Casper Ruud reaches a major milestone today, kicking off his 100th consecutive week in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings. He first broke into the elite on September 13th, 2021, right after the US Open that year, and he's been in there ever since. It’s currently the third-longest active

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet Sunday for the Western & Southern Open title in a rematch of their Wimbledon final. The top-ranked Alcaraz erased a match point in the second set and rallied past unseeded Hubert Hurkacz 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the first

The great thing about tennis is that there’s always another match. The terrible thing about tennis is that there’s always another match. Just ask Daniil Medvedev. On Friday he put on one of the best performances of his career—a “12 out of 10” in his now-famous assessment—to beat the No.

Garbiñe Muguruza once said “the racquet will talk,” and Coco Gauff’s has had plenty to say over a 13-match winning streak that continued into the China Open on Monday. The reigning US Open champion, who enjoyed a cultural immersion into China before her first match, surprised the tennis world when

There was something spooky about Court Central at the Rolex Paris Masters on Monday. Six matches were slated for a jam-packed day of play. When all was said and done, poetically at 2:22 a.m. local time on Halloween, Dominic Thiem became the third player to survive from match point down.

Iga Swiatek has won the WTA Finals in Cancun, storming past Jessica Pegula in the final, 6-1, 6-0, to capture the title at the season-ending championships for the first time in her career. It was actually the most lopsided final in WTA Finals history, which dates back to 1972. Until

Elena Rybakina has become the first player to win a WTA title this year, storming past Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of last year’s Australian Open final, 6-0, 6-3, for the WTA 500 title in Brisbane. It’s the sixth WTA title of Rybakina’s career, and her fourth-biggest career title after

Gael Monfils was disqualified from the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) in Oslo and was replaced by Lucas Pouille after “a code of conduct violation” stemming from his behavior towards the tournament supervisor on Friday. “Yesterday a playful exchange in the locker room between Gael Monfils and the tournament supervisor Stephane

Before super-agent Max Eisenbud joined Li Na's team, tennis players sponsored by Nike had to follow one strict clothing rule upon signing: “When you sign with Nike, one of their big things is no patches,” Andy Roddick recalled on the lastest episode of his new podcast, Served with Andy Roddick.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Iga Swiatek drew two of her most troublesome opponents from the 2024 Australian Open in Tennis Paradise and went two-for-two, avenging a Melbourne defeat to Linda Noskova, 6-4, 6-0 to reach the BNP Paribas Open’s round of 16. "It was really intense in the beginning, but I was

This week, we're counting down the Top 5 Miami finals (see our Top 5 Indian Wells finals here) - No. 5: Andy Murray d. David Ferrer, 2013 - No. 4: Venus Williams d. Jennifer Capriati, 2001 - No. 3: COMING SOON - No. 2: COMING SOON - No. 1: COMING

It feels good to see a draw again. In a moment of chaos, the brackets bring a small sense of order and logic to our spectating lives. On Tuesday, the first three draws of the new year popped up: One for the women’s event in Abu Dhabi, one for the

Quarterfinal action at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix got underway with an intriguing clash between a Grand Slam champion and one of the fastest-rising players on tour: experience ultimately won out over momentum as Elena Rybakina defeated Jasmine Paolini, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the semifinals in Stuttgart. "I'm happy

Coco Gauff came alive in her first outdoor red-clay event of the 2024 season, putting down an emphatic 6-0, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus to score her first double-bagel of her career at the Mutua Madrid Open. "I know everyone's here to see Rafa so I was just trying to

“Tennis is tennis,” Taylor Townsend told Tennis Channel’s Brett Haber and Jon Wertheim after collecting her 21st match win of the 2017 season Tuesday at Roland Garros. Like a Pokémon Go addict, the 21-year-old has traveled far and wide in search of points. She played four tournaments in Australaisa—one at

Before each day of play at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, we’ll preview and predict three of the day’s must-see matches. Benoit Paire vs. Taylor Fritz Both outside of the Top 40, these two have been given a prime afternoon stadium slot for one reason: the 19-year-old Fritz

It was a perfect day for tennis in New York, as notable champions eased their way into the second week and budding stars continued to shine. These are the Top 5 photos from Day 5 at the US Open. 1. A wild card tandem had a packed crowd watching their

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Monica Puig is trying to accomplish something no one from her country has ever done. Angelique Kerber is seeking to achieve the sort of thing she's already done this year. They play each other Saturday for the Olympic gold medal in women's tennis. Puerto Rico's

Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili just never gave up at the Hamburg European Open on Saturday, fighting off two match points and a 5-2 deficit in the third set tiebreak to edge Alexander Zverev in a semifinal thriller, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5), and keep his title defense alive at the ATP 500-level

How did Roger Federer’s long-awaited return to Roland Garros begin? On the first point of his first-round match on Sunday, his first shot ticked the tape and fell on the other side of the net for a winner. That was all the luck Federer would need to beat 24-year-old Italian