France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says he needed to go through a period of self-discovery before he hired a new coach. The 28-year-old has reached the semifinals of Roland Garros for the first time and will face Spaniard David Ferrer. Tsonga spent a year and-a-half without a coach before hiring Australian Roger

Tomas Berdych, who is playing his first tournament with new coach Goran Ivanisevic, says he is excited to have the Croat courtside. The two agreed to start working together a couple of weeks ago, with Ivanisevic joining Berdych at this week's event in Cincinnati. The 2010 Wimbledon finalist is still

Ed. Note: Peter Bodo is on vacation until the 16th. We are proud to present commentary by the TW Tribe in his absence.In the spirit of Rob Gordon, I bring you the Top Five Young Guns destined for success at this year's U.S Open! Of course, as of now,

No. 3 Victoria Azarenka suffers a right knee injury in the second set of her 6-1, 6-2 victory over Maria Joao Koehler in the first round of Wimbledon and describes the pain as blinding. Azarenka wept on court for about two minutes after the injury occurred and said that the

Novak Djokovic's former coach, Boris Becker, says the Serb did not look like himself during his five-set defeat to Denis Istomin in the second round of the Australian Open. Djokovic, who appeared more agitated during his first-round encounter with Fernando Verdasco, said he was not happy with his performance, but

The junior wanted to apologize after losing to an adult member of his club. “I’m sorry I played so badly,” said the junior. “I just wasn’t able to play my game today.” “Don’t you see? I helped take you there.” The junior had no idea what the adult was talking

Rafael Nadal suggests that was poetic justice that he managed to beat Novak Djokovic in an epic semifinal at Roland Garros where he was down a break in the fifth set after he lost a record five hour and 53 minute marathon final to the Serbian at the 2012 Australian

Andy Murray is determined to keep his career going, saying he can still play at the highest levels despite the doubts of others. The 33-year-old former No. 1 has dropped to No. 123 in the world. He began his season in the Challengers but is now competing at tour level

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Maria Sharapova reached a career milestone on Friday, which came as a nice surprise after a tough match. ''Oh, wow. I've won 600 matches?'' Sharapova said, when an on-court interviewer congratulated her for the achievement earned by winning her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open.The No.

Maria Sharapova has indicated that she would take a French Open qualifying wild card if it was offered to her, but added that she is not currently concentrating on whether she will play the clay-court major. The 30-year-old Russian won her opening match in Stuttgart to begin a return from

Grigor Dimitrov believes he has chance to upset world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 22-year-old Bulgarian has reached the final eight of a major for the first time. He has played Nadal on three occasions and all have been three-set losses, including at Monte Carlo

Editor's note: After this story was published, Arnaldi defeated No. 6 Andrey Rublev in straight sets ⤴️ PARIS—Matteo Arnaldi arrived to the Roland Garros media mixed zone Thursday for a series of brief one-on-one interviews. The 23-year-old appears relaxed, wearing a Le Coq Sportif hoodie, shorts and flip-flops. When I

In January 2002, a devastating economic crisis in Argentina led to political and social turmoil, forcing many families to flee the country. Juan Cruz “JC” Aragone, today a 27-year-old professional tennis player, was directly impacted by these events. “My family decided to move from Argentina to the United States roughly

Nick Kyrgios, who recently stopped working with coach Todd Markham, is making more waves: He has suggested in an interview that he would rather be playing basketball than tennis. "I don’t really like the sport of tennis that much. I don’t love it. It was crazy when I was 14.

Sania Mirza, who stopped playing singles over the past two years, will continue playing doubles exclusively. The 27-year-old reached a career-high singles rank of No. 27 in 2007 but has been battling wrist injuries for much of her career. “I wish I could say yes,” she said about the prospect

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In an interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose, U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal says that when he faces world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, he must create confusion by changing direction and hitting his forehand to Djokovic's forehand rather than consistently playing his cross-court forehand to the Serbian's two-handed backhand. “It's the

Serena Williams, who won her first match at the Australian Open after not playing since early September, said she has plenty of experience and it really doesn’t matter that she wasn’t on court for a while. The 34-year-old Williams has won 21 Grand Slams. “I think, ‘OK, I haven't played