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The WTA’s $8 million China Open returns to Beijing for the first time since 2019. Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will pick up their race for No. 1, and Coco Gauff will play her first match as a major champion. China Open - Beijing - $8,127,389; WTA 1000 - Hard

The French fans have been the opposite of encouraging nine-time champion Rafael Nadal. (AP Photo) Even without looking at the TV screen, you can tell a French Open audience by the particular sounds it makes. Most famous are the rising cries of “Allleezzzz!!!” from the peanut gallery. The crowd in

MASON, OHIO—Riffing off of the token phrase, it was sage before beauty on Center Court in Cincinnati. Roger Federer’s wisdom outshone Bernard Tomic’s seemingly regressing, though crafty, quiver of tricks. One was 31, and the other 19, but they walked out sporting similar no-collar shirts (immaculate white, naturally) dark-hued shorts,

Two things have become synonymous with the Washington Kastles of Mylan World TeamTennis: winning (lots of it) and Murphy Jensen. Perhaps they're directly related. Jensen and his larger-than-life personality will patrol the Kastles' sidelines for the sixth straight season in 2014, as the Kastles look to claim their fifth league

Doubles Take is here with a look at the latest action on the ATP and WTA tours. ANOTHER TOURNAMENT, ANOTHER TITLE Going into last week’s Monte Carlo Open, Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic had most definitely proved that their decision to team up for 2021 was a good one, with

NEW YORK—“I love watching Monfils, but he’s a knucklehead”: these words were stated, in disgusted admiration, by a reporter sitting in the row behind me in the U.S. Open press room today. 81: Number of winners hit by Gael Monfils in his five-set, 4 hour, 48 minute loss to Juan

As the players make the long, rushed journey from the Olympics to the U.S. Open this week, it seems an opportune moment to reflect on the first player to win those two events in the same year. This was Steffi Graf, of course, the owner of the most remorselessly successful

201206301724626423926-p2@stats.comby Pete Bodo **WIMBLEDON, England—The perverse part of me had hoped that at the stroke of 11 p.m. last night, a borough of Merton bureaucrat with a terribly British-sounding accent would come on the PA system and to declare that the battle between Andy Murray and Marcos Baghdatis—by that point

Sometimes, when you watch Andrey Rublev play, you might wonder why he’s losing his mind. “OK, you missed a forehand, or you went down a break, or you blew an easy shot, but is that a good reason to pound yourself with your racquet until you draw blood?” On Sunday

Before the ATP and WTA join forces for the final, frantic homestretch through Madrid, Rome and Paris, the clay season takes a one-week breather. That means no Novak Djokovic, no Rafael Nadal, no Roger Federer, and no Serena Williams or Naomi Osaka until next Monday at the earliest. But that

Sofia Kenin kept her breakthrough run going at the Australian Open on Tuesday, defeating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career. “I’m super excited—it was a tough match,” the 21-year-old American said afterwards. “She was playing well, but I

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP)—Top-seeded John Isner beat fellow American Donald Young 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Thursday to move to the quarterfinals of Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. Isner, ranked 14th in the world, used his trademark big serve—with 22 aces — to dispatch Young in 1 hour, 43 minutes. They were on

by Bobby Chintapalli MEMPHIS—You could feel Brad Gilbert’s presence around The Racquet Club of Memphis the past few days. He was physically here, but it was more than that. As a two-time winner (he won the title in 1986 and 1989), Gilbert has a reserved parking spot just outside the

If the men’s draw is a two-player race, the women’s draw at the U.S. Open is all about the No. 1 seed, Serena Williams. As long as she’s in the event, the story of the tournament will be her quest to win the first calendar-year Grand Slam in 25 years.

Tomorrow, after a few weeks of throat-clearing in places like Monterrey, Katowice, and Casablanca (sounds like a law firm, doesn’t it?), the clay-court season begins in earnest at Monte Carlo. This week has been a little like the calm before the storm — but don’t suggest that to the warriors

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournament** Roland Garros (ATP & WTA - Clay - Paris, France) - Final: Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. - Semifinal: Roger Federer def. Gael Monfils 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5. - Semifinal: Rafael Nadal def. Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6.

Indian Wells champ and world No. 2 Ana Ivanovic took your questions from the Sony Ericsson Open at Miami. Get more news and information about Ivanovic at her official website, www.anaivanovic.com. Q. Hi Ana, what's your favorite surface and which Slam would you most like to win? -- Kathleen I

WATCH: Alcaraz continues to redefine the word "hype" with his textbook-defying tennis in 2022.

Coming into their final in Miami on Saturday, Ash Barty and Karolina Pliskova had been the WTA’s not-quite-yet duo of 2019. The Australian and the Czech had made steady progress since the previous summer. They had begun to use their very different talents more effectively than they had in the