PARIS(AP) Trailing Maria Sharapova 0-2, love-40 in the third set at the French Open, Justine Henin was well aware that things were looking pretty dicey for her. Yeah,'' Henin acknowledged Sunday,looked like it was going to be fast.'' Sure did. Right there, right when she needed to, Henin began

WATCH: Kasatkina visited the Tennis Channel Live Desk after her victory over Gauff in Fort Worth.

World No. 3 Roger Federer moved into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, defeating inspired lucky loser Oscar Otte, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. The 2009 champion improved to 69-1 in the second round of major events, extending his Roland Garros mark to 15-0. "I had my fair share

HIGHLIGHTS: No. 172 Seyboth Wild's win over No. 2 Medvedev

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic did not seek to keep his thoughts to himself on court Saturday, the way he mostly did through his first two U.S. Open matches. Instead, he let it all out, slapping his chest or sneering with a fist raised to celebrate success, pointing to

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Li Na returned to the tournament that launched her onto the global stage last year, breezing to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan on Monday in the first round of the Australian Open. Li was a trailblazer for China last year, reaching a Grand Slam

There are a lot of shake-ups on the rankings today following the first Grand Slam event of the year, the Australian Open—and there’s some particularly good news for a pair of Americans. First of all, Madison Keys has halved her ranking from No. 14 to No. 7 after capturing the

What can we take away from our time in Toronto and Cincinnati? From my perspective, the last two weeks subtly but perceptibly deepened, entrenched, normalized, the changing of the ATP guard that began with Rafael Nadal’s win over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final. The sport has always taken its

MELBOURNE—The best serve in the history of women’s tennis, up two breaks at 5-1, 40-30 in the third. A thunderbolt of a service return that generated match points at 4-5, 15-40 and another at ad out in the same game. The adversary, her window of opportunity snapped shut, displaying the

Had Novak Djokovic really won his last seven matches against Rafael Nadal without dropping a set? After the first game of their semifinal in Madrid on Saturday, you could have been forgiven for believing that the opposite was the case. Nadal began the match with an aggressive grunt, and an

NEW YORK (AP)—Sam Querrey wants to put the “U.S.” back in the U.S. Open. It’s been seven years since a man from the United States won the country’s most important tennis tournament. Indeed, it’s been that long since an American man won any Grand Slam singles title. Querrey is all-too-aware

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Venus Williams let out a scream and doubled over in agony after hitting a shot in her first-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open. Williams had strained a hip muscle and later said she was in so much pain that if she hadn’t been playing in a Grand Slam,

PARIS—“I try to approach a Grand Slam same as any other tournament,” Elina Svitolina said in Rome last week, echoing the standard line that most players use before a major event. Having just won a title at the Foro Italico a few minutes earlier, though, the Ukrainian was in an

CAGLIARI, ITALY—Can anything really happen in Fed Cup? That's what the players tend to say when asked about the possibilities of upsets or collapses prior to ties. For the most part, things to tend to go to form as the better players on tour usually win their matches, and while

With Aryna Sabalenka winning the Australian Open and US Open, Iga Swiatek winning Roland Garros and Barbora Krejcikova winning Wimbledon, 2024 was the first year in a decade that there were no first-time Grand Slam champions on the women’s side. The last time that happened was 2014, when Li Na,

Dominic Thiem was facing two set points on his serve at 4-5 in the first set against Novak Djokovic. This wasn’t an unfamiliar position for the 23-year-old Austrian. In his five previous matches with the Serb, he had won just one set. Last month in Rome, he had won just

Did you know Rafael Nadal had jokes? After 20 years of piling up majors and grinding down opponents, it seems he’s ready to show off his lighter side as he starts his ride into the sunset. Before his first-round match this week in Bastad, Sweden against Leo Borg, Rafa said

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Australian men once dominated Wimbledon. This year they failed to win a match. Aussies went 0 for 4, including a loss Tuesday by 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt. That means no Australian man in the second round, the first time that has happened since 1938. During a 12-year

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) When it comes to playing night matches at the Australian Open, Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic think convention shouldn't always dictate ladies first. `If everything is equal all across the way, I feel like maybe the men should get the first match every once in a while during

PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff left Roland Garros 12 months ago crestfallen, knowing she let a big lead slip away in her major quarterfinal debut. She vowed to remember that and learn from it. Consider that done. Gauff, still only 18, returned to that stage Tuesday for a second time