103223841 Howdy. Most of the news today came out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Washington), where they've experienced a severe tropical storm and tsumani that last night washed away nearly an entire generation of U.S. players. If you want to check out my thoughts on that, go over to

NEW YORK—It’s always exciting when a star is born. In tennis, the moment is that much more electric when it comes at the expense of an older, fading idol. Here is that veteran, suddenly face to face with the mortality of her career. The youngster across the net seems to

The Shanghai Masters 1000 event has begun, launching what might be called the final quarter of the Masters year. After Shanghai, we have the Paris Indoors (another Masters 1000 event) and then the ATP World Tour Finals. The Masters Series concept has been shown to have great legs, an attribute

By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director What's up, TWibe? I'll be honest, I haven't been paying much attention to tennis this week, as the Winter Olympics have once again taken over my life. But it seems I've missed quite a bit; some of the week's results have been rather stunning.

102606633by Pete Bodo The first serve Serena Williams hit Saturday was a kicker, wide. 15-love. The next one was flat, out wide as well. 30-love. Then she hit a flat one down the center stripe, 40-love. After that, she hit another one down the pipeline, flat. Whoops. . .

I was originally going to write this post about Lleyton Hewitt, who beat Amer Delic like a tin drum in the first match on Arthur Ashe today, but I thought Delic's presser so compelling that I decided that my homage to Lleyton could wait for a day or two. Amer,

Say what you will about Davis Cup. Complain about the strung-out four-week format, descry the alternate-host rule, pooh-pooh the frequent absence of the top players, and whine about the best-of-five-set matches. It doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. Davis Cup remains the most dramatic, unpredictable, vibrant, and galvanizing event

I guess that with Rafael Nadal having clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking before the round-robin portion of the ATP World Tour Finals is over, the three uber-elite players (Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer) needed to do something to keep the media fires stoked. In this, they succeeded. Perhaps

*92858893 by Pete Bodo The Fed Cup final starts tomorrow, although you wouldn't know it from the media black-hole the event occupies. That's okay, there's something nice - and enjoyable - about having an event all to ourselves, right? So get ready to laze around tomorrow and Sunday, taking in

by Pete Bodo Mornin', everyone. Are we sick of doing the time-zone calculations yet, terrified that we somehow missed the all important Shilpenseviski vs. Ramantangathura match? Welcome to Australia - all those fragrant Eucalyptus trees, all those emerald waters, all the burning rubber and flesh, as the tennis players feet

Each month, Ravi Ubha will reveal his latest assessment of the tours in the TENNIS.com Top 25. This list is not a reflection of actual ranking points gained or lost, but a combination of each player's current form and past pedigree—along the lines of the Top 25 polls in U.S.

NEW YORK—On the same day Serena Williams lost her grip on the No. 1 spot, an American 18 years younger than her ascended to the top of the junior rankings. Last week, Kayla Day became the first American girl to win a junior Grand Slam since Samantha Crawford at the

LONDON (AP) The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 9:50 p.m. Sofya Zhuk, a 15-year-old Russian, won the girls title at Wimbledon on Saturday. Zhuk beat Anna Blinkova, also from Russia, 7-5, 6-4 on Court 1 at the All England Club to win her first junior Grand Slam title in

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Novak Djokovic defeated John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (5) to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night in pursuit of his fourth career title in the desert. The world's top-ranked player raced through the first set in 30 minutes, then rallied to get

Less than a year after his retirement from tennis, John Isner is back on the scene–as a member of the media, that is. On the latest episode of Served with Andy Roddick, the former Top 10 player admits that transitioning to broadcasting so closely on the heels of his competitive

WATCH—Tennis Channel reacts to Rafael Nadal v. Dominic Thiem at the US Open:

Novak Djokovic is on a glide path into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. With the all-time Grand Slam singles title count in his grasp, he has nothing left to prove to anyone. Or does he? The one honor that has eluded the Serbian star is a gold medal in

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With rain having the last word on the first two days of the Credit One Bank Invitational, playing catch-up was the name of the game for Team Peace and Team Kindness on Thursday. It was also the first day players would compete for double the rewards, once Wednesday's suspended one-point

“It is quite fast here,” Jannik Sinner said, summing up a week’s worth of analysis and commentary from the Cincinnati Open in five short words. Speed was indeed the defining feature and topic of this ATP and WTA 1000 event. The court surface was given a rating of 42 by