After any WTA 1000 event there’s lots of movement on the WTA rankings, and with the China Open wrapping up in Beijing over the weekend, this week's rankings are no exception. The most notable move comes from 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who rises from No. 22 to No. 19—her Top 20

In the final of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner will take on 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic for the first time since the Australian Open. Sinner won that match in convincing fashion, and the Italian ultimately went on to win his first major title. About

Casper Ruud came into his third Nitto ATP Finals appearance on a 1-7 stretch, but the Norwegian quickly put those struggles behind him with a first-time victory Monday. Winless against Carlos Alcaraz in their four prior meetings, Ruud flipped the script in their series after surprising the crowd inside the

Fourteen times, Rafael Nadal was the last man standing in Paris as Roland Garros' men's singles champion. And as his tennis career officially ended on Tuesday on home soil in Spain, the city that was so integral to his legendary ethos was a showcase for its own fitting farewell as

A year defined by strange doping controversies continued at the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals when Jakub Mensik emerged from a bathroom break irate from a mid-match doping test request. Mensik was down two sets in his match against Arthur Fils when he left the court for a break, only

In the past 30-plus years, few story arcs—if any—in tennis have been as captivating or compelling as the tale of Jana Novotna at Wimbledon. The Hall of Famer from the Czech Republic snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the 1993 women’s singles final at the All England Club,

Aryna Sabalenka and Paula Badosa are close in age—26 and 27, respectively—and they rose up in the ranks at roughly the same time. But while they were becoming rivals, they were also becoming friends. So Sabalenka sounded sincere when she said that she was pleased to see that Badosa, over

The old Iga Swiatek can't come to the phone right now. Why? Because she's crushing it at the Australian Open. The world No. 2 has been dominant at Melbourne Park so far this year, having booked a spot in the semifinals for the second time in her career with a

Joao Fonseca's Rio de Janeiro homecoming may have been short-lived this week on the court, but off the court, the Brazilian's first days after taking home his first ATP singles title left a lasting impression. After Fonseca stormed to the title at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires last week,

There have already been some major upsets on the men's side at Indian Wells over the last few days, and now there's one more name to add to the list, maybe the biggest name: Novak Djokovic. The 40-time Masters 1000 champion was ousted in his opening match in tennis paradise

He's watching, always watching! Despite retiring from the tennis tour last fall, Rafael Nadal is still keeping tabs on current events—and has been loving the performances of two of his namesake tennis academy's students at the Miami Open. Alexandra Eala of the Philippines and Coleman Wong of Hong Kong have

Naomi Osaka fell in her first match since the Australian Open on Wednesday, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Camila Osorio in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. Champion at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in 2018, Osaka had been off the court since retiring in Melbourne due to a

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams knows better than most what it takes to win a Grand Slam title. The 13-time Grand Slam champion approaches the Australian Open beginning Monday still troubled by a sprained left ankle that needs regular ice treatment. It means she has played two competitive matches -

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—Rafael Nadal’s knee trouble has sidelined him again, and he hopes for a quick recovery to avoid missing any of the upcoming clay-court season. Nadal withdrew hours before the start of his semifinal Friday at the Sony Ericsson Open because of a left knee injury that bothered

CASTELLON, Spain (AP)—Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer easily won their Davis Cup singles to give Spain a 2-0 quarterfinals lead over Austria on Friday, putting the defending champions on course for a 23rd straight home win. Almagro, Spain’s No. 2, broke Melzer five times in an outdoor clay match that

PARIS (AP) Mikhail Youzhny was having such a bad day in the third round of the French Open that he felt the need to apologize, right on court during the match. The 27th-seeded Russian scraped ``SORRI'' into the clay with his right foot in the middle of his 6-0, 6-2,

DENVER, CO – John McEnroe rose to the occasion and played some of his best tennis of the 2012 PowerShares Series season when he fought back from a 6-5 deficit to win the last three games to beat Michael Chang, 8-6 in the finals of the Jeep Championships, presented by

Monica Seles has remained quiet since being sidelined with a chronic foot injury in 2003, but she had a great deal to say on the court when she played an exhibition match at the River Oaks Country Club last week, her first public match in quite some time. The 33-year-old,

First it was Bananarama and now Wyclef Jean. That’s right, another song about Venus is being written, but this time it's a tribute to the seven-time Grand Slam winner, Venus Williams, who in keeping with her namesake played heavenly tennis on Wednesday night in her opening round at the US

Every year the International Tennis Hall of Fame holds a Legends Ball in downtown New York during the US Open. A clutch of Grand Slam champions and about 600 other attendees are scheduled to be present, with proceeds going to benefit the Hall of Fame. A silent auction is one