Today, at approximately 3:00 P.M., after three days of increasingly stinging, increasingly suffocating humidity, the Rogers Cup, otherwise known as the Rogers Death March, boiled over. The most obvious effects of the weather were seen in the stadium court, where Novak Djokovic and Julien Benneteau, hat brims pulled to eye

“We’re all tanking in reality,” Gilles Simon joked last week after the BBC-Buzzfeed match-fixing story broke. “Novak is nothing in reality. We’re all fixing.” First the Frenchman came up with the best line of the controversy; then, on Sunday in Rod Laver Arena, he seemed to go out and try

Yesterday Sony Open tournament director Adam Barrett stated the obvious when he said that losing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal from this year’s event had been a blow. You can already see the slip in ticket sales, Barrett claimed. Which makes me ask in response: How does he know for

HIGHLIGHTS—Noah Rubin upsets No. 2 seed John Isner at the Citi Open:

MASON, Ohio (AP)—A weary Rafael Nadal and an off-target Roger Federer got knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Friday. No. 1 Novak Djokovic had to scuffle to avoid an upset, too. Playing a day after he spent five hours on court, Nadal faded in

Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were one of the best doubles teams a decade ago, winning the Australian Open in 2000 and collecting two more Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon and the U.S. Open) in 2001. The pair split up in 2005, and each had success on other teams, but now

Every Friday, after the weekend's matches have been determined, we'll predict the winner of each tournament. Davis Cup United States leads Switzerland, 2-0 A stirring American effort saw Mardy Fish hold his nerve and maintain his aggression in subduing Stanislas Wawrinka, before John Isner shocked Roger Federer in snapping the

WATCH: Alize Cornet given Code Violation for changing her shirt on court at US Open

Watching Dominic Thiem win the Barcelona Open over this past weekend, what struck me above all else was his match-playing maturity and his unmistakable comfort out on the red clay. The earnest Austrian pulled off a rare feat in the semifinals, toppling Rafael Nadal without losing his serve across two

81789854 By Pete Bodo It may seem improbable that a player finds a silver lining in a tennis match that he lost after leading 40-15 on serve at 5-all in the third, and that’s doubly true if the winner went on to make the third round of the US Open.

Phpje4yjupm [Andrew Friedman/Rolo Tomassi and I got to talking the other day, and I invited him to write a post on the substance of our conversation. Here, are his ruminations on Men's Final day. Enjoy - Pete] You’re all dead, and if you ain’t, you oughta be…I’m the one is

“The amazing moment in Australia was filled with joy, happiness and extraordinary sense of accomplishment. The task of finally making a decision to hang up my racquet felt a lot more difficult than winning seven matches in a row in the Australian heat. It took me several agonizing months to

NEW YORK—Once upon a time, this opening-day column would have been devoted to one or more titans of the American game, an Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, or Andre Agassi, and the subject might have been an evaluation of his chances to win or defend the title. Instead, the

Don by Pete Bodo As conference calls and other similar media events go, it was a corker. Patrick McEnroe, General Manager of the USTA Player Development Program, pulled no punches in discussing the recent controversy created by indiscreet Tweeter Donald Young Jr., following his loss to Tim Smyczek in the

There are certain immutable truths in tennis, one of which was demonstrated today: Watch out for Polish girls who buy Louis Vuitton handbags in multiples of two, admire Pete Sampras because "he won everything", get on so well with their sisters that they've played pro doubles together at the WTA

Picby Pete Bodo The Paris Masters 1000 may be the greatest stage for the sometimes dazzling and often maddening body of French players who in recent decades have been as ubiquitous on the ATP tour as the Spanish. True, the French Open is the unrivaled queen of French tournaments, and

*Phpc3bNSrPM by Pete Bodo Greetings, everyone. I'm preparing for my trip to London on Sunday, where I'll be reporting on Wimbledon through the final. Y'all saw Ivo Karlovic rain down 46 aces on not-exactly-small Jo-Wilfried Tsonga today and that, combined with Robin Soderling's advance, and the number of ace machines

I have a date with Serena Williams. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's in 10 years, by which time I might be coyote bait. So someone prepare to act as my stand-in. It all started in the press conference after Serena's stunning 6-3, 6-2 win over

• Dby Pete Bodo* Just yesterday, I was chatting with John McEnroe Sr., who spawned the icon that shares his name, about the search for a new ATP CEO. John felt very strongly that the new CEO ought to be a trained lawyer, and he suspected that the silence out

NEW YORK—On a day when Bethanie Mattek-Sands ought to have been hitting tennis balls in Europe on a red-clay court under bright sun, she came hobbling through a cold, driving rain and the giant sliding glass doors of the New York Hospital for Special Surgery. Accompanied by her husband Justin,