NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—Nicolas Mahut walked onto the shadowless center court at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where temperatures were into the 90s and still climbing, and thought, as he frequently does, about Wimbledon. “Nothing is worse than what I did in Wimbledon. Every match, I pray it will be

MADRID (AP) — The revamped Davis Cup will reach its climax on Sunday, with Canada celebrating a historic first title or Spain lifting the trophy for the sixth time in front of its fans. After two thrilling semifinals decided in tiebreakers of the doubles matches on Saturday, Spain outlasted Britain

Wake up every morning with Tennis Channel Live at the US Open, starting at 8 a.m. ET. For three hours leading up to the start of play, Tennis Channel's team will break down upcoming matches, review tournament storylines and focus on everything Flushing Meadows. Tennis Channel's encore, all-night match coverage

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WIMBLEDON—This Friday afternoon, for the better part of 3.9 sets, Frances Tiafoe had turned Wimbledon’s Centre Court into a highly-captivating form of tennis theatre. In a third-round match, versus defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, Tiafoe had taken a two sets to one lead. Movement, power, touch, accuracy, angles, imagination—categories usually heavily

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) After taking a tumble on the next-to-last point of the match, Serena Williams got up and whipped a backhand winner down the line to finish off her second-round match at the Australian Open and her 500th career win. With the 6-0, 6-4 victory over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova

• Picby Pete Bodo* It was the perfect antidote to the dispiriting experience of watching Nicolas Mahut drum Andy Roddick out of the French Open the other day. Roddick, we all know, is the last American male to be ranked No. 1 as well as the last to win a

NEW YORK (AP) For quite a while, Novak Djokovic's opponent in the U.S. Open semifinals, Gael Monfils, looked as if he didn't want to win - or even be there at all. That premeditated ''great strategy'' of hoping to lull the No. 1 seed and defending champion into complacency and

MELBOURNE—Victoria Azarenka stood to serve at 0-3 in the second set against Kim Clijsters on Thursday afternoon. Two birds circled around and in front of her, well within the range of Azarenka’s Wilson racquet, as she stared across the net and raised her arms to begin her motion. The Belarussian

PARIS—Contrast has always been a precious commodity in tennis, and we got a good dose of it on Court 1 today when Sloane Stephens met Marina Erakovic in a third-round match. Here was Stephens in a fashionable visor, playing an opponent donning a boring baseball cap. A tight-fitting, hip-hugging, flourescent

As of last week, Roger Federer suddenly found himself with two more mouths to feed. So he did the responsible thing and got on a plane to find work in Italy at the Rome Masters. His first day on the job proved to be nightmare, though, as Jeremy Chardy showed

Picby Pete Bodo We aren't here to talk about Serena Williams today, but let's talk for a moment about Serena Williams. Isn't it somewhat strange to know that she is in Ukraine, preparing for the weekend's World Group II Fed Cup matches, and we haven't had a peep (or, more

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MASON, Ohio (AP) Right from the start, Rafael Nadal was running on empty. Nadal showed the effects of his long layoff from a wrist injury Thursday, losing to Croatia's Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 at the Western & Southern Open. The 30-year-old Spaniard has a lot of work to do before

PARIS(AP) After Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman to reach the French Open semifinals since 1954, she collapsed face-down on center court and kissed the clay. Schiavone upset No. 3-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in Tuesday's quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-3. Seeded 17th, Schiavone is the first Italian woman to reach the semifinals

PARIS (AP)—Whether she's enjoying a cafe lunch, shopping on the Champs-Elysees or notching another victory on the soft red clay, Maria Sharapova sure enjoys these trips to the French Open. ``What girl doesn't love Paris?'' she said. Two more wins and she'll love it even more. Sharapova moved another step

The French Open is here, and Doubles Take is there for you, recapping the last warm-up tournaments along with a preview of the main event. A SWISS HIT In Geneva, Switzerland, top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau lived up to their lofty status atop the draw, winning their second

On Wednesday, the face of Hugo Boss will clash with the House of Gucci’s global ambassador in London. No, this isn’t about Fashion Week drama: We’re talking about Wimbledon, where Italians Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner are set to face off in the second round. While previewing their highly anticipated

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Court Report: Novak Djokovic pushed through a sweltering day at the US Open