WATCH: Alize Cornet given Code Violation for changing her shirt on court at US Open

Calling in from the uncertainty of Melbourne quarantine, Barbora Strycova had a clear vision for her next phase of life. “The first thing is that I want to start having a family,” she said back in January. “That’s the first thing.” The former WTA doubles No. 1 would find out

NEW YORK—Once upon a time, this opening-day column would have been devoted to one or more titans of the American game, an Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, or Andre Agassi, and the subject might have been an evaluation of his chances to win or defend the title. Instead, the

by Pete Bodo What a (day and) night Down Under. Yesterday, I backed only one winner—Novak Djokovic. But what does it tell you in that learning of his straight sets win over Roger Federer, I was surprised. Conversely, when I watched and read that the women I had expected to

NEW YORK—On a day when Bethanie Mattek-Sands ought to have been hitting tennis balls in Europe on a red-clay court under bright sun, she came hobbling through a cold, driving rain and the giant sliding glass doors of the New York Hospital for Special Surgery. Accompanied by her husband Justin,

OK, everybody, what do you say we all pause from our preoccupations with Andy’s stinko backhand, Good Girl Kim’s champagne giveaway, Rusty and Bec’s battle with the Aussie tabs, the Aussie tennis establishment, Australian Open tournament direc . . . well, with everyone, it sometimes seems-let’s drop it all and

Shortly after Roger Federer dispatched Feliciano Lopez in the quarterfinals of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, he sat with ESPN’s commentators, talking about the audacious way he had just attacked and overcome one of the better attackers in game. At 34 years of age and fresh off a

For those of you who just can’t get enough tennis, even though it’s mere days since the end of the final Grand Slam tournament of 2012, or if you’re just a glutton for punishment, we have the semifinals of the second greatest and most storied international team competition (after soccer’s

• Picby Pete Bodo* It appears that when the Big Four speak, tournaments—even mack-daddy Grand Slam events—tend to listen. And that's especially true when Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray are not lobbying purely out of their self-interest as the top players. As a result, Wimbledon has

by Pete Bodo One of the ranking theories of superiority, especially in head-to-head results, generates from a fundamental disbelief that player A can and should regularly beat player B. Then, when player B whups up on player A in what some—mostly rabid fans of, and apologists for, player A—insist is

We have the Grand Slam, we've had Martina Slams and Serena Slams, and now we have the ESPN Slam. In what might have been the worst kept secret since Jose Canseco fessed up to using steriods, the USTA today unveiled a new broadcasting line-up for 2009 featuring ESPN and Tennis

The main theme of the lackluster round-robin portion of this year’s ATP World Tour Finals was “blowout.” There were a number of truly impressive performances but, alas, no great matches. That changed dramatically on knockout semifinal Saturday. By the time it was over—after Roger Federer had stared down four match

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Serena Williams was a mess playing her first match at Indian Wells in 14 years. Her game was erratic and her emotions were off the charts in response to a warm welcome from the fans, a sharp contrast to the booing that drove her away as

Nole Patrol is TENNIS.com's Wimbledon blog that will provide on-site news, insight and commentary on Novak Djokovic as he aims for a fifth consecutive Grand Slam singles title. LONDON—For Sam Querrey, seeing Novak Djokovic’s name so close to his in the Wimbledon draw was déjà vu in the worst of

LONDON (AP) — To say that Kevin Anderson won this interminable Wimbledon semifinal, and that John Isner lost it, didn't really seem fair. To Anderson, anyway. They had played on and on, through 6 1/2 hours of ho-hum hold after ho-hum hold, during the second-longest match in the history of

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time since 1970, Federer was at his best Wednesday and beat Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Federer, a six-time winner at the All England

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) They played into the night on Centre Court, later than anyone ever had in Wimbledon's long history, and they played indoors, the first match contested entirely under the new roof. And at 10:39 p.m. Monday, when No. 3-seeded Andy Murray of Britain finally finished off a 2-6, 6-3,

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro held off James Blake in a marathon five-setter Wednesday, while Justine Henin advanced in her Grand Slam comeback with a 7-5, 7-6 (6) win over the reigning Olympic champion. Fourth-seeded del Potro beat his 30-year-old American rival 6-4, 6-7 (3), 5-7,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—It’s not as rowdy without Serena around, but if Venus Williams thinks she has a better chance of winning her first Australian Open because her little sister is not here, she’s not saying so. Venus Williams is seeded fifth and among the favorites in Melbourne this year in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) It's not as rowdy without Serena around, but if Venus Williams thinks she has a better chance of winning her first Australian Open because her little sister is not here, she's not saying. Venus Williams is seeded fifth and among the favorites in Melbourne this year in