20120728_swby Pete Bodo As the Olympic tennis event began today, the panaromic view of Wimbledon's field courts, with the stadium in the distance, reminded me of one of those old and to me always stupendously uninteresting prints of Victorian gentlemen and women at play at the country club. The courts

On Sunday the women reached their Asian swing peak when No. 1 Victoria Azarenka beat No. 2. Maria Sharapova at the mandatory event in Beijing. This week the men catch up at the mandatory Masters down the road in Shanghai, where Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic,

NEW YORK—This morning I walked the grounds at the U.S. Open, watching practices wind down and the first matches of the tournament start up. The crowds appeared, as they do every year, to be larger than ever. I tried to imagine what a tennis fan from the 1950s or 60s,

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 under the lights in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year’s U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal didn’t have as much trouble in sunny

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- For the first time in a dozen years, Roger Federer won't be featuring in the Australian Open semifinals after his upset third-round loss to Andreas Seppi on Friday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion had never lost to Seppi in 10 previous meetings, but made some uncharacteristic

PARIS(AP) Serena Williams was sure the ball went off her opponent's arm, a no-no in tennis. The opponent, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, insisted the ball went off her racket. Williams accused Martinez Sanchez of cheating.'' Martinez Sanchez thought that was astupid'' thing for Williams to say. Then consider that

NEW YORK(AP) Bob and Mike Bryan were doubly disappointed this week. The top-ranked Americans were upset in the semifinals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, falling 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to the No. 4 seeds, Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes. A day earlier, they had planned to release their new

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Former world No. 1 Garbiñe Muguruza capped off her scintillating Middle East swing with an eighth career WTA title, winning the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, 7-6(6), 6-3 over surprise finalist Barbora Krejcikova. "It means a lot because it's never easy to win a title," Muguruza said in her post-match

Simona Halep's title-winning point at the 2018 French Open, against Sloane Stephens:

We're counting down the Top 10 matches of 2019 as part of Tennis Channel's Home for the Holidays. Click here to read each selection. Some classic matches are pristine shot-making contests, where two players calmly and coolly push each other to greater heights of brilliance. That’s not how most of

ROME, Italy—Daniil Medvedev withstood an incredible challenge from Hamad Medjedovic, surviving the 20-year-old rising star, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-5 to reach the fourth round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. "I was not playing the way I wanted to," Medvedev said straight off court after the match. "I never found the

MATCH POINT: Carlos Alcaraz edges Matteo Berrettini in a third-set tiebreaker to reach the Vienna semifinals

For the Djokovic vs. Federer semifinal preview, click here. NEW YORK—They played in Paris, they played at Wimbledon, and now they’re going at it one more time in a Grand Slam semifinal. Many things could happen when they face off Saturday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, but one thing is for

This year, I was fortunate to be “part of the action” at the Volvo Car Open, covering the event for Baseline and TENNIS.com. Great tennis in an amazing city, plus having my family along, made it a week to remember. Here’s a look back at some of the matches I

[Ed. Note: Ed McGrogan is a TW Tribe member by day and a tennis blogger by night at his website, Gasquet & Racquet.] Do you still collect baseball cards? Me neither. Instead, I collect hockey cards. And I was blown away by a recent "chase card" set put out by

by Pete Bodo Earlier today in Basel, Poland's Lukasz Kubot was trailing Novak Djokovic 1-4 in the first set and desperately fighting to keep things within one break. Serving at deuce, he engaged Djokovic in a long, high-quality rally that ended when Djokovic, some three or four feet behind the

NEW YORK, N.Y. (July 31, 2012)—Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis of the New York Sportimes and the Washington Kastles' Bobby Reynolds were named as WTT MVPs today for the World TeamTennis Pro League presented by GEICO. John-Patrick Smith of the Orange County Breakers and Kristyna Pliskova of the Philadelphia

PARIS (AP) Novak Djokovic's relentless desire for tennis perfection is pushing him to a consistently brilliant level, one which proved far too high for Andy Murray on Sunday. The top-ranked Serb made light work of Murray in the Paris Masters final, beating the second-seeded Briton 6-2, 6-4 for his 10th