturday to claim the biggest win of his career and

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—U.S. Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki got a little help from the entire Yale football team Wednesday as she cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Dominika Cibulkova at the Pilot Pen tournament. Wozniacki, who won in Montreal on Monday and is this tournament’s two-time defending champion,

The Break: Sam Stosur retires—from tennis—and an Australian Open fourth-round preview

From career titles and winning streaks to ranking breakthroughs and in-match numbers, tennis is a stat-lover’s playground. And with so many big names achieving so many big things seemingly every week, many of the sport's most incredible stats are forgotten as time goes by—underrated, if you will. As part of

NEW YORK—Arriving at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center today, it was difficult to imagine that in just about five days time, the site would be a seething, bubbling, cauldron of humanity—or the version that passes for it here in Gotham. During this qualifying week, the turnout by

It was a triumph of art over industry. Agnieszka Radwanska halted her painful, seven-match skid against Victoria Azarenka, struck a rare blow for creative tennis in an age when power rules, and bolted into the semifinals of the Australian Open thanks to an unexpected and sometimes incredible upset of the

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 on Monday. Simona Halep had another early exit, this one coming in a memorable first tour-level win for

ROME -- After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa was just too good today," Federer said. It

Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka maintained her undefeated record at the Wuhan Open, opening her campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 37th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in a second-round match on Wednesday. Two-time defending champion Sabalenka, who received a bye in the first round with the other top eight seeds, broke her Czech

Once upon a time, Grand Slam finals were familiar territory for Victoria Azarenka. In 2012 and 2013, she’d won two in Melbourne and lost two in New York. Azarenka then was only 24 years old, certain she’d return to Arthur Ashe Stadium for another title match quite soon. Speaking after

Click here to read Steve's entire countdown of the Best Matches of 2018. HIGHLIGHTS: Daria Kasatkina d. Venus Williams, Indian Wells semifinals, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

There are no warm-ups, unfortunately, to the French Open warm-ups. The ATP’s best players have to jump right into the Masters 1000 pool and hope they swim rather than sink. That’s usually fine for Rafael Nadal; he’s a fish in native water when he’s back on red dirt. But for

When Thursday began in Mylan World TeamTennis, one team was perfect—while one other was anything but. By the end of the night, however, neither of those things remained true, as the Springfield Lasers sprung one of the first big surprises of the season, taking four of the five sets against

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The first step in Serena Williams' comeback underscored how far she has to go after spending over a year away from the game. In Williams' first competition since giving birth five months ago, she and sister Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 to Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs