There is mounting intrigue surrounding Australia's Davis Cup tie against the United States in Kooyong, with recently retired Lleyton Hewitt naming himself to the team and questions arising about what surface should have been selected for the tie. Hewitt, in his first tie as Australia's captain, put himself on the

At the age of 26, Steve Johnson’s career is finally coming together—at breakneck speed. This summer, the University of Southern California tennis legend (he ended his time as Trojan on a 72-match winning streak) won his first ATP title in Nottingham. A week later, at Wimbledon, he would reach his

NEW YORK (AP) Serena Williams says Maria Sharapova ''showed a lot of courage'' in taking responsibility for her failed drug test. On Monday, the Russian star revealed she tested positive the day she lost to Williams in the Australian Open quarterfinals in January. At a news conference Tuesday to promote

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Troubled tennis player Nick Kyrgios acknowledged after his testy loss to Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open this week that he could certainly benefit from having a coach. Andre Agassi says he feels a certain kinship with Kyrgios, but he's not the man for the job.

Each week, Baseline will take a look at a player who has thrived at one of the stops on the ATP and WTA tours during their career. (Photos: Getty Images) When Marat Safin made his debut at the St. Petersburg Open, the teenager from Russia reached the semifinals, much to

Venus Williams had to come back from behind in both sets of her third round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday afternoon, battling past fellow American Christina McHale, 6-2, 7-5. Venus, who two days earlier rallied from 6-4, 3-0 down to upset No. 3-ranked Petra Kvitova, 4-6, 7-5,

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is the Tribe's regular place for all tennis talk relating to the US Open. Today's Order of Play can be found on this link. We's appreciate it if you could keep the subject of your posts tennis-focused until the day's matches

Friday Feature: What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been . . . for New Haven The news about New Haven’s Pilot Pen Tennis event and the post I wrote on it (on Thursday, May 12) got me thinking about the crazy saga behind this particular event, which is now owned

MIAMI, Fla.—It was a day of wild and wooly tennis on Key Biscayne, during which a major assumption about the game took it on the chin. You’d think the semifinalists in a Masters 1000 tournament would be the kind to tend to their service games and punch a ticket to

Okay, folks a little Federer and a little Nadal this morning for your reading pleasure. First (just so Tari and Tim can can stop holding their collective breath), the Mighty Fed anecdote: I have a friend whose teen-age daughter worked at the US Open. This little chica lives and breaths

Serena Williams gets plenty of attention and accolades, so I don’t mind opening this piece with the loser, Angelique Kerber. The way Kerber tanked from 1-4 on in the second set of their round-robin match of the WTA Championships today was nothing less than disgraceful. The Championships is supposed to

That’s the news not out of Romania today, and I don’t know about you, but it’s pretty tough to get all fired up about this after Agassi vs. Federer on Arthur Ashe stadium. Not that there’s anything wrong with Florent Serra . . . I had a chance to catch

NEW YORK—The last time Serena Williams played a Serbian brunette kitted out in a fashionable yellow tennis dress at the U.S. Open was in 2008, and her opponent was Jelena Jankovic. That match was a prime-time final, and Williams won it, 6-4, 7-5. It was the last title she’s won

NEW YORK—Playing catch-up throughout the match, Grega Zemlja finally had Roger Federer where he wanted him: At the net and seemingly on the defensive. Then Federer bounced to his right, picked off the pass, and blocked a forehand volley into the open court in an exchange that typified the match.

The Spanish Tennis Federation said in a statement that it has chosen not to renew the contract of captain Alex Corretja after just two years at the helm. Some members of the Spanish media are reporting that former world No. 1 former Carlos Moya will take over as Davis Cup

In this latest installment of the Fourhand series, a dad who should've had his potshot blocked, your chance to buy a pro player's service, Roddick remains relevant, and Sharapova dwarfs a few starlets. RENT A PRO If you've ever wondered how to pin down the likes of current and former

Speculation continues to surround prospective candidates Andy Murray is considering in his search for a new coach. The newest name being thrown around is Amelie Mauresmo, a rumor that gained traction when she was seen watching his first-round match against Andrey Golubev. The former No. 1 serves as the French

'Morning. Pete is still on vacation. Meanwhile, this is today's post for the Tribe's discussions, debates, deliberations, unfreakingbelievably dire predictions, cutting-edge analyses, wild guesses, celebratory dances, group wakes, serious pontifications and statistically fine-tuned prognostications concerning the tennis matches being played. The Order of play for the men's Masters Series tournament

There’d been a time when reaching a WTA singles final was business as usual for Monica Seles. After all, prior to arriving in Toronto during the summer of 1995, she’d gone that far in 35 of her last 37 tournaments. But 28 months had passed since Seles had last competed.

WATCH: Auger-Aliassime foreshadowed his US Open semifinal run with impressive results in Cincinnati.