NEW YORK (AP) Mark 2010 down as a low point for U.S. men's tennis. The last of 15 American men left in the U.S. Open, 20th-seeded Sam Querrey, lost in the fourth round Tuesday, edged by No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (9), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 after

MELBOURNE—A couple of weeks before the Australian Open, a fellow journalist who was also heading to the tournament told me that he “couldn’t wait to see live tennis again.” It was true, it had been a while, and I kept those words in mind through the tedious and enervating moments—which

What began as the week that no one cared about ended as one that set the tennis world’s collective house in order. After mass carnage among the seeds in Cincinnati, and mass indifference to Toronto among the women, the two best players in the world, Roger Federer and Justine Henin,

PARIS (AP)—Mikhail Youzhny was having such a bad day in the third round of the French Open that he felt the need to apologize, right on court during the match. The 27th-seeded Russian scraped a misspelled ``SORRi!'' into the clay with his right foot in the middle of his 6-0,

BEIJING (AP)—Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki powered into the China Open semifinals on Friday, while Chinese favorite Li Na earned her best result in her home tournament. Second seed Andy Murray, meanwhile, was upset by seventeenth-ranked Ivan Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia, 6-3, 6-2. Defending champion Djokovic, ranked No.

LONDON -- Needing only one set to join Novak Djokovic in the semis at the ATP finals, Andy Murray delighted the adoring home crowd by winning two. The U.S. Open and Olympic champion beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 7-6 (3) Friday to reach Sunday's semifinals, hours after Djokovic advanced by beating

It wasn't Novak Djokovic's stinging backhand that secured his 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Tomas Berdych on the first day of Group A play at the ATP World Tour Finals, and it wasn't the Serbian star's slingshot forehand, his ability to transition from defense to offense, or his first

Team Europe are hoping to make home-court advantage account at the 2024 Laver Cup. Retiring captain Bjorn Borg has assembled a heavyweight squad to try and halt Team World's two-Cup winning streak. Despite the late withdrawal of 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, Europe still has experience and silverware in

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Sunday's BNP Paribas Open final will be a rematch of 2022's championship match, with former champion Iga Swiatek up against a resurgent Maria Sakkari, who won a late-night thriller against Coco Gauff on Friday. When they last faced off in the desert, Swiatek had just begun her march

LONDON—Qualifier and 2014 Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard walked out to play her first-round match on Court 14. The location intrigued. To the south of Court 14 was Centre Court—tennis’ cathedral, the wellspring of all that makes this sport sacred. This is the place where a player will be asked every

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It made sense to Sofia Kenin that Coco Gauff would be the one getting all of the attention and generating all of the buzz. That's only natural when Gauff is 15 and making tennis history time and time again. “Yeah, I mean, the hype is for

Three-time Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova scored the first big upset of the tournament on Tuesday when she rallied from a set down to reel off seven straight games en route to a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 stunner over top seed Elina Svitolina. "I haven't been playing too

NEW YORK—As pre-tournament favorites go, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal haven’t exactly impressed in their first two matches at the US Open, while Alexander Zverev crashed out in the second round. Meanwhile, Garbine Muguruza, the consensus favorite on the women’s side, has somehow managed to exceed prognosticators’ lofty expectations. The

Welcome to Underrated Week! From May 4 through 8, TENNIS.com is focusing on the most overlooked aspects of the sport, from stats to achievements to tactics, and beyond. We're also featuring 10 players because of something they do extremely well, but which isn't their signature quality. It's a series we're

NEW YORK—A pair of images from the moments after the end of today’s final, in which Serena Williams survived an astonishing comeback by Victoria Azarenka to win, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1, told the story more eloquently than any blow-by-blow will. The women had already exchanged their post-match handshake when Williams

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see men's and women's matches—and offer his predictions.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Vera Zvonareva calls her “great for women’s tennis.” Li Na says she’s an “amazing player.” Doubles star Mike Bryan considers her “one of the best in the mix.” Justine Henin’s retirement brought tributes across tennis Thursday for the seven-time Grand Slam winner who was competing only days earlier

For a period of time, Polish tennis fans grew accustomed to watching their own as members of Wimbledon’s Final 8 club. There was Agnieszka Radwanska, who, following a pair of quarterfinal runs in 2008 and 2009, reached three semifinals between 2012 and 2015. A year later, Jerzy Janowicz beat compatriot

Labor Day weekend began with a bang at Flushing Meadows, with four memorable matches—as well as a win by Roger Federer. Here's a look back in photos, taken by Anita Aguilar, at an action-packed 24 hours at the U.S. Open.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Serena Williams wins with so much more than serving, of course. Her groundstrokes are as intimidating as they come. Superb speed and anticipation fuel her court-covering defense. Her returns are more than solid, too. When that serve is on-target, though, it sure is something special, quite possibly the