Web extra: Photos and more details on tennis in Baghdad's Green Zone, as featured in the October issue of TENNIS. This month, TENNIS is running one of the most alternately inspiring and harrowing stories I’ve ever had the privilege to help write and edit, Haider’s Abbud’s Tennis in the Green

Typically a new tennis season starts with something less than a bang. Hardcore fans know to begin tuning in for late-night broadcasts from Down Under around New Year’s Eve, but the rest of the world doesn’t follow along until the Australian Open proper begins two weeks later. This year interest

WATCH: Which teenager will have the best US Open result?

NEW YORK (AP) — Four American women reached the semifinals at last year's U.S. Open, and only one was a Williams, a significant and symbolic step forward for the country's next generation of female players. And the American men? Not only has it been 15 years since one of them

When the Olympic tennis event began on Saturday morning, more than a few fans claimed that it felt “like any other week” on tour. The reaction was understandable. The players, the format, the scoring system: They were the same as they would be at any other dual-gender Masters event. The

Team Europe wins the Laver Cup:

Here's my latest question-and-answer Deep Tennis post from over at No Mas. (Click there to read about a still-unavailable-on-DVD documentary called "The French" (about the 1981 French Open) by William Klein. Has anyone ever seen this, or know how to get a hold of it? It looks like must-see stuff.)

Sometimes it’s called “getting in the zone.” Sometimes it’s called “treeing.” Sometimes it’s called being “en fuego.” On Sunday in Melbourne, Mischa Zverev found a new way to describe the sensation that tennis players feel when they find themselves unable to miss a ball. “I was in a little coma

Howdy, everyone. I decided to go to one of our favorite websites, Core Tennis, to do a little research on our Wimbledon wild cards. I'm pretty impressed that the site worked without a glitch - for example, every player's history was easily retrieved, and the graph charting their ranking progress

Tennis matches are decided at the end—but often, determined at the beginning. Such was the case today in the semifinals of Roland Garros, when Rafael Nadal took just over three hours to earn a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (0) win over Diego Schwartzman. For Nadal, the final four of Roland Garros

Before the French Open men’s final, I thought that the result might hinge on how Stan Wawrinka felt about playing Rafael Nadal on clay. Would he feel the way he does when he meets Novak Djokovic in a major final? If so, Wawrinka clearly would believe he could win. Or

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 5:55 p.m. Jessica Pegula has made it to the French Open quarterfinals for the first time by coming back to beat Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Pegula joins two other American women in the quarterfinals

Each day this week, Peter Bodo will review action from the Rogers Cup tournaments in Canada and preview upcoming matches. These "Good Morning Canada" posts will be published around 10 am EST, and we encourage you to discuss the day's play—along with Pete's thoughts—in the comment section below. Yesterday: Any

I’m back from a week in Prague and Vienna carrying a suitcase full of smoky clothes—how did we live with that smell every time we went to a bar here in the old days?—and about five extra pounds, consisting primarily of pork, potatoes, and unpasteurized Czech lager (mmmm, unpasteurized Czech

• TW gathering by Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Hi guys! Late, late edition of the Deuce Club this week, as I didn't want this to interfere with the tennis. Thanks for sticking around. I just got back a couple of days ago from a blissful five days of tennis

Phpydbvglam By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan I don't say this very often, but, TGIM - Thank God it's Monday! Well, for me at least. I'm looking forward to another year of hopefully alleviating your Monday malaise with a hot, steaming cup of tennis (as opposed to a "cup of

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was among the top three women's seeds to fall in the first round of the Eastbourne Championships on Tuesday. However, defending champ Marion Bartoli of France beat Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 6-2. American Christina McHale upset third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 6-7 (4),

NEW YORK(AP) The 9-year-old girl put labels on the furniture she planned to take to America. Yanina Wickmayer's mother had died of cancer a week earlier, and she decided - all on her own - that she needed a fresh start: leave her native Belgium to attend a Florida tennis

WATCH: Jessica Pegula has now reached two finals this year, both at WTA 1000 level.

Iga Swiatek vs Daria Kasatkina This may go down as the first year of the Iga Era in women’s tennis: Can the tour’s No. 1 player close it out in style, with a title at the year-end championships? With all due respect to the other seven women in the draw,