Juan Martin del Potro What will I remember from this most logical and inevitable—though still stunning—Grand Slam breakthrough? —Del Potro lumbering slowly behind the baseline as he set up to serve, and finishing by blowing on the heel of his right hand. It was a ritual that exuded self-assurance, and

Mornin', Tribe. Hope you all had a great weekend. We're all fired up about the New York TW "social" tomorrow night; looks like a pretty strong and representative crew gathering. But let's get right to the heart of the news out of Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal's 6-4, 6-4 win over

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Wednesday from the Australian Open (all times local): 12:40 a.m. Maria Sharapova set up a third-round showdown with defending champion Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open after a 6-2, 6-1 win over Rebecca Peterson of Sweden. Sharapova won the Australian title in 2008

If Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic isn’t the game’s greatest rivalry, or even a rivalry at all by the standard definition of the word—Nadal currently leads their head-to-head 13-4—this spring it has certainly become the tour’s most absorbing adversarial relationship. The length, breadth, diversity, quality, and even the sound of

WIMBLEDON, England—We called this one “Wimbleweird” and “Wimble-geddon” because...well, the names speak for themselves. Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among the marquee names gone before the quarterfinals. On the weirdest of those days, forever to be known as Black Wednesday, a

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Heineken Open (ATP - Outdoor Hard - Auckland, New Zealand) - Singles Final: Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6, 7-5. - Singles Semifinal: Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4. - Singles Semifinal: Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Juan Monaco 6-2,

(Ed. note - sorry for my continuing inability to drop into the Comments section to answer questions or add to discussion; it's a server issue that's still being worked on. Fortunately, I can read all the comments, and I'm mighty proud of your unfailingly interesting contributions, Special thanks for the

The Rally returns today, with a special guest, James Martin, former editor of Tennis Magazine. Last year, in a stunning turnabout, James left to become ESPN.com's soccer editor. Check out his blog here. STEVE TIGNOR: James, it's been about a year since you left Tennis to work as ESPN's soccer

With the lights came a new spectator: people who worked by day—and also, fans who wished to attend not just an athletic contest, but a cultural event. The acoustic garden party had gone electric. Attendance at Forest Hills leaped, from 97,294 in ’68 to 218,480 in ‘77. Tennis, peripheral so

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Abierto Mexicano Telcel (ATP - Clay - Acapulco, Mexico) - Singles Final: Nicolas Almagro def. David Nalbandian 6-1, 7-6. - Singles Semifinal: David Nalbandian def. Luis Horna 7-5, 6-1.

- Singles Semifinal: Nicolas Almagro def. Jose Acasuso 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Serena Williams has never believed in the value of keeping expectations low. But if there was ever a time when she was going to accept something less than her best, it might have been in 2018 and 2019. In 2017, just before turning 36, she gave birth to her first

This week I’m Rallying with my colleague here at TENNIS, Pete Bodo. In advance of his upcoming trip to Paris, we talk about the French Open past and present.

Serena Williams made her return this week in Key Biscayne, so we bring back the Fan Club, this time devoted to her. I talk with one of her longtime supporters, Marissa Lackey of San Francisco. You can follow her at @sblily. Here's Part 1; I'll post Part II on Monday.

The Rally returns, with talk between freelance tennis writer Kamakshi Tandon and I about the Australian Open just past, and what it might mean for the near future.

“Strapping blond Californians of serve-and-volley persuasion.” That’s how one tennis historian described the two players who faced off in the final of the U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills in 1943. Joe Hunt, 24, and Jack Kramer, 22, certainly fit that depiction as they strode side by side into the stadium

When you say “college tennis,” one of the first things that should come to mind is Georgia and the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. No other city has hosted more NCAA Championships than Athens, with 31 events (24 men’s, three women’s and four dual-gender). The atmosphere in Athens is tough to

TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ Beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser has had a rough start to the Tokyo Games. The four-time Olympian and 2008 gold medalist has been in

20080211spainblog By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan This Week's Tournaments Davis Cup World Group - First Round [Results courtesy of ATPtennis.com] RUSSIA 3, SERBIA 2 Small Sports Arena, Moscow Hard - Indoors Rubber 1: Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) 26 63 62 64 Rubber 2: Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)

He peaked as a player at No. 7 on the planet in 1990, advanced to the quarterfinals at both Roland Garros and the U.S. Open in 1989, and upended a cluster of big-name players over the course of his brief yet sparkling career, including Stefan Edberg, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker,

In an empty interview room at a small WTA event in Palermo, Italy, Alison Van Uytvanck took a seat in front of a freshly sanitized laptop. With a few clicks and a press of the unmute button, she settled into the first fully virtual press conference in professional tennis. Down