PARIS (AP) After a much-debated call in her French Open loss to Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka suggested that perhaps it's time for full-on instant replay to be used in tennis - beyond simply the Hawk-Eye line-calling technology used at other tournaments. ''Sometimes we need to have a review,'' Azarenka said,

Things haven’t been going too well for Agnieszka Radwanska on American hard courts this season: She’s been beaten convincingly by Li Na twice, and was forced to retire last week in New Haven. It didn’t look like things were going to get any better today, as she trailed Carla Suarez

LONDON -- Roger Federer opened his quest for a seventh season-ending tour title, looking like the man to beat again. The 17-time Grand Slam champion won his record 40th match at the tournament, defeating Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in his opening Group B match. Federer lost only eight points

SI.com recently released its second annual Twitter 100 list, pinning down the movers and shakers on the social platform that it deems most influential and illuminating and so on. Just two tennis-related tweeters made the cut: Matt Cronin (@tennisreporters), of TENNIS.com and TennisReporters.net, and one Janko Tipsarevic, the Serbian star

“Social media has also taken its toll on me." So says Canadian WTA pro Rebecca Marino, all of 22 years old but battling demons in the form of a very personal and powerful depression ongoing in her life. She says it's one that makes it incredibly difficult to rise from

The likes of Lyn St. James, the first female winner of the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award (1992), and Lin Dunn, head coach of the WNBA champion Indiana Fever (2012), were in the house, but on Monday, Dec. 10, Billie Jean King spoke to a gathering—predominantly populated with

Most players have a particular style of play that they find difficult. When I was a junior, for example, I hated playing “pushers,” patient players who were good defensive lobbers and who seemed content to run and defend all day. Since I didn’t have a great overhead and found high,

The damp Court 2 lawn looked like a launching pad as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wristed a lunging backhand stab volley at a devious angle and a sprinting Mardy Fish went airborne in a full-stretch dive for the fluttering ball, only to nudge it into net. That dazzling exchange at 5-4 in

Serena Williams, magnificent in Miami once again, joined the ranks of Evert, Graf, and Navratilova—players who have won the same title six times—with today’s performance. Recovering after dropping her first set to Maria Sharapova since 2008 and falling a break behind in the second set, Williams raised her level and

Beneath the translucent roof, Victoria Azarenka and Tamira Paszek launched baseline fireworks. Continuously advancing inside, Azarenka squeezed the court and finally slammed the door shut on the gritty Austrian, scoring a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory to advance to the Wimbledon semifinals for the second straight year. This was a high-quality

Andy Murray spent some time flat on his back in his second-round match. Today, a revitalized Murray flattened Santiago Giraldo in producing perhaps his most complete clay-court victory of the season. In a strong serving effort that saw him hit nine aces and serve 70 percent, Murray erased the only

BRUSSELS (AP)—Not so long ago, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin were dominating women's tennis and turning little Belgium into a force. Now, Belgium is facing the prospect of dropping into the third tier of the Fed Cup because the federation is unwilling — or unable — to pay for the

Serena Williams’ 19-match winning streak, which saw her take the Wimbledon and Stanford titles then Olympics gold, came to an end today in the Cincinnati quarterfinals as she lost to Angelique Kerber, surely the WTA’s most improved player over the last 12 months, 6-4, 6-4. Kerber and Williams have played

Caroline Wozniacki may be more beleaguered than ever at work—as critics ask loudly about the top ranking three players could snatch away by tournament’s end—but Anna Tatishvili wants her job. It says right there in her WTA bio that her “goal is to be No. 1.” Who knows what will

Fabulous is what it was. Fabulous throughout, despite a see-saw scoreline and that mid-match bagel. Andrea Petkovic lost to Agnieszka Radwanska in their four prior meetings and said she’d need to be prepared and “a little lucky” in the Beijing final today. She wasn’t lucky, but she was as prepared

Midway through the opening set, Francesca Schiavone suddenly pulled the string on a sharp-angled drop shot to force Melanie Oudin forward. Sprinting from behind the baseline, the 88th-ranked American stumbled and staggered to a stop while knocking her reply into the net. That shot symbolized the match: Schiavone dragged her

Julia Goerges, a dark horse pick for the women’s title this year, survived rather than convinced in a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova. Asked earlier in the week how she would rate her chances for the title, Goerges noted that it was a little premature to discuss when

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal rarely play each other in exhibitions, so it was difficult to know what to expect before they met in Zurich on Tuesday night. In this reporter’s mind, the over/under on shots hit between the legs during the match was two—probably one by each of the

Back in January of this year, what now seems like ages ago, Victoria Azarenka craved competition and looked forward to her encounters on court against Serena Williams with both aplomb and a steely resolve. (Witness this quote.) That proved for good reason: Of all the players in women's tennis in

This weekend, Croatia will look to win its second Davis Cup title—it captured its lone title in 2005­—behind Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Borna Coric and Ivan Dodig on indoor hard courts in Zagreb. It will take on Argentina—featuring Juan Martin del Potro, Federico Delbonis, Guido Pella and Leonardo Mayer—in what