MIAMI—Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt won his 600th ATP World Tour match the other day here at the Miami Masters 1000. Perhaps to prevent the honor from going to his head, he was obliged to face current world No. 1 Rafael Nadal tonight if he hoped to log win

Howdy. I'll be working on a post on one of my favorite WTA players today, but I figured I ought to satisfy any longing you may have for the themes of summer - an easy train of thought to fall into, given how here in the Northeastern U.S. we're in

Okay, now that all you American tennis addicts are looking at serious withdrawal pains following back-to- back Masters Series events, and you Eurofans are getting out your binoculars and umbrellas for the early clay-court season, let’s take a look at some of the winners and losers (beyond the finalists, of

[Pete Bodo Is on vacation, Thurs. Feb. 14th to Monday, Feb 25th. Meanwhile, enjoy the guest posts!] By Rosangel Valenti, TennisWorld Contributing Editor In the beginning, there was the Gloom Room. However, today is Valentine's Day, so it seems only fair that here in TW we should have some time

It was such a sweet, mellow summer evening that I decided to go out and watch Nikolay Davydenko and Tomas Berdych slug it out on the Margaret Court Arena, which is right up there with the top three or four courts anywhere for watching tennis. It's sunken below the promenade

It’s been an eventful 12 months for 16-year-old Iva Jovic. A year ago, this promising Californian spent much of the summer grappling with a stress fracture in her right foot. That injury had kept Jovic out of competition from March to August. At her first tournament back, the 2023 US

Since childhood, Katrina Adams has always been a trailblazer, a role that requires ample doses of courage and sensitivity. Inside the lines, over the course of a 12-year-pro career, Adams attained a career-high ranking of 67 in singles, including a round of 16 run at Wimbledon. In doubles, she won

NEW YORK—It’s impossible to know what Rafael Nadal, who today announced he’ll miss his long-scheduled participation in Laver Cup, is thinking. Is he on the brink of retirement? Does he want to stretch his career out for one more appearance (maybe at the Davis Cup Final in Magala, Spain)? Does

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time since 1970, Federer was at his best Wednesday and beat Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Federer, a six-time winner at the All England

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) A day after Rafael Nadal's stunning exit at Wimbledon, the only other men who have won the tournament since 2003 - six-time champion Roger Federer and defending champion Novak Djokovic - found themselves trailing far-less-accomplished opponents, too. Here we go again? Not quite. Federer sure came close

DENVER(AP) The magazine cover and accompanying story sit on Kurt Kamperman's desk - a reminder of where his sport has been and where it cannot go again. ``Is Tennis Dying?'' the Sports Illustrated cover asks. Inside is a 5,000-word discourse about the slow, sad dismantling of the Great American Tennis

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live debates whether Iga Swiatek or the rest of the field will win the Australian Open.

The vast majority of retirements from tennis are understandable. Usually, it’s the body that drives the decision, a veteran player physically unable to compete effectively at his or her desired skill level. Often laced in with this is the emotional and mental fatigue that naturally accompanies life in a competitive,

Lacoste has had a great thing going over a few recent majors with its white polos favoring yellow-accent panels. The problem is, as with these AO looks for Daniil Medvedev, Filip Krajinovic, and others, they just keep trotting that out as if no one's seen it before (or needs yet

In July 1978, Bjorn Borg won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon for the third straight season. No one had matched that feat in more than 40 years. Granted, one reason for this drought was that, for most of the 20th century, tennis careers were quite short. Prior to the

NEW YORK—On the bus from Manhattan to Flushing Meadows on Tuesday, a couple across the aisle from me was perusing the day’s schedule. “Oh, there’s Medvedev,” the wife said, pointing to the newly reviled Russian’s name and time slot in Arthur Ashe Stadium. “Oh, right,” the husband said, laughing. “I

Sometime in the late 1970s, sports fans in this country got fed up with their commentators. This might not seem like a particularly unique event—I’m ready to hit the mute button after about 15 minutes in front of any game—but it helped inspire the NFL and its TV partners to

NEW YORK—It has the feel of an epidemic around here. Another player, Tomas Berdych, bit the dust just as I began to type this, with a shoulder injury—it’s the tournament’s 14th retirement, a U.S. Open record. I haven’t come across a good, unifying reason for the carnage. Some people think

Tennis is often scorned as hidebound and stodgy, unwilling to remake itself to attract the half-pipe generation. That’s nonsense, of course. Is there another sport that’s changed its most basic elements—racquets and playing surfaces—as radically as tennis has in the last three decades? But four times a year, Davis Cup

I’ve said it before, but it’s worth noting again at this time of year: Tennis doesn’t get enough credit for its writing. Books on the sport may not impress the literary set, and they almost never ascend to best-seller status, but each year brings its share of quality, informative narratives.