NEW YORK—There was no hiding today on Louis Armstrong Stadium, not for the fans in the seats on a toasty day, or Agnieszka Radwanska along the baseline, her comfort zone on the court. For while visors and sunscreen could only negate the sun’s intensity, the No. 4 seed’s backhands could

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — On a hazy, 80-degree afternoon in April, Australian Open semifinalist Magda Linette practiced with Julia Grabher about 24 hours before each would win a second-round match on the green clay of the WTA's Charleston Open. While one of Linette's two coaches, Iain Hughes, offered her instruction,

WATCH: Brandon Nakashima is at the Next Gen ATP Finals for a second straight year, reaching the semifinals in 2021.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Victoria Azarenka is packing her bags and leaving the Australian Open far earlier than years past, but the two-time former champion sure had fun while she was here. For the Belarussian, who is putting forth a more carefree image these days, this might be just as important

There are certain ways we expect tennis players to win matches. They can serve big. They can use their forehands to control the rallies. They can turn themselves into human backboards. They can pressure their opponents and, every once in a while, attack the net. But not many do it

90980853 Mornin'. Let me apologize first off for not providing more red meat this week; it's been a bear, with a few magazine obligations and preparation for the move to our new apartment, which will take place tomorrow. If I get my Devin Britton story done later this afternoon, I

105055963 by Pete Bodo Whatever happens in the Novak Djokovic-John Isner semifinal at the China Open will produce a bumper crop of those "irresistible force meets immovable object" moments. Tennis match-ups are tantalizing for any number of reasons having to do with strategy and/or technique, and sometimes for a variety

He concluded 2017 stationed at No. 100 in the world, establishing himself as the first Chilean to reside among the year-end top 100 since Fernando Gonzalez in 2010, rising no less than 300 spots from his status at the end of 2016. He made it to the finals of five

Snakebitten by injuries, Paula Badosa opened up about the lengths she has gone to in order to prolong her playing career on the latest episode of the WTA Insider Podcast. “In Indian Wells, the doctors told me it would be very complicated to continue my career,” the former world No.

Lyon, Basel, Linz, St. Pete = slow tennis week in the States. So slow that Topic A is the ATP’s upcoming experiment with round robins at some smaller events. The tour’s (stated) idea is that more fans will get to see the top players if they’re guaranteed to play two

One of the last barriers separating tennis from other sports came tumbling down on Tuesday, when the ATP and even the USTA opted to allow coaching during matches on a trial basis for the rest of 2022. The trial starts immediately after Wimbledon, and when the US Open unspools in

Brilliant. Great. Can we start celebrating now? Andy Murray, when asked by a reporter if he believes “in omens.” The last time Murray played a fellow Brit in the first round at Wimbledon, he won the tournament. It wasn’t so long ago that apart from the odd Tim Henman, or

By TennisWorld Contributing Editor Andrew Burton

Howdy. I’m back from a slightly extended vacation, part of which was spent at the beach (wife Lisa’s preferred outdoor environment), and part of which was spent visiting with friends on the Down East coast of Maine, just across the bay from Bar Harbor. Lisa couldn’t make that leg, as

WATCH: Vandeweghe visited the Tennis Channel Live Desk after a win in Charleston last year.

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FedIWBy TennisWorld Senior Contributing Editor Andrew Burton Morning, all. So the WTA is a paragon of order: Azarenka and Sharapova, the top two seeds, contest the final today. Meanwhile, chaos reigns in the ATP: who'd have picked a final between the no 3 and no 11 seeds? Get your act

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Tommy Paul’s triumph over Taylor Fritz in the final of the Roland Garros boy’s final, a win that some took as a national coming-of-age event. Perhaps the American men, long averse to clay, would soon be as proficient on the dirt as so

NEW YORK (AP) Roger Federer delivered another YouTube-worthy, between-the-legs shot at the U.S. Open. The five-time champion at Flushing Meadows hit 18 aces in his 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over 96th-ranked Brian Dabul of Argentina in the first round, part of Federer's remarkable 46-4 advantage in winners Monday night. `There's

*90985406 by Pete Bodo You all saw that Juan Martin del Potro, the new US Open champion, lost his first match back on tour the other day in Tokyo, to a qualifier no less. No reason to be alarmed about this, right? I look at that loss as symbolic, for