Nike is cooking up something big for world No. 1 Jannik Sinner during his homecoming to Nitto ATP Finals—and it may just hint at a major shift for the brand’s presence in tennis. The first player to qualify and the first to arrive in Turin, the 23-year-old received a rock

ROME, Italy—At 24 years old, Bianca Andreescu felt like she was running out of time. “I felt like I’d wasted time,” she told me more precisely last night at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. It was a chilly night in Rome and Andreescu had just scored her first completed win over

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — From his knees at the middle of the net, Roger Federer struck volley after volley right back at Jack Sock until the American star finally faltered. Federer just smiled. It was all in fun. And how could Federer not be loving life? He's the best

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams was impressed. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was surprised. Novak Djokovic just couldn't wait to join the hundreds of thousands of people to have viewed online footage of Marcos Baghdatis' spectacular bout of racket rage. Baghdatis went out of the Australian Open in a late-night match Wednesday, but

Well, it was Tennis Night in America! And then ... it wasn't. Here's a visual rundown of the night's events, which veered from Maria Sharapova's 6-3, 6-4 missile deployment against Caroline Wozniacki to Andy Roddick's similarly ball-bashing 7-5, 7-6 victory over Roger Federer, all at Madison Square Garden. All involving

March 8, 2012 (Boulder, Colorado) — Babolat hosted nine elite stringers in Boulder, Colorado, on February 29, 2012, for the inaugural Babolat VS String Team Academy. Babolat invited these top stringers to share expertise with their industry peers and to become certified to string on behalf of the Babolat VS

BOISE, Idaho -- Sam Querrey put the United States on the scoreboard with a 7-6 (1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Viktor Troicki of Serbia to end the first day of the Davis Cup quarterfinal with the two nations tied at 1 on Friday. In the first match, world

Paradorn Srichaphan has yet to play competitively since retiring with a wrist injury in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami last March, and the inactivity has seen the former top-10 player drop to No. 152 in the rankings. But thanks to his personal life, he’s still

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina—The drumbeat stopped, the “Ole’s” ceased, and the chair umpire's pleading for “silencio” was finally granted. The packed crowd at Islas Malvinas Stadium, once boisterous and charged, now stared in horror as their top-ranked player, Juan Martin del Potro, grimaced in pain while clutching his right leg.

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray agree with Roger Federer that playing the Australian Open in February would make more sense. ``It is a very good option, I would love to have the first Grand Slam of the season a little bit later,'' Nadal said Saturday, two days out

SURPRISE, Ariz.(AP) Favorites Jill Craybas of the United States and Gisela Dulko of Argentina won in straight sets on Saturday to leave the countries tied 1-1 after the opening day of their first-round Fed Cup competition. An admittedly nervous Craybas, the top-ranked player for the U.S. at No. 75 in

MADRID(AP) Andy Murray is paying little attention to the world rankings despite becoming the first British player to break into the top three. The 21-year-old Murray moved ahead of Novak Djokovic in Monday's ATP rankings, leaving him behind only No. 1 Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. But Murray trails the

MASON, Ohio(AP) Andy Murray needed a road trip. The day after he won the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the world's new No. 2 decided to hit the road instead of the airport for the trip to Cincinnati and the next Masters event. It's 798 miles from center court in Montreal

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco was knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Thursday by Juan Monaco, and women's No. 1 seed Venus Williams fought back from 1-5 down in the final set to survive. Monaco of Argentina beat top-seeded Verdasco of Spain 7-5, 6-3. Williams had

Wimbledon’s daily Order of Play can seem more like chaos, with dozens of matches taking place around the grounds. Each day during The Championships, we’ll write about three must-see matchups. Michael Llodra vs. Jesse Witten (Court 8, third match) Slam breakthroughs are often harbingers of future success, but the future

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Janko Tipsarevic beat Radek Stepanek on Sunday, sending Serbia to its first Davis Cup final with a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic. Tipsarevic's 6-0, 7-6 (6), 6-4 win came after Novak Djokovic had tied the best-of-five tie at 2-2 by beating Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2,

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Defending champion Rafael Nadal completed an hour-long practice session Tuesday, hours after announcing he would play in the Wimbledon quarterfinals against Mardy Fish. ``He will be 100 percent. Everything's fine,'' said Toni Nadal, his coach and uncle. Nadal, a two-time champion at the All England Club, hurt

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Thirty years after their last spellbinding Wimbledon final, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe are going head-to-head again - and this time, it's serious. McEnroe unleashed his now famous `You cannot be serious'' rant in that 1981 tournament, and the fiery American was tempted to use his trademark

TORONTO (AP) Maria Sharapova lost in the third round of the Rogers Cup on Thursday, 6-3, 7-5 to 135th-ranked Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan. This was the Russian's second tournament since losing to Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final. Sharapova lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinals at Stanford last month.

SYDNEY (AP) — Spain, Poland and Argentina remained perfect at the ATP Cup with 3-0 wins in their matches Monday, their second consecutive victories in the team event. Robert Bautista Agut clinched the match for Spain by beating Casper Ruud of Norway 6-4, 7-6 (4) after Pablo Carreno Busta defeated