World TeamTennis is moving full speed ahead into a 2020 season with more player commitments being announced. The league will host its entire three-week season at The Greenbrier in West Virginia with an emphasis on safety, a maximum of 500 fans and roughly 50 players taking part. WTT CEO Carlos

8 Serena's third-round showdown with sister Venus was highly anticipated. Their 30th meeting would end up one-sided in the favor of Serena, who was just relieved it was over. "It feels good for the match to be over with," she said. Win or lose, it just feels good that that's

Though the second birthday party for Russian toddler Elizaveta Pavlovna Tabunstova was more muted given the quarantine conditions, mother and reigning Olympic champion Elena Vesnina nonetheless ensured a celebration took place—one that lacked neither the joy nor fairytale trappings any daughter would love. “She fills us with love,” Vesnina said

Breakthrough stories don’t come much bigger than Emma Raducanu—as if reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon as a wild card weren’t enough, two months later she went on to win the US Open as a qualifier, in doing so becoming the first qualifier in the Open Era, male or female,

After the way 2019 has gone for world No. 4 Bianca Andreescu, it might be hard to imagine that less than 12 months ago, she was trying to work her way up the rankings on the ITF circuit. Who could’ve known that she was going to leave that grind behind

Sometimes you're just stopped in your tracks, or in your thoughts, at the sheer self-belief that tennis pros have. Consider the case of one Sorana Cirstea, who won her first WTA-level title at age 18, and last week, her second—at age 31. In simple math, the Bucharest-born slugger went 12

Historical importance, as it relates to tennis racquets, is measured by a frame’s technological innovation and cultural influence. From the dawn of the Open era in 1968, tennis players and fans have seen and experienced plenty of both—some fleeting, some revolutionary. In the end, a tennis racquet is only as

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Pete Sampras was raised to deeply appreciate tennis’ history, his education strongly focused on the powerful lure of Wimbledon and the US Open. When it came to tennis’ premier team event, though, Sampras admitted to a gap. “Davis Cup didn’t mean that much to me when I was growing up,”

There’s a lot of work involved—both on and off the court—when it comes to getting a win on the ATP and WTA tours. Afterward, a mini-celebration of sorts is in order. Here’s a look at eight of the post-match maneuvers that act as a relief point for the players while

Mornin' everyone. Sorry about the typos that appeared in yesterdays Your Call post; I had trouble getting on-line here at the farm in game-rich Andes to do a final copy edit before the item auto-posted. Typos are a drag; so are factual errors that somehow slip under the radar whenever

58103373 Howdy, everyone. Taking a bit of a break from red-meat posting today; it's been a pretty good run starting at the end of last week and I need to recharge the batteries. Still, it was quite a news day, what with Martina Navratilova revealing that she has "non-invasive" breast

In Pete's absence, this is the Tribe's daily post for discussing the on-court action in Mason, Ohio, and Toronto. The order of play for the men's tournament can be found here, and for the women in Toronto, on this link. After yesterday's results were in, I decided to take a

89759250 Is Roger Federer finished? Just thought I'd start the morning with a little joke. Actually, there's no real reason to dwell on Roger Federer's startling loss of control of his match with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday, and here's what I find most compelling (or maybe it's the only thing I

NEW YORK—On the brightest day of the tournament, “Good Day Sunshine” blared from the stadium speakers before Varvara Lepchenko took shadow swings behind the baseline. Lepchenko stayed in step with Samantha Stosur for one set, only to get burned by the scalding sting of the defending champ's serve and forehand.

The rain subsided and clouds parted, but Serena Williams still arrived dressed for a storm. Relegated to Court 2 for the second consecutive year, Williams removed her white mini-trench coat, then went to work in creating a successful start to the tournament where she's realized several happy endings. In her

If you’re one of those who believes that tennis has become too brutal, grinding, and lengthy, this was the match for you. Julia Goerges and Daniela Hantuchova had never played each other before, but they wasted no time settling their rallies in Dubai today. Points were over quickly, as each

It happens all the time: You watch Petra Kvitova carve her serve wide, drill her return a foot from the baseline, belt a forehand for an absurdly easy winner, and you think there’s no way she’s not going to be No. 1 in the world for a very long time.

Petra Kvitova straightened the silver tennis ball pendant around her neck, then got back to the business of shaking the ball and chain that dragged her into a 1-4 second-set deficit. A scrappy Sara Errani used her speed and spins to coax a sloppy Kvitova into spraying 44 unforced errors,