It's been a season of surprises for Roger Federer fans. The Slam semifinal streak was snapped. Their hero was nearly beaten in the first round of Wimbledon. And he's lost three matches where he's held a match point. Another oddity has been Federer's record in finals. He's just 2-4 this

Flavia Pennetta, who just won the U.S. Open, might still play the WTA Finals in Singapore despite announcing her retirement for the end of the year. Currently ranked No. 8, Pennetta has said that she will play Wuhan and Beijing in the coming weeks. The WTA Finals in Singapore start

Milos Raonic says he will not return to the tour until he is fully healthy again. The world No. 4 withdrew from his third-round match in Miami with the same hamstring strain that led him to withdraw from the final of Delray Beach. The Canadian acknowledged that he pushed himself

Where to Watch 🖥️📱 Click here for live coverage on TennisChannel.com (United States only; start time approximately 3:10 p.m. ET) The winner of this match will play No. 22 seed Elina Svitolina, who has a first-round bye. Bencic is playing the Miami Open for the first time since giving birth

On Tuesday in Munich, Dominic Thiem was back at the BMW Open. It was a different look for the 2020 US Open champion, as he enjoyed his post-ATP life in a zebra-inspired shirt and jeans. Having attended the “players’ night” reception the evening prior, Thiem stepped out to toss the

One negative about Olympic tennis: It can be hard to keep up. You have singles, you have doubles, you have men, you have women, and starting today you had men and women together. Plus, two out of three setters on the men’s side don’t give you a chance to drift

The tough thing about watching sports is how much movement it requires—it can be exhausting. Yesterday a friend and fellow Philadelphia Eagles fan (yes, I’m going to talk football to start, as a man must do on Mondays; skip to the next paragraph for tennis) came over to watch our

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—A month after completing a career Grand Slam and securing the No. 1 ranking, Maria Sharapova failed to get past the fourth round of Wimbledon and lost her grip on the top spot. The top-seeded Sharapova was outplayed 6-4, 6-3 on Monday by hard-hitting Sabine Lisicki of Germany

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Defending champion Serena Williams overcame Maria Sharapova 7-6 (9), 6-4 on Monday to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals and avenge her loss to the Russian in the 2004 final. In another marquee women’s matchup, Kim Clijsters rallied to beat Justine Henin 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in an all-Belgian duel between

The wait for the second major of the season always feels like an eternity, as the Australian Open and Roland Garros are spaced far apart. But that wait is finally over. The top players in the world are ready to compete in Paris, where Carlos Alcaraz will be looking to

WATCH: Venus Williams pushed eventual champion Jelena Ostapenko to three sets in the second round in Birmingham.

The tennis world has been pleased, by and large, with the Roger and Rafa renaissance of 2017. But have things gone a little too far in Montreal? It’s starting to look like Federer and Nadal may be the only two players left standing by the end of the season. The

There were some seismic shifts in both the ATP and WTA rankings this week after a wild Australian Open, where a number of underdogs rose up, but one very familiar face finished on top. Going into the first major of the season, the No. 1 scenario was clear—the only way

They’ve been to Oz, they’ve been to Asia, they’ve been to the States twice. But the ATP tour and its players never stray far from Europe for long. Naturally: That’s where the best of them come from these days. The tour has returned once again to the Continent, for its

NEW YORK (AP)—What could have been a great day for American tennis instead turned into a dominating afternoon for Novak Djokovic. The third-seeded Djokovic routed No. 19-seeded American Mardy Fish, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 Monday, sapping the energy from both his opponent and nearly packed Arthur Ashe Stadium and leaving only

ED MCGROGAN, SENIOR EDITOR: Andy Murray He’s in the more difficult half of the draw and may have to beat Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic to win it all. But I’m not going to overthink this (number) one: Murray is beyond due for his first Australian Open title,

Matteo Berrettini vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

> Watch live HERE, 4 p.m. ET “2022 called, and it wants its big match back” is one way to look at this contest between aging Next Genners. Tsitsipas is 26 and ranked ninth; Berrettini is 28 and ranked 29th. After reaching three Slam finals

NICE, France (AP)—Olivier Rochus of Belgium rallied to upset top-seeded Robin Soderling 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice. Despite serving 15 aces, Soderling was broken three times. “We knew it was going to be difficult from the beginning,” Soderling’s coach Magnus Norman said.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) and its disruptive presentation provided plenty of tennis entertainment for viewers to consume. Over a five-week period, the likes of Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini were among the competitors to try out the quick-paced

WATCH: Fritz has been in fine form throughout the clay-court swing, reaching back-to-back semifinals in Monte Carlo and Munich.