Stefanos Tsitsipas didn’t play any tournaments last week, but with some points falling off of Rafael Nadal’s total, the two switched spots on the new ATP rankings this week—with the Greek inching up to No. 3 and the Spaniard dipping to No. 4. Having first reached No. 5 in August

We're at the halfway point of the 2015 U.S. Open, a good time to mark the most notable offbeat happenings on and off the courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens. STREET STYLING LZ Granderson led an amusing ESPN spot in which U.S. Open fans

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Novak Djokovic will face 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the first round of the Olympics in a rematch of the 2012 bronze medal match. Del Potro's ranking has fallen to 145th after he endured three operations on his left wrist. But

Tennis players of a certain age might remember hearing tall tales about the practice habits of legendary grinders like Bjorn Borg and Mary Joe Fernandez. “I heard Borg spends one week hitting crosscourt, and the next week hitting down the line,” or “Mary Joe has to make a thousand shots

FLASHBACK: Roger Federer's 2021 Wimbledon quarterfinal press conference

It had to happen, right? When Rafael Nadal went into this year’s French Open draw seeded sixth, we wondered what life would be like if the nine-time champ had to meet the No. 1 seed, Novak Djokovic, in the quarterfinals. Now we may find out. The 2014 finalists have fallen

PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek closed out her latest French Open victory and raised a triumphant right fist. Rafael Nadal won less than half an hour later and celebrated with a left uppercut. The two defending champions make for a potent one-two combination at Roland Garros, where both won going

Mornin', folks. During a brief break in the rain, I finally went out to Centre Court for the first time since the roof was ripped off. Unfortunately, the sun was so bright - yes, believe it - that I could barely see anything. This right off the bat was a

In his trophy-ceremony speech at the Western & Southern Open last Sunday, Novak Djokovic said he hoped that he and the man he had just defeated, Carlos Alcaraz, could meet again in three weeks' time in New York, for the US Open title. Then an exhausted Djokovic laughed and said

“I mean, in a way I know I sound like and I feel like a little kid, like this is the first time ever happening. I don’t know, I love the feeling. I’m really happy.” NEW YORK—Mirjana Lucic-Baroni had waited a long time for this moment. The 32-year-old made her

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Bothered by her surgically repaired left wrist, 12th-seeded Madison Keys of the United States was upset in the French Open's second round 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by 290th-ranked qualifier Petra Martic of Croatia. Martic was the lowest-ranked

NEW YORK (AP)—Roger Federer fired 15 aces on his way to a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany at the U.S. Open on Thursday. The temperature climbed into the 90s Fahrenheit (mid-30s Celsius) yet again at Flushing Meadows, and Federer showed up for his match wearing

We’ve had the Persistents and the Dominants: What’s the best co-word to describe Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams now? The Inescapables? The Undeniables? The Irresistibles? The Inevitables*? The Amazins? All of them apply: This weekend Rafa and Serena each made good on their pre-tournament favorite status and wrapped up the

NEW YORK—Players at the U.S. Open deliver a lot of aces. They also bang out a lot of unforced errors, shrieks and grunts, topspin forehands and backhand winners. They also leave a trail of sometimes intriguing, sometimes funny, sometimes insightful, and often bizarre quotes. So let’s look at yesterday, Day

May 23: a poised prodigy takes No. 1 Court for the first—and last—time at Roland Garros, in his debut against Lars Burgsmuller. A sleeveless shirt and pirate pants characterize Rafael Nadal’s teenage style, but the Spaniard commands a strategic, powerful presence well beyond his years. Nadal would dismiss Burgsmuller in

Before her first press conference of 2016, Madison Keys walked into the interview room at the Australian Open with a baseball cap pulled backwards over her head, a string of earrings down each lobe and a tiny silver stud in her nose. Her hair, still wet after a shower, hung

While the women reach

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