This is admittedly an odd week for a follower of the WTA. The deluge of season shutdowns is over—you know the long list of names who have pulled the plug on 2010 by now—but the year-ender itself, in Doha, has yet to begin. And we don’t even have Caroline Wozniacki

“I don’t think he answered any of the questions people had about him coming into this tournament,” Tennis Channel commentator Lindsay Davenport said as Novak Djokovic walked off the court after his 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to Marin Cilic at the BNP Paribas Masters on Friday. Davenport’s words, and her

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for me as far as predictions go. I started by picking Andy Murray and Elena Dementieva to win their first Slams—probably won’t go down those two roads again anytime soon. Then I stated that Serena was virtually a lock in the semis, and

See what a little trash talk in tennis can do? That’s probably what Tomas Berdych was thinking, and lamenting, as he watched Nicolas Almagro play inspired tennis against him for five sets and nearly four hours in front of a piercingly loud Prague audience today. Earlier in the week, Berdych

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND—Eugenie Bouchard and Petra Kvitova aren’t friends, have never practiced together, and have rarely, if ever, spoken. “I don’t know her that well,” Bouchard said. Kvitova was even more definitive. “I don’t know her." Yet these two have had one big thing in common over the last two weeks.

“She leads 2-1, somehow, in set number three.” That was the call behind the mic Tuesday in Bogota during a first-round match between Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Astra Sharma at the Copa Colsanitas. It wasn’t a commentator’s reaction to a competitor surviving a tough stretch of games, but rather, a competitor

Similar to this year’s edition of the NCAA college basketball tournament, many a Wimbledon bracket was busted after the first two days. “July Madness” claimed players ranging from title contenders like Sloane Stephens and Grigor Dimitrov to former champions Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova. In all, 17 seeds between both

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Karolina Pliskova won all but five points in the first six games to set up a 6-0, 6-3 rout of Alize Cornet in the Brisbane International final on Saturday, setting an ominous tone for the first Grand Slam. The U.S. Open finalist will move to a

Has any player transformed herself as thoroughly, over such a short period of time, as Naomi Osaka has over the first three months of this season? In 2017, the 20-year-old Japanese Floridian finished with an 18-22 record, dropped from No. 40 to No. 68 in the rankings, and reached just

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In most cases, education takes places in private, skills and knowledge gained discreetly. But for tennis players, education also happens in public, evaluation subject to a range of factors that can even distract from the coursework. For 18-year-old Caty McNally, a promising American from Cincinnati, the last two US Opens

Before each day's play at the Australian Open, we'll preview three must-see matches. There are better-known players in action on Friday at Melbourne Park, but anyone interested in the future of the WTA will want to take a peek at this matchup between two of the tour’s promising newcomers. Last

Not a shred of social distancing. Few masks in sight. And when the players on the dais couldn’t hear a question from a journalist, the microphone was simply handed back, from one person to another. If the ATP Tour is crawling its way back amidst a pandemic, the Adria Tour

MADRID—Alexander Zverev and David Ferrer were perfect counterparts on Wednesday night in Madrid. The veteran 37-year-old on his way out was playing against a 22-year-old upstart defending champion. Zverev, the favorite on paper but not in the hearts of the Spanish fans, won 6-4, 6-2. "I was very tired. And

You forgot about the rain delays, didn’t you? Unfortunately, as we discovered this weekend at the UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, Fla., the return of outdoor tennis also means the return of the elements and their destructively unpredictable ways. In this case, the rain in West Palm

There once was a tennis player you could call the gunslinger. He held serve, again and again and again. Return games flew by off both sides. High noon came at 4-all. Here was the moment that separated the champs from the hopefuls. Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzalez, John Newcombe, Pete Sampras.

WATCH: Before his fourth-rounder against Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafael Nadal stopped by the Tennis Channel desk at Roland Garros

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andy Murray's bid to reach quarterfinals in consecutive weeks ended with a mistake-filled 7-5, 6-4 loss to No. 2 seed Casper Ruud at the San Diego Open on Thursday night. The match was even at 5-all but turned when Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and

NEW YORK—“CiCi Bellis is the night session,” tweeted one American tennis pro on Thursday evening. As unlikely as that sounded, it was true: Even as Andy Murray, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, was playing his subtle tricks inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, most fans were running—yes, running—in the other direction, toward

Did you think the Wimbledon men’s final was too long? I actually know someone who did. If, like him, you’ve also had your fill of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for the moment, the Rogers Cup is the tournament for you. Neither the Serb or the Swiss will be in