PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal acknowledged during the French Open that he's never been all that good with numbers. "Math," he said, smiling as he turned his right thumb upside-down, "was the only subject that I failed in the last year that I had the chance to go to school."

WATCH: Taylor Fritz's win over Rafael Nadal sends a shockwave through the Green Group at the 2022 ATP Finals.

Before each day's play Down Under, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. If you’re looking to get a glimpse of the reigning US Open women’s champion, you might want to tune in early. Stephens is up first in Margaret Court Arena against Zhang, and judging by her recent form,

Sparta’s Maria Sakkari showed was not one to be sparred with on Saturday as she reversed a slow start to stun former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the Grampians Trophy semifinals. The Greek star was a point from falling behind 1-5 in the opening set before

Chris Evert owns some literally warm memories of her times spent in Indianapolis over the years. In an exclusive interview last week at Indy's Meridian Hills Country Club, she recalled the soupy heat when the city hosted the US Clay Court Championships during the pinnacle of her career in the

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Agnieszka Radwanska have started to clobber the ball back and forth. The sound—or, more precisely, thump—of the ball on their oversize stringbeds echoes into the upper reaches of the main stadium at the BNP Paribas Open. It's not surprising: The loudest competing noise comes from the half-dozen

A pattern has emerged in the later rounds of men’s Grand Slams over the last year. Novak Djokovic faces Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer. Djokovic, usually, wins. The audience, just as often, comes away disappointed. This phenomenon was most obvious at Roland Garros in 2011, when Federer was the severe

No one has to ask Venus or Serena Williams to twirl. They’ve been doing it after every win, with grins as wide as their faces, for years now. Yet it still comes as a bit of a surprise: After spending an hour and a half looking stony and serious (in

PARIS (AP)—Rafael Nadal won his fifth French Open title Sunday, beating Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to reclaim his unofficial crown as the King of Clay. Chasing down shots all over the court, the relentless Spaniard also avenged his lone Roland Garros defeat. He improved to 38-1 at

by Pete Bodo Making a point to watch Thomaz Bellucci a few times every year has become something like a ritual for me. The Brazilian may be in the running for the title, "Ranking Head Case on the ATP Tour," now that Marat Safin is gone, Tomas Berdych appears to

PARIS—It appears that Fabio Fognini was not put on this earth to beat Rafael Nadal; his pre-ordained mission is to torture him. That’s what it seemed like in their third-round match on Court Philippe Chatrier today. Nadal, the No. 3 seed in this French Open, won the match in straight

Welcome to summer. You spend the weekend driving and dropping your kid off at camp (thank the gods for MapQuest!), or bobbing around on a sailboat on some body of water where there’s no Wi-Fi cell service, and when you get home you check to see the tennis results. Meusburger?

View the entire women's bracket at our Australian Open tournament page. View our men's expert picks here. MATT FITZGERALD: Serena Williams In clearing a mental hurdle by winning the Auckland title, the 38-year-old is now ready to complete her mission of raising major title No. 24. STEVE FLINK: Naomi Osaka

PARIS—A good way to describe Andrea Petkovic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands: cult players. Skilled enough to have had excellent and rewarding careers, but also occupying that place separating aspirants from Grand Slam singles champions that can best be defined as indeterminate. Petkovic and Mattek-Sands each bring considerable flair to the court.

(1) Serena Williams vs. (2) Victoria Azarenka Head-to-head: Williams leads 12-3 When Serena Williams walks the halls of Arthur Ashe Stadium, she takes a trip through her past with a familiar face looking over her shoulder. Photos of Williams raising the silver U.S. Open trophies hang on the walls, reminders

Frances Tiafoe’s frustration boiled over. After splitting sets with compatriot Ben Shelton, and then breaking Shelton at 3-5 to remain in the third set, Tiafoe suddenly found himself trailing a tiebreaker 6-0. He couldn’t help but take his frustration out on the courtside box that holds the players’ towels. It

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Five months after he ended a 76-year drought for British men in Grand Slam tournaments with a win at the U.S. Open, Andy Murray is into the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and on track to make it two in a row. The third-seeded Murray easily beat

*Phpvnl83epm By Pete Bodo Before we get to the meat of this post, I want to let y'all know that I had a terrific time at AmyLu and Juan Jose's wedding yesterday near Allentown, Pa. At one point during dinner at the reception, a few of the folks saw me

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—To beat Novak Djokovic these days, it takes something close to a miracle—or a severe eye infection. Tomas Berdych got neither of those on Wednesday night, as Djokovic took him out, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Djokovic now leads their head-to-head record 23-2, but that’s

I don’t know about you, but this struck me as a pretty big week in tennis, which is something we’re unaccustomed to saying in the fall. Things are bound to become even more intriguing, and perhaps even more resonant on the global media stage, now that the first of the