A look back at the history between Juan Martin del Potro and Novak Djokovic:

Last but not least, scenes from the championship matches in men's and women's singles and doubles. For more of Anita Aguilar's pictures from the 2014 U.S. Open, along with Steve Tignor's captions, click here.

PARIS (AP) — For an audience with the "King of Clay," the current queen of clay thought it best to come prepared. Worried that she might run short of things to say, French Open champion Iga Swiatek says she readied some talking points before hitting balls in a training session

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A night after surviving American Jack Sock in a three-hour, four-minute thriller in his opening match, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (1), Rafael Nadal was pushed to the limits against another inspired opponent in Washington D.C. on Thursday night, but this time he couldn’t escape, falling to South Africa’s Lloyd Harris, 6-4,

Rafael Nadal is no stranger to setting records and reaching milestones, and he’s got another big one this week. It’s his 800th career week in the Top 10, just the third man ever to reach that number. Only Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors have previously spent 800 total weeks in

It would be way too simple to say that this rollercoaster contest came down to Kaia Kanepi's mental shortcomings versus Caroline Wozniacki's physical limitations. Yes, Kanepi failed to serve it out four times—and wasted four match points—before ultimately prevailing, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3. And yes, Wozniacki's inability to hit through

The Last Word returns, and each weekday, starting on Monday, December 5, we'll give you our year-end thoughts about tennis' best players—this time focusing on the ATP and WTA Top 10. We'll alternate tours each day; here's who we've looked at so far. Best of 2011 It takes only four

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)—Venus Williams plans to travel with the U.S. Fed Cup team for its World Group playoff at Germany but is not expected to play because of an injured hip that has sidelined her since January. The U.S. Tennis Association said Tuesday that Williams’ management team said she

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—Defending champion Roger Federer was tested for the first time Thursday at the Qatar Open before defeating Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the semifinals. The third-ranked Federer set up a rematch of last year’s semifinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, after the Frenchman cruised past unseeded

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Roger Federer advanced to the quarterfinals and Andy Murray withdrew because of an injury just before his first-round match at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday. Andy Roddick also advanced, using his serve to beat Tommy Haas of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the late match. The seventh-seeded American had

A whipping wind kicked up a wall of crushed red brick dust that surrounded Serena Williams as she stood to serve at 3-3 in the decisive set. A linesman covered his eyes and sought shelter against the back wall while Williams stood still, squinting through the salmon-colored cloud swirling around.

Mardy Fish landed a spot in London but hobbled out of Paris in the process. The No. 7 seed qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals before he stepped on court at the Paris Masters today, and had a leg up on Juan Monaco, holding a pair of match points

WIMBLEDON, England—There are two-handed backhands, and then there is Florian Mayer’s two-handed backhand. The German refuses to stray from the shot, keeping both hands on his grip like someone holding for dear life on the edge of a skyscraper, no matter the situation: He slices with two hands from the

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in their second all-Spanish final in two weeks to claim his sixth Barcelona Open title Sunday. The top-ranked Spaniard won his 29th straight match at the clay court event when the fourth-seeded Ferrer hit his backhand wide. Nadal’s sole loss at

Online editor Ed McGrogan and senior writers Peter Bodo and Steve Tignor predict four of Day 9's matches: Angelique Kerber vs. Flavia Pennetta [26] (Women's quarterfinal) Bodo: Pennetta Kerber has had the tournament of a lifetime, but she’ll run out of luck when she meets the seasoned veteran Pennetta, who

As the tennis season has been forced into numerous changes the past year and a half, the second week of the French Open and the opening of the grass-court stretch just coincided, enabling some of the players more in tune with the turf to get a jump on their peers.

For the first time since 2016, Novak Djokovic is into a Grand Slam final. Needing two days to get it done, the Serbian took out world No. 1 Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(9), 3-6, 10-8 in a classic Wimbledon semifinal. It's his first final appearance at a Grand Slam since

It has been almost 30 years since Rick Macci coached Serena and Venus Williams to greatness. Yet the 66-year-old is still just as busy now as he was in the 1990's training the sisters. When I sat down with Macci, he seemed relaxed and filled with good spirits despite his

“You need to prepare for a legacy. You can’t just say, ‘Oh they stopped playing. We need a legacy.’”