Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for U.S. Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas and singles qualifying, mixed doubles, junior and wheelchair competition are being eliminated entirely. There also will be three ball people instead of six at courts other than Arthur Ashe

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Evert expects new mom Serena Williams will eclipse the Grand Slam record of 24 singles titles, maybe even this season. The former No. 1 tennis player also says the name of current record-holder Margaret Court should remain on the arena at the Australian Open despite

If the clay court at 1406 Orange Street could talk....Lenny Simpson knows exactly what it would say. Two weeks ago, the 71-year-old Simpson presided over a re-opening ceremony, complete with ribbon cutting, for this backyard court in Wilmington, NC. At first glance, you might wonder why there would be so

Tennis Australia has confirmed it plans to honor Margaret Court’s 50th anniversary of her 1970 Grand Slam during January’s Australian Open, but stressed her controversial anti-gay views “do not align with our values of equality, diversity and inclusion.” Court won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, including the French Open, Wimbledon,

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Billie Jean King thinks one of the main venues at the Australian Open should be renamed because of Margaret Court's comments about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. King, a trailblazer for equality and diversity in tennis, said she had initially been a proponent of

If good things come to those who wait, then this year’s Davis Cup semifinals should be really good. Tennis' most prestigious team competition concluded its quarterfinal stage last weekend, setting the stage for a pair of intriguing semifinals—Serbia vs. France and Australia vs. Belgium—that we can ponder for another five

In a 4.0 team match, I was at the net when a shot—and an opponent’s dampener—came at me. The dampener missed me, but my return went into the net because I was watching it. I wanted to play a let, but felt it should have been our point. They said

Belinda Bencic has been to the finals of—and won—some of the biggest hard-court and grass-court tournaments on the WTA calendar. But in Charleston this week, she’s broken new ground: she's through to the first WTA final of her career on clay. She defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinals of the

Few athletes in any sport made as much of their time during the game’s spring shutdown as Naomi Osaka. Along with joining the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis, she figured out what she wanted from her career: to use her talents on the court to make a statement off of

NEW YORK—Holger Rune kept hearing a female fan in the Court 5 bleachers making noise as he tried to play on Monday. “All the time, all the time,” the 20-year-old Dane told the chair umpire and referee, before complaining, in an exasperated voice, “You’re not taking care of it!” This

Novak Djokovic ended Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven’s eight-match grass-court winning streak in the round of 16 at Wimbledon on Sunday night, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, and in doing so extended his own grass-court winning streak to 25 matches in a row. It’s now the third-longest grass-court winning streak

Milos Raonic says that missing the French Open will give him extra time to prepare for the grass-court swing and allow him to get in more matches in subsequent tournaments. The No. 5-ranked Canadian (a career-high ranking) had nerve surgery on his foot and is planning to resume hitting next

Martina Navratilova says that she was not uncomfortable having to play a legends doubles match on Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion is a lesbian and gay rights activist, while 24-time Slam champ Court has publicly opposed gay marriage "It's an honor, as

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Court 2 at the Rexall Centre is nice, for a practice court. For match play? You may want to look elsewhere, especially if comfort is of importance to you. The court lacks even the most basic amenities. There are no seats and no scoreboard,

The practice court is a special place. Many players view it as a necessary evil; something to tolerate between matches. But smart players, ones looking to continually improve, know it’s where the real work is done. It presents an opportunity to hone your strengths, sure-up weaknesses, and experiment with new