There wasn’t quite as much action from Beijing last night, but Tokyo, led by top seed Juan Martin del Potro, kept rolling forward. With most of the big names still standing, both events appear to be poised for an entertaining final three days. Here’s a look at what you may

MELBOURNE—Some day, Australia should really consider holding a sporting event with no athletes at all. On this day of heat and rain and protracted delay, the rowdiest cheering came from inside a player-less Margaret Court Arena while the raindrops fell. As they waited for their new teen hero, Nick Kyrgios,

“Play!” Jack Sock screamed at himself halfway through his match with Australia’s Sam Groth. But playing, or at least playing anywhere close to his best, wasn’t in the cards for the American on Tuesday. Last year at Wimbledon, the 22-year-old experienced his greatest tennis memory when he won the doubles

NEW YORK—Roger Federer was asked after his five-set win over Gael Monfils on Thursday night what he had been thinking when he was down two match points in the fourth. Federer could have trotted out a classic players' cliché, like, “I was just trying to hit my spot with my

This has to be one of the most highly anticipated semifinal days in recent men’s tennis history. We had a similar final four at the last major, in Melbourne, with the Big Three—Rog, Rafa, and Novak—joined by one erratic, charismatic, acrobatic Frenchman. That time it was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who shocked

“I admire Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, the two Swiss,” said 18-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas last fall when he was asked to name his tennis idols. Does it seem odd that a teenager born in Greece, and who trains in France, would be such a diehard Swissophile? Not when you see

NEW YORK—As it began, the U.S. Open women’s final had the look of a party that was missing its guest of honor. Celebrities off all stripes—Robert Redford, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, Queen Latifah, Michael Douglas, James Taylor—crowded the suites in Arthur Ashe Stadium, while 20,000 others, many of whom

Change is strange, isn’t it? At least it is in tennis. You think it can’t happen, you think the players have no power, and then four of them go ahead and talk to the Grand Slams about spreading their prize-money wealth and what do the Grand Slams do? They spread

WATCH —Match point from Zverev over De Minaur in the Citi Open final:

When the sky briefly cleared and Brian Baker walked back on Court 12, he was up 30-40 on his opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber's serve. The two players had managed to get in four games before the rains had come. It was just long enough for the slow-starting Baker to be broken.

NOT MELBOURNE—As one journalist put it, covering this year’s Australian Open was like covering the 24-hour race at Le Mans, except that the race lasted for two weeks. The upside was that there was always something going on somewhere; the downside was that any story ideas that didn’t deal with

PRESS CONFERENCE: Rafael Nadal withdraws from the Brisbane International

PARIS (AP)—Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who was highly ranked, the one considered a title contender, the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that matches would be tidily wrapped up in an hour. Now 31, and figuring out from day to day how to handle

EASTBOURNE, England—I think I love Eastbourne. This realization occurs about half an hour after I arrive at Devonshire Park, home of the AEGON International, when it sinks in just how accessible and visible the practice courts are. At what other tournament could you watch Petra Kvitova, Wimbledon champion, practicing her

Tennis Channel Live at the US Open—breaking down the bottom half of the men's draw:

Fairly open-ended dialogue can lead to something short of magic. Timed to the US Open, an inaugural, energetic event took place on the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 22. Titled "Love All: An Open Conversation," it arrived on the heels of three sibling events,

The Washington Kastles found themselves in an unusual position on Monday night: they trailed in a match at the Smith Center. When all was said and done, however, familiar territory was restored.

Elina Svitolina began 2021 with a straightforward—if lofty—New Year’s resolution: win every match. “The goals are always quite high,” she clarified during pre-tournament press at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open, “but you have to break everything down, focus on every match, and not get too distracted by all

For someone bereft of wins and on the road for two months, Christopher Eubanks seemed in good spirits. That can’t be too much of a surprise, since the articulate Atlanta native hardly lacks in perspective. Furthermore, he bid au revoir to clay and said hello to grass, where his career

In a comment unrelated to my earlier post, The One-Ended Spectrum, a poster (please ID yourself, I'm going blind trying to find this!) wrote: The comment got me thinking - what IF The Mighty Fed had decided around Christmas time that he's going to bag his tennis career and become