NEW YORK -- His eyes red, James Blake's voice never wavered as he talked about civil rights and history and diversity. He embraced the symbolism of starting his last tournament on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, an African-American tennis star inspiring young players. It was just past

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Three times in the first four sets, David Ferrer faced the prospect of being ousted of the Australian Open by a fellow Spaniard who'd never beaten him in a dozen competitive matches. The No. 4-seeded Ferrer survived once in the third set and twice in the fourth

NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the US Open (all times local): 11:55 p.m. Roger Federer shut out John Isner in a tiebreaker - something that had never happened to the big-serving, 6-foot-10 American in an official, tour-level match - and won their fourth-round U.S. Open match 7-6 (0), 7-6

103074477 by Pete Bodo* One thing I've already learned from doing News of the Day posts is that news travels fast, at least during tennis-dense periods of the kind currently underway on the hard courts of the U.S. and Canada. Having missed the better part of two days' action, looking

PARIS—A year ago at this time, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was content to be that rarity in the upper echelon of the game, the elite player who eschewed traveling and working with a regular coach. Today, with the help of his mentor Roger Rasheed (whom Tsonga hired to help him this year),

You can hardly blame Rafael Nadal if he’s feeling like his career has turned into a Vine clip—and wishing that it was a different, earlier stage of his career being endlessly replayed. As Nadal has tried to gain traction and rebuild his once-formidable reputation, he’s come afoul of the same

PARIS—Whether she knows it or not, Maria Sharapova is the consummate mistress of mind games in tennis. It begins with the banshee shriek she discharges each time she hits the ball. It continues with the glacial pace she imposes on a match, as if to send the message that the

The final tiebreaker was a heartbreaker for Donald Young. The 11th-seeded American fought off three match points late in the third set, then held a pair of match points in the third-set tiebreaker, only to see Guillermo Garcia-Lopez fight back for a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory in Winston-Salem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal went into his U.S. Open semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro with a relatively simple game plan: Stay away from the big guy's flat, fearsome forehand and instead go after his weaker backhand. Nadal tried that strategy just long enough to drop the opening

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams was a bit shaky at the start of her U.S. Open semifinal. For all of six minutes. That's how long it took her to drop the opening two games Thursday night. Williams spent the next hour playing flawlessly, particularly up at the net, grabbing

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:40 p.m. The French Open fourth-round match between seventh-seeded Kei Nishikori and unseeded Benoit Paire has been suspended due to darkness, with Nishikori leading two sets to one. Nishikori took the first set by a 6-2 score. Paire

NEW YORK—Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s best result at the US Open was over a decade ago. For the No. 25 seed making her 15th main-draw appearance, it may as well have been a lifetime. “You know today on the court, they showed on the screen that it was back in 2011 that

For most tennis fans, the only memorable aspect of the 2002 Wimbledon men’s final was the sight of a streaker bounding his way across Centre Court, and bringing a moment of hysteria to the normally orderly arena. If only the match, between Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian, had been half

By the time Aryna Sabalenka lined up for what would be her final shot at the Miami Open on Saturday, the title was, for all intents and purposes, already hers. Over the previous 88 minutes, the WTA’s best player had pounded her opponent, Jessica Pegula, with her customary barrage of

STUTTGART—No matter where Aryna Sabalenka appears, one thing is guaranteed: good vibes. It doesn't matter whether she's on the court, wowing fans around the world with her powerful strokes, or captivating people off the court with her open-minded personality. This year marked Sabalenka's fifth appearance at the Porsche Tennis Grand

One thing you can say for the slightly longer tennis off-season: It gives us more time to make our year-end lists. We’re already knee deep in best and worst players, matches, shots, points, breakdowns, hairstyles, and hissy-fits of the season. At Tennis Magazine, the editors traditionally wrap these season-ending reflections

NEW YORK (AP) -- His considerable lead, and a chance at history, slipping away, Andy Murray dug deep for stamina and mental strength, outlasting Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set, nearly five-hour U.S. Open final Monday. It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand Slam singles

Each year, shortly after Roger Federer’s arrival at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne, a locker room attendant hands him a letter-sized envelope. Inside the envelope is a handwritten note wishing Federer good luck at the Australian Open. The author of the letter is the legendary Ken Rosewall, who ranks

*Php7nVOMzPM by Pete Bodo You thought I was kidding about following the French players right to the bitter end, or at least Saturday (when I leave for Paris), right? No way. Venus Williams was clobbered today by Agnes Szavay. Who cares? Of course, Szavay is my Hungarian countrywoman, but I

From first ball to last, keep up to date with the latest from the Australian Open every day on TENNIS.com. We'll have match updates, photos, video highlights and more in our daily notebook. And there you have it. Nick Kyrgios summits tonight's mountain to edge No. 29 seed Ugo Humbert,