Coming into their final in Miami on Saturday, Ash Barty and Karolina Pliskova had been the WTA’s not-quite-yet duo of 2019. The Australian and the Czech had made steady progress since the previous summer. They had begun to use their very different talents more effectively than they had in the

MADRID (AP) — After spending more than three hours on the court and earning a hard-fought victory, Rafael Nadal was feeling optimistic again. Nadal’s body withstood its toughest test yet at this Madrid Open in a 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over 91st-ranked Pedro Cachin on Monday. He didn’t show

In a section of the draw that included Miami Open semifinalist Ekaterina Alexandrova and Dubai runner-up Anna Kalinskaya, No.4 seed Elena Rybakina's fourth-round opponent at the Mutua Madrid Open will instead be 18-year-old qualifier Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic. The young left-hander, making her WTA 1000 main-draw debut this

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—It's been one year since Christina Flach unexpectedly lost her husband Ken to sepsis, a life-threatening condition that progressed from pneumonia. The four-time Grand Slam doubles champion was only 54. "It's like everything that could go wrong did go wrong," Christina Flach told TENNIS.com. "Maybe because I'm so

When Open tennis arrived in 1968, no major pursued change with more vigor than America’s Grand Slam, the US Open. In 1970, tournament director Bill Talbert launched the tiebreaker, a step taken to both add more drama and streamline the length of matches. In the face of player complaints, Talbert

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Karolina Pliskova won all but five points in the first six games to set up a 6-0, 6-3 rout of Alize Cornet in the Brisbane International final on Saturday, setting an ominous tone for the first Grand Slam. The U.S. Open finalist will move to a

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal's winning streak ended at 17 matches as he lost in straight sets to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open on Friday. Venus Williams is also out of the tournament after the American was defeated 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 by third seed Garbine Muguruza

If you like your tennis players to get straight to the point, you’re probably going to like Veronika Kudermetova. After the 23-year-old Russian won her first title on Sunday, with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Danka Kovinic in the Volvo Car Open final, Tennis Channel’s Steve Weissman asked her what

From the slick grass of Wimbledon and the Australian Open to the hard courts of the US Open, Martina Navratilova dominated the 1983 season, posting an 86-1 record, with her only hiccup coming at the French Open, where she fell in the fourth round. The Czech-born American made up for

Well that’s that. Eleven months after it started, the 2016 tennis season is officially in the books. So now that it’s over, it’s time to reflect. We’ve taken stock of the season and, after much debate, have come up with the 10 most significant moments of the year. Any problems

LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal kept getting pushed to the brink of defeat. He kept resisting. He dropped the first two sets, then won the next two. He erased two match points in the riveting fifth set's 10th game, then another two in its 20th game. Only when his fourth-round

HIGHLIGHTS: Caroline Wozniacki d. Petra Kvitova, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — For Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it was a happy anniversary. For Stan Wawrinka, it was not a happy birthday. Federer and Nadal — playing back-to-back on stadium court on the 13th anniversary of their very first match — both advanced Tuesday to the quarterfinals

HIGHLIGHTS—Karolina Pliskova vs. Victoria Azarenka, Wimbledon

Court Report: Australian Open to introduce 10-point tiebreaker in deciding set

We’re now two weeks into a stretch of post-Slam action, and Doubles Take is here for it with a look at the latest in team play. THIS WEEK First, some major news: Robert Farah—the No. 1 ranked men’s player in the world—has been ruled eligible to return to competition following

She was outside the Top 300 as recently as 2017, but resurgent Swiss Belinda Bencic continued her climb up the Top 10 of the WTA Rankings this week, setting a new career-high ranking of No. 4.

I think we can all agree that owning a private tennis court is never a bad thing. With many courts around the country still under lock and key, there has never been a better time to have one in your own backyard. Especially when dozens of tennis professionals in the

Moving closer to holding the first Grand Slam tournament of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Tennis Association is awaiting the go-ahead from the New York state government to play the U.S. Open in New York starting in August — without fans and with strict health protocols. “We’re ready to move

Action heated up at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, as players jogged for positions in the standings ahead of next week's knockout portion of the competition. Stefanos Tsitsipas began the day on top of the leaderboard, and stayed there, after rallying from two quarters down for a second occasion—this time against