Babolat Pure Aero ($259) If you’re part of the “spin to win” crowd, there’s arguably no racquet better-suited to the task than the Pure Aero. Throw in a healthy power supply and it’s one of the game’s premiere options for baseline aggression. For this latest installment in the popular franchise,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Now that the pressure to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager is over, Coco Gauff feels liberated enough to discuss her next target: a career tally in double digits. Could be 10, 11 or more ... no limits. Plus, an Olympic medal in

When news broke last May that tennis-mad Ben Navarro, founder of Beemok Capital and the new owner of the Western & Southern Open, was entertaining a juicy proposal to move the longstanding tournament to Charlotte, N.C., many in the industry were chagrined. This was the potential demise of a storied

Whether collaborating with a fleet of a team or working solo, some ATP and WTA pros go from courting victory to clothes horsing. The pandemic-addled year 2020 led to a lot of at-home and low-key looks of leisure, but the stars still managed to shine when the time was right—and

With most players at the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam, we consider it a good sign if they’ve been cruising through their matches in straight sets. With Karolina Pliskova, the opposite may be true. When she’s on her game and coolly lasering aces and winners into the corners, few

As Rafael Nadal prepares to play what may be his final Roland Garros, we look back at the 10 matches that made him the undisputed King of Clay. MATCH 10: 2022 Roland Garros, quarterfinal: Nadal d. Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)

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NEW YORK—“What is it about these championships that brings out the best in your game?” Anastasija Sevastova was asked as she walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. It was a fair question. Last year at the US Open, the 27-year-old Latvian upset Garbiñe Muguruza on her way to her

The name of the surface at the WTA Finals in Singapore is DecoTurf-Portable. Caroline Wozniacki, it seems safe to say, would like to take it with her wherever she goes. We knew at the start of the week that Wozniacki enjoyed playing on this court, which grips the ball and

LONDON—Sport is absurd, isn’t it? Gloriously, wonderfully, ridiculously absurd—which is why millions of us play it, watch it, laugh at it and cry over it. But even by sport’s own special standards, one week in June 2018 will stand out in the memory. How could it not? England reached the

PARIS—Moments. Places. People. In tennis, this troika sparkles most brilliantly at the majors. But not always in the ways commonly expected. Just walk, smell, look, listen. This year’s French Open has now reached the quarterfinal stage. Soon enough, Court Philippe Chatrier and Court Suzanne Lenglen will be the site for

What do Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Michael Phelps, Roger Clemens, Martina Hingis, Floyd Mayweather, Brett Favre and Kim Clijsters have in common? Aside from being some of the most heralded athletes of all time, they have all come out of retirement at one point or another—some more than once. After

WATCH—Tennis Channel Live Day 7 - Martina Navratilova and the US Open:

No matter what your opinion is of Maria Sharapova, it’s hard to ignore that her comeback is a huge boost to the game—just one look at Wednesday’s sold-out crowd in Stuttgart confirmed that. After 15 months away, the Russian took out Roberta Vinci, 7-5, 6-3, on Wednesday night and then

Tennis fans following the WTA Finals this week were hoping to witness a fitting conclusion to a compelling season for the top eight players in the world. Four different women were victorious at the majors this season, and each of these eminent performers—Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty, Simona Halep and Bianca

For a few years there will be a lot of, like, ‘Wow, so this is what Roland Garros is going to be like in the post-Rafael Nadal era.’ Tennis Channel analyst Pam Shriver, trying to imagine what the French Open might look and feel like should 14-time champion Nadal no

Andy Roddick, along with frequent podcast guest Jon Wertheim, broke apart the Roland Garros draw—one match-up at a time—on this week’s Served with Andy Roddick. “I have not seen the draw yet,” Roddick said at the start. “Recent form, moment, match-up, those things will all factor in.” Assessing the women’s

Last year, for the 50th anniversary of TENNIS Magazine, we focused on the past. Given the tome of stories we’d told, and the trove of players and matches we’d witnessed over the past half-century, it was only natural to look back. And it was comical to even consider doing something

NEW YORK—How do press people know they’re in the middle of a major? It’s the OOPs. Everywhere I go right now, everywhere I look, every newspaper or book or dish I pick up or turn over, I find a sheet of paper with an old Order of Play printed on

The last 15 months of men’s tennis have been the best of times for many fans. In 2017, a 36-year-old Roger Federer and a 31-year-old Rafael Nadal finished No. 1 and 2 for the first time since 2010. To start 2018, Federer won his first 17 matches and his 20th

"He’s a great example of what he did today." This was Rafael Nadal’s very Rafa-like way of congratulating his opponent, Tim Smyczek, after their five-set match on Wednesday. Nadal wasn’t referring to the 112th-ranked American’s surprisingly strong game that night; he was talking about the now-famous, and even more surprising,