At the 2011 French Open, Andy Murray made a bold prediction. As a 17-year-old hit big against Maria Sharapova, Murray tweeted that the future was clear: this teenager—barely known by anyone outside of France—would be No. 1 in the world one day. “U heard it here first,” Murray wrote. Perhaps

Additional reporting from Kamakshi Tandon. Rafael Nadal served up a storm to beat Denis Shapovalov in straight sets at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Thursday, avenging a loss to the rising star in their only previous meeting in Canada last summer. In that previous meeting, in the round

Iga Swiatek was inconsolable after her stunning upset at the hands of Zheng Qinwen, as the heavy favorite to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games went out in straight sets on Thursday. The world No. 1 had returned to Paris as the reigning champion at Roland

CINCINNATI—The Kings Island amusement park serves as an ironic backdrop to Paula Badosa’s Cincinnati Open campaign: after an 18-month struggle with a career-threatening back injury, the former world No. 2 finally feels like she’s off the rollercoaster. “There are some days I feel a little bit more stiff and I

Coco Gauff vs. Emma Navarro This is a 2024 rubber match between the two young Americans. Gauff won 6-3, 6-1 when they met on hard courts in Auckland in January; Navarro turned that around completely when they played again at Wimbledon, 6-4, 6-3. For Gauff, their third meeting will function

Holger Rune is showing signs of the form that took him to the Rolex Paris Masters title in 2022, the No. 13 seed easing past Alexander Bublik, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. “I always enjoy playing in Paris,” Rune told Prakash Amritraj following his first-round win at the Tennis Channel Live

Aryna Sabalenka continued to dominate Down Under on Saturday, defeating Mirra Andreeva in the semifinals of Brisbane, 6-3, 6-2, to move through to the final of the WTA 500-level tournament. Though the scoreline looked lopsided, there were tricky moments for the world No. 1, as she faced a total of

The 2025 Australian Open women’s singles draw is out and all eyes are on the projected semifinal clash between two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and No. 3 seed Coco Gauff—a rematch of their popcorn final four face-off from 2024. Gauff will kick off her campaign in an all-American first round

Coco Gauff v. Belinda Bencic

> Watch live on TennisChannel.com HERE (Start Time 2:00 p.m. ET) This match features the third-ranked player in the world vs. the 58th-ranked player in the world, who just recently returned to the tour after having a daughter. Yet it kind of feels like a

MUNICH—April 21, 2024, will forever be etched in Jan-Lennard Struff’s mind. On a freezing cold day in Munich, four days before his 34th birthday and after 15 years as a professional tennis player, he finally won his first ATP Tour title. “For such a long career, it’s a bit absurd

ROME, Italy—Marcos Giron is out to defy the stereotype about American tennis players on clay, returning to the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’italia with a second career Top 5 win over Taylor Fritz. “I honestly have probably the most fun playing on clay,” Giron said after beating fellow

PARIS (AP) — With 14-time champion Rafael Nadal out of the tournament, here are top men to watch at the French Open, which begins at Roland Garros on Sunday: ___ CARLOS ALCARAZSeeded: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1

MATCH POINT: Djokovic defeats Berrettini in four sets

Can a match be at once shocking and predictable? Dustin Brown’s 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 second-round win over Rafael Nadal was a little bit of both. We knew that the man known as Dreddy Tennis had won their only previous meeting, on grass, a year ago. And we could see,

I finally had a chance to catch an extended amount of tennis from Beijing today, and just in time. After a largely fanless week, the men’s semis gave us spectators in the stands, passion on the court, and two moments that will live in tennis infamy. Let’s start with the

Last year, for the 50th anniversary of TENNIS Magazine, we focused on the past. Given the tome of stories we’d told, and the trove of players and matches we’d witnessed over the past half-century, it was only natural to look back. And it was comical to even consider doing something

The second half of the Computer Goat Rally, courtesy of Kamakshi Tandon Steve, Sounds like you’re still scarred by the experience of trying to figure out who the greatest of the last 40 years was. At least you were choosing between the right names. :) I remember the same flak

The first quarter of the season is in the books, and it ended in similar fashion on both tours: With the world’s No. 1 players, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, putting their peers a little farther back in their respective rearview mirrors. By the time it was over, this spring

Rafael Nadal is indisputably the best male clay courter in history. Only four players have won more total Grand Slams—period—than Nadal has won French Opens (nine). Some of the sport’s all time greats—Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi among them—have won fewer majors than Nadal has won in Paris

Good night. Wimbledon didn't disappoint in its 2016 iteration. The likes of Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka were missing in action, certainly for different reasons, and yet scads and oodles of drama ensued over two weeks in London. On the heels of giving the French Open the same