BIRMINGHAM, England, June 13 (AP)—Top-seeded Li Na beat Maria Sharapova 7-5, 6-1 Sunday to win the grass-court Aegon Classic and claim her first title this year. Sharapova lost to Li in the semifinals of last year’s tournament in Birmingham and the Chinese player produced a repeat performance, winning her first

Remember the WTA Mentorship program? In case you forgot, it was a sorority-type program meant for the rookies to get valuable advice from veteran players. But, with their growing history of catty conduct, I'm starting to think there should be a ban on French mentors. Yesterday at Roland Garros, Aravane

Maria Sharapova's season has seen its dips and swirls—and that's just her serve. She's the all-but-American No. 2 and had a chance, with Caroline Wozniacki's early ouster in Tokyo, of taking over the WTA penthouse late this fall. Those hopes were dashed in a second when she scarily twisted her

When one thinks about the U.S. Open, one almost always associates the event with New York City. And for good reason. The fourth and final Grand Slam of the tennis season has been played there for 95 consecutive years. But in reality, the event got its start up north, having

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France rallied to beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 12th-seeded Tsonga is looking for his first title of the year. He plays Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the second round. Other winners included

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Two weeks after emerging triumphant at the French Open, Francesca Schiavone stood on the other end of the Grand Slam spectrum at Wimbledon on Monday. Schiavone became just the second reigning Roland Garros champion in the Open Era, which began in 1968, to be knocked out of Wimbledon

TOKYO (AP)—Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm rallied to beat defending champion Maria Sharapova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open. Date Krumm, who is one day shy of her 40th birthday, broke the 23-year-old Russian to go up 5-3 in the third set and

It didn’t take long—five minutes to be exact—to see that Andreas Seppi wasn’t the same player he’d been the last couple of days in Rome, and neither was the level of his opposition. In those five minutes, his opponent, Roger Federer, began their quarterfinal with a quick hold, a quick

Let no one say that the post-Miami, pre-Monte Carlo portion of the tennis calendar isn’t worth the sweat exerted by the players, or the words typed about them by reporters. For this past weekend, one without a tournament at the level of an ATP 500 or WTA Premier, was one

On the return, it’s common to stand where the singles sideline and baseline meet. But if your opponent can’t serve out wide well, move closer to the center. Have you ever wondered why players stand near the intersection of the singles sideline and the baseline to return serve? Generally, this

The editors of TENNIS.com preview all four Australian Open semifinals. What Clijsters needs to do to win:Her opponent hits the proverbial big ball, but Clijsters is all about great defense and her ability to abruptly transition to offense—especially with her big forehand. Kim needs to avoid long rallies, what

While the ATP Tour begins the clay-court season, NBA basketball tips off two months of playoff basketball. The biggest superstars in both sports will be on center stage even while red-hot Roger Federer rests until the French Open. Contrasts abound between tennis and basketball, but the following is a tribute

FLASHBACK: Tennis Channel Live discusses Zendaya's role in upcoming tennis film Challengers

Andy Murray has had a very back-and-forth 2017. An early exit from the Australian Open would put any player in a sour mental state, but the Brit pushed that away and came back to win Dubai. However, another shock exit from Indian Wells and now a withdrawal from the Miami

Croatian Borna Coric is one of the many “ATP Next Gen” youngsters projected to be in the Top 10 once the Fab Four finally retire. Except the 20-year-old Coric doesn’t want to wait another decade. He’s still trying to rebound from a knee surgery last fall, a Davis Cup final

Tennis fans have lots of ways of showing their support for their favorite players. They can wear their idol's gear, follow them around the world, and, if they're really wild, get a Rafael Nadal bull logo tattooed on their arm. But what if that's not enough?

A pair of Australian teens booked their spots in the main draw of the Australian Open for the second straight year as 17-year-old Destanee Aiava and 18-year-old Alex de Minaur won the Australian Open Wildcard Play-off.

Svetlana Kuznetsova shared a video of the before and after from her left wrist surgery in November. The Russian was dealing with two injuries to her wrist at the US Open, and played just two matches after (opening-round losses in Beijing and Wuhan). “I had two injuries in my wrist,

This year's "Sunshine Single," sadly absent an early-2021 Indian Wells installment, still featured some scorching shotmaking at the Miami Open. And with that, some fresh takes and fabulously repurposed looks from the most recent major event, February's Australian Open. First up, Frances Tiafoe blending into the court and perhaps appearing

"This video is dedicated to the ones that believe in the unbelievable, and it's also dedicated to One Direction," Stefanos Tsitsipas said in the preface to his latest vlog.