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

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.

NEW YORK(AP) They are both ahead of schedule. Maria Sharapova is progressing quickly on one track that might make her a champion again, while Melanie Oudin is speeding on another that gets her mentioned in the same sentence with Sharapova. Oudin, the 17-year-old American, pieced together the biggest upset of

(1) Serena Williams vs. (5) Li Na Head-to-head: Williams leads 8-1

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

It took one wild fortnight in Paris to turn Iga Swiatek from unassuming teenager to one of the most sought-after stars of her sport. Tasked with replicating her monumental effort at Roland Garros barely six months after lifting the trophy last fall, the 19-year-old wouldn’t have it any other way.

NEW YORK—Nearly three hours into the 2013 U.S. Open men’s final, Rafael Nadal tripped and fell. It couldn’t, it seemed, have come at a worse time. Nadal and Novak Djokovic were knotted at one set each and 4-4 in the third. Rafa had thrown his best body blows at Novak

ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had starkly different days at the Italian Open on Saturday. Djokovic regained his cool after throwing his racket off the court in a grueling, rain-delayed quarterfinal victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas by 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, then was to play his semifinal later against

In the course of just 72 hours at the ATP World Tour Finals, Tomas Berdych took a ramble deep into the valley of despair and then hiked up to the pinnacle of exhilaration. In the course of that journey, he acted as an instrument revealing to us the difference between

[Ed. Note: Lisa McDermott, seasoned Reuters reporter and favorite TW flake, is on-site this week at the Regions Morgan Keegan/Cellular South Cup in Memphis. --S. ] I wanted to flick a Bic, like you do at the end of a rock concert. That was my reaction when Venus Williams finished

• Picby Pete Bodo* Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Last year, it was in the finals, but why quibble? Just like last year, both men have slashed their way to the semis with nary a glitch. As former Yankees catcher and

This past week, 900 of the best junior tennis players in the country took to the courts in Southern California with hopes of etching their names into a history book of champions. Connors. Austin. Chang. Williams. The list of past champions at the Southern California Junior Sectional Championships is as

Rafael Nadal saw his prolific tennis career come to an end Tuesday in Malaga when Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup Finals. On the opposite side, Wesley Koolhof put off his own retirement another few days after he Botic van de Zandschulp clinched

Rog by Pete Bodo It's funny, but the day after we at Tennis magazine committed to covering the upcoming USA vs. Switzerland Davis Cup tie in Birmingham, Ala., I wandered into Steve Tignor's office and said, "You know, this is going to be great - if Roger doesn't pull out."

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic's first-round match at Wimbledon lasted all of 40 minutes Tuesday. Roger Federer's, which was next in the All England Club's main stadium, went 43. When two of tennis' biggest stars crossed paths after both advanced when opponents stopped playing because of pre-existing injuries, they kidded

Throughout his career, Nick Kyrgios has had a sometimes-fraught relationship with the world's media—experiences that have shaped the way that he's approached his foray into tennis commentary and media work while sidelined with injury over the last year. But in Episode 2 of his video-podcast series, Good Trouble with Nick