After six weeks of the bubble life, tennis is finally ready to leave the relatively safe confines of Australia and take its chances on the road again. Suddenly the tour schedules are beginning to look familiar again. The men are in Rotterdam and Buenos Aires this week, while the top

It was the moment that Juan Martin del Potro had worked for nearly two hours, and waited for more than six months, to reach: double match point, against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, in the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event, in Rome. This was Delpo’s seventh match since he

In last year’s Australian Open men’s final, Novak Djokovic wore down Dominic Thiem over five sets. That championship clash won’t happen this time around, after Thiem landed in Djokovic’s half of the draw Friday. Seeking his ninth title at Melbourne Park, top seed Djokovic begins his campaign with veteran Jeremy

When Mikhail Youzhny retired last year at age 36, after 19 years on tour, I had a moment of regret: never again would I get to use the phrase “Youz Your Daddy” after one of his wins. In truth, I didn’t have the chance to do it all that often

Two days after asserting he “definitely” tore a muscle, Novak Djokovic returned to Rod Laver Arena Sunday night to collect a milestone 300th major match win by moving to 12-0 against Milos Raonic. Though there were occasional signs of discomfort from Djokovic, the world No. 1 defeated the 14th-seeded Canadian,

(Editor's Note: This article was originally published in October 2012.) It appears that, after six months on the sidelines, Rafael Nadal will return to a tennis court by the end of 2012. When his debut will be is still up in the air. Yesterday we heard that he’s scheduled to

MADRID (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The second-seeded Spaniard got off to a good start but then was outplayed by the seventh-seeded Rublev, losing 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the

As Rafael Nadal prepares to play what may be his final Roland Garros, we look back at the 10 matches that made him the undisputed King of Clay. MATCH 9: 2013 Roland Garros, semifinal: Nadal d. Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 9-7

This one was for me.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—In a situation where she’d had her share of meltdowns, world No. 1 Simona Halep gazed at the abyss and came home safely on Wednesday afternoon. Up a set and in a second-set tiebreak versus Petra Martic in a BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal, Halep had been unable to

The Australian Open is the tennis season’s opening chapter; over the course of its two weeks, we’re introduced to many of the story lines that we’ll be following for the next 10 months. Sometimes the tournament heralds a momentous shift, like Angelique Kerber’s sudden rise to No. 1 in 2016,

From 1977 to 1985, the Australian Open concluded the tennis year. So it was that during this period, the tennis world commenced its Grand Slam season at Roland Garros. As the 1983 French Open got underway, Martina Navratilova was at the height of her powers. Twelve months earlier, showing off

WATCH—TC Live speaks with USTA Player Development General Manager Martin Blackman:

The final round of Australian Open qualifying came to a thrilling conclusion on Wednesday, as the event played across Doha and Dubai yielded 32 men and women heading to Melbourne as main draw entrants for the 2021 edition of the tournament—set to take place in early February. Catch up with

LONDON—Magdalena Rybarikova had barely stepped off Centre Court after her upset win over Karolina Pliskova on Thursday when a TV reporter asked her the question: Can you win Wimbledon? Rybarikova threw her head back and laughed. What else could she do? The idea, before that moment, would have been, well,

Citi Open highlights—Andy Murray edges Mackenzie McDonald:

“What’s wrong with U.S. tennis?” Among pundits and the American public, it’s a question that never goes out of style. I thought it might be different at this year’s Australian Open, a tournament in which 17 U.S. players reached the second round, four U.S. women made the second week, and

ROME, Italy— Rafael Nadal pulled off a vintage comeback at the Internazional BNL d’Italia, roaring back from a set down to defeat Zizou Bergs, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, score his 70th win in Rome, and book an intriguing second-round clash with No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz. WATCH: Rafa's incredible stop-drop-and-roll shot

Doubles Take is here with a look back at the Australian Open and a preview of this week’s action on the ATP and WTA tours. A COMEBACK BETTER THAN THE FIRST ACT Back in 2013, with a couple of dozen doubles finals to his credit, Filip Polasek was forced to

Coming off the highs and lows of reaching a Grand Slam final can be understandably tricky for any player. Just ask Jennifer Brady, and now Daniil Medvedev. The draws at the follow-up events for the pair of Australian Open finalists were strong from the onset. The 13th-ranked Brady was outclassed

Danielle Collins' US Open campaign begins on Monday afternoon against No. 14-seeded Anett Kontaveit, but like many others, she's already been in New York for a few weeks. "It's been pretty good," she tells Baseline. "My boyfriend's here, my hitting partner's here, my dog (Quincy) is here. Would I love