Taylor Townsend’s hands were still shaking. Philadelphia coach Craig Kardon said it looked like his hands after five cups of coffee. That’s the effect a heart-stopping, come-from-behind win over the 53rd-ranked singles player can have. Townsend erased a 1-3 deficit and saved four match points to defeat Sorana Cirstea 5-4

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic acknowledged that he was worried. His coach was, too. Could Djokovic ever return to the top of tennis? To the heights he'd already reached? Could he put aside the time lost to a painful right elbow that required surgery and the disappointment of poor-for-him results?

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal felt the pain sear into his right knee early in his U.S. Open semifinal, on what he called "a bad movement." It was a familiar pain, one that he's dealt with off-and-on for years. The defending champion looked up at his guest box and

How do you follow the Greatest Generation? It’s a question tennis has tried to answer for at least a decade. Serena, Roger, Novak, Rafa: all of them are over 30, and they’ve combined to win 75 Grand Slam singles titles—but none of them are going away quietly. When they do,

Life is good for Fabio Fognini. In April, the gregarious Italian won the biggest title of his career at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco, about 25 miles from his home in Sanremo. “I was practicing from 14 to 18 [years old] sometimes in Monte Carlo,” Fognini says. “Family and

On Thursday, one of the most accomplished—and popular—players in the history of women’s tennis, Kim Clijsters, announced her return to professional tennis for the upcoming 2020 season. “For the past seven years, I’ve been a full-time mum. And I love it. I really, really do,” she said. “But I also

This week on Tennis Channel, we're looking back some of the sport's most important players, personalities and moments throughout its colorful history. On Thursday, from 12-3 p.m. ET, Tennis Channel Live will focus on Bud Collins. Here's a preview, and a present-day perspective. Vitas Gerulaitis was one of those people

If you made a New Year’s resolution for 2025, you can expect to stick to it for roughly four months, according to a recent survey by Forbes magazine. That might not sound like long, but compared to some of us, it qualifies as a Herculean effort. The second Friday of

The final clay-court Masters 1000 event of the year is here, as the best players on the ATP Tour are in Rome for the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The entry list doesn’t include Novak Djokovic, who hasn’t been himself for a couple of weeks and seemingly needs some time to get

In the summer of 1992, Brad Parks captured a gold medal on the world’s grandest stage. More than 5,000 spectators, draped in red, white and blue, energetically supported Parks and his doubles partner, Randy Snow, as they showcased their tennis skills on the red clay courts of Barcelona. It took

Coco Gauff held off an ailing Naomi Osaka under the lights at the 2024 China Open, winning a hard-fought second set before the former world No. 1 was forced to retire with the score tied, 3-6, 6-4. In her first tournament since linking up with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou, Osaka

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If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really does not leave players much time to be “off.” Actually, for tennis, 2025 began while the calendar still read

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa beat eighth-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Thursday night to advance to the semifinals in the Winston-Salem Open. Anderson, ranked 15th, will face 88th-ranked Malek Jaziri of Tunisia, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil.

PARIS (AP) France captain Guy Forget believes the United States will be significantly weakened by the loss of Mardy Fish in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday. Both teams were rocked by withdrawals to key players this week. The ninth-ranked Fish pulled out because of fatigue and was replaced by

MONACO (AP) Fernando Verdasco of Spain, Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 13th-seeded Verdasco rallied past Olivier Rochus of Belgium 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 and will next play Ivan Dodig of Croatia. The Spaniard dropped

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) On a start-and-stop day at Wimbledon, Andy Murray and Florian Mayer found enough time between rain showers Tuesday to wrap up suspended matches and reach the quarterfinals. David Ferrer also advanced on Centre Court, where organizers again came under scrutiny for their use of the retractable roof.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Defending champion John Isner and top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had straight-sets victories Thursday night to set up a semifinal match in the Winston-Salem Open. Second-seeded Tomas Berdych and seventh-seeded Sam Querrey also won their quarterfinal matches at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in the final hard-court tournament

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Defending champion John Isner advanced to the Winston-Salem Open final Friday, beating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 7-6 (7-3). Isner, seeded third and ranked 10th, will face seventh-ranked Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over seventh-seeded Sam Querrey in the final hard-court tournament

SHANGHAI -- Roger Federer ignored recent death threats from a Chinese blogger and won his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, beating qualifier Lu Yen-Hsun 6-3, 7-5 in the second round. Federer said he was aware that the blogger had recently issued an apology. The 17-time Grand Slam