Some jaded observers may have watched Rafael Nadal demolish Italy’s Stefano Travaglia 6–1, 6-4, 6-0 under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier and taken the Spaniard’s third-round performance for granted. They might have looked at this match as simply business as usual, as just another early-round meeting with 34-year-old presiding

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The Latest from the Australian Open on Friday (all times local): 12:15 a.m. (Saturday) Andy Murray and his older brother Jamie have become the first brothers to reach the finals in both the singles and doubles championships at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era. Andy

Deadlocked at 3-all in the second set, Li Na cracked forehand that looked like a point-ending stroke, but a streaking Maria Sharapova responded with a game-changing shot. Switching her racquet to her off hand while she ran, Sharapova lifted a left-handed forehand reply and was already streaking to her right

Being chained to your desk in the press room on a sunny first-week day at Wimbledon can seem like a criminal waste of time. You have to jam your arms against your sides and squint at your laptop as a parade of English tennis fans pass by the window, eating

There's a reason Andy Roddick was 6-3 against Tomas Berdych going into their third-round clash tonight, and it had nothing to do with forehands, backhands, or serves—tasks that the seventh-ranked Czech handles quite well, thank you. The big, not-so-secret advantage Roddick has historically held over Berdych was his quality as

It's been an interesting two seasons for Thanasi Kokkinakis. In 2020, the Australian did not play a single match due to a right shoulder injury. Last season, the 25-year-old competed in only five ATP events and the four Grand Slams, opting to focus on Challenger tournaments. Now, with the 2022

When Taylor Fritz triumphed over Frances Tiafoe to win the ATP 500 event in Tokyo on October 9, he vaulted three places to No. 7 in the Race to Turin with 2885 points to his name. Coming into this week’s Paris Masters, Fritz now finds himself on the outside looking

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World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka put on a dazzling display of power tennis in her opening match at the WTA Finals in Cancun on Sunday night, defeating No. 9-ranked Maria Sakkari by a 6-0, 6-1 scoreline. Not only did she get some revenge with the 74-minute victory, having lost the

There’s something to be said about letting one’s racquet do the talking first. Coco Gauff did just that in her Australian Open quarterfinal win over Marta Kostyuk, before reacting to one of the viral—and strange—moments of the tournament. After navigating her way through a scrappy 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2

With his straight-set victory over Grigor Dimitrov in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday, Jannik Sinner has made history. The 22-year-old is now going to rise to a new career-high ranking of No. 2, making him the first Italian tennis player to reach the Top 2 in either

It was four years since Roger Federer last slid on the red clay at Roland Garros, and it's been 10 years since he won the title in Paris to complete a career Grand Slam. In his long-awaited return to the French Open, Federer faced Lorenzo Sonego of Italy in his

On June 30 at the All England Club, current WTA players took the day off at Wimbledon, with some joining legends of the sport for a "40 Love" themed gathering involving 17 of the 21 pros to reach the No. 1 ranking in the history of the women's professional tennis.

The Swiss and the Latvian have never played, but there’s no better time to begin than in the French Open semis, on both of their birthdays. Ostapenko will turn 20 on Thursday, while Bacsinszky will turn 28; those two ages might be a good barometer of how this match will

Simona Halep's second match of her season, and of her comeback from a doping suspension, ended like her first—but with one notable difference. The 32-year-old won the first set but failed to advance, just as she did against Paula Badosa in Miami on March 19. The difference this time was

The Break is bringing you all the off-court news you need to know and this week is all about the majors. 1 Halep Tests Positive "I am self-isolating at home and am recovering well from mild symptoms. I feel good... we will get through this together," Halep said. The two-time

Just like he has in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Paris, Rafael Nadal has left quite the mark at the Rome Masters event, which was scheduled to take place this week. Since 2005, the Spaniard has won nine titles at the prestigious event, with each of those victories surely carrying some

On July 23, 2006, Novak Djokovic lifted his first ATP trophy at the clay-court event in Amersfoort, Netherlands. At the time, the Serbian was 19 years old, ranked No. 36, and had shown an ability to compete against the best in the world with a quarterfinal run at Roland Garros.