Victoria Azarenka’s blond braid bounced against her back as if keeping the beat of her fast feet, tap-dancing behind the baseline. Playing as if propelled by music she heard in her head, Azarenka got in a smooth groove early and left Li Na looking as displaced as a woman seeking

It’s safe to say Roger Federer’s effort in his 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 loss to Rafael Nadal in Saturday’s Madrid semifinal was what many had hoped to see last month in Miami, where he suffered a dismal 6-3, 6-2 loss to the Spaniard at the same stage. Two things changed for

For 13 games tonight, Novak Djokovic played what I think of as armchair tennis. Meaning, when a player looks so composed, so casually and relentlessly accurate, that they may as well be in a smoking jacket and slippers tossing off Noel Coward-esque quips with a pipe between their teeth for

The world’s top doubles team powered Italy past the United States into its fifth straight Fed Cup semifinal. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci controlled the center of the court and volleyed brilliantly on big points to sweep Liezel Huber and Varvara Lepchenko, 6-2, 6-2, in today’s decisive doubles match. The

Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna battled for the 1997 Wimbledon singles title. A dominant junior on the world stage, Martina Hingis made a near-seamless transition to the professional ranks. Finishing the 1996 season ranked in the top 10 as a 16-year-old, the Swiss’ 1997 campaign got off to a flawless

Before the Miami Open kicks off, Doubles Take looks at the latest results on the ATP and WTA tours. MAKING ‘POWER’ MOVES After winning their first two Grand Slam titles together and finishing as the top-ranked team on the ATP Tour in 2019, Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah experienced

In a draw that featured five former Top 10 players among its Top 8 seeds, it will be qualifier Olivia Gadecki and No. 5 seed Magdalena Frech who will play for the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open Akron title on Sunday. Sunday's final is gauaranteed to crown a first-time WTA singles

Carlos Alcaraz clinched a fifth Laver Cup victory for Team Europe and first since 2021, thwarting Taylor Fritz, 6-2, 7-5 to end the weekend with a 13-11 final score over Team World. Of those 13 total points, Alcaraz helped to win eight. Alcaraz followed teammate Alexander Zverev's 6-7 (6), 7-5,

At 37 years and 10 months, Novak Djokovic has broken the record for oldest Masters 1000 semifinalist in history, after defeating American Sebastian Korda, 6-3, 7-6 (4), in the quarterfinals of Miami on Thursday. He surpasses the previous record held by Roger Federer, who was 37 years and 7 months

A local favorite was going to win the Miami Open no matter the result between Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula inside Hard Rock Stadium on Satuday, and after 89 comprehensive minutes, it was the world No. 1 who lifted the much sought-after WTA 1000 crown. With a 7-5, 6-2 win

Damir Dzumhur looked extremely confident in his second-round match against Australian John Millman, and he had every right to be. The Bosnian won that match 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and looked rather impressive doing so. Friday, however, would be a whole other animal for Dzumhur, as world No. 1 Rafael

WATCH: In Guadalajara, Coco Gauff reacts to qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time.

“Maybe I’m addicted to the big stages,” Ben Shelton said after his 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Jannik Sinner on Tuesday night in Shanghai. Shanghai is a Masters 1000, which means it’s actually a slightly smaller stage than the ones where he has excelled so far in his short

Novak Djokovic has now won a remarkable 58 matches from 63 contested in the fourth round of Grand Slam events, equaling Roger Federer’s record for major quarterfinal appearances. On Sunday, the world No. 1 matched his most emphatic victory in that stage of a major to move within three wins

Singles play on Court des Princes, the second show court in Monte Carlo, is over for another year. This intimate arena on the side of a cliff hosts just a few dozen ATP matches each season, but it makes the most of what it gets. The next-to-last of the singles

At the end of 2017, Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic was nearly untouchable on the court: Working her way back from injury and a loss of form over the prior year, she closed out the season with three titles between the ITF and WTA $125,000 levels to make a return to the

Before each day's play at the Australian Open, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. Halep said she was “almost dead” after her 333-point, three-hour and 44-minute win over Lauren Davis on Saturday. So that must make this match the afterlife for the Romanian. How well will she be able

In his first match since capturing his record-tying 20th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic made a blistering start to his quest for his first gold medal on Saturday afternoon, beating Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic was never in trouble

PARIS—The fourth-round match between Novak Djokovic and Andreas Seppi in Court Philippe Chatrier didn’t start out like it was going to go four and a half (seemingly interminable) hours. Djokovic, who was 7-0 against Seppi coming in, appeared to be sharp and in good spirits for the first three games,

MELBOURNE—You never know what you’re going to get from Ana Ivanovic and Sam Stosur on any given day. Big hitters with big nerves, they’ve won a Slam apiece, and they've thrown in their share of meltdowns as well. You also never know what’s going to happen when they face each