Roger Federer launches fall and winter eyewear collection with Oliver Peoples
Sunday, September 29, 2024

The sun never sets on the Swiss Maestro, even if the summer's over, because Roger Federer recently launched his latest collection of sunglasses with Oliver Peoples for the fall and winter. The father of four announced the collaboration with the luxe boutique eyewear brand last year, and it debute... .. read more..

Lars Graff welcomes role reversal as go-to face for players with Beijing tour...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

There was a time when Lars Graff had to maintain his distance with players. Now, interacting with the top stars of his sport is a core responsibility of his day-to-day duties. For many years, the Swede was one of the most recognizable chair umpires in the game—who could forget when .. read more..

Why is Zhang Shuai feeling like Rafael Nadal at the China Open?
Sunday, September 29, 2024

You can't spell Rafael Nadal without Zhang Shuai. OK, well you can, but the Chinese veteran is feeling like the former world No. 1 while she's in the midst of a career revival at the China Open. After a third straight win, recorded Sunday over Greet Minnen, Zhang says she's .. read more..

Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula reach fourth round in rainy Beijing
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula booked their spots in the fourth round of the China Open for the first time with a pair of contrasting wins on Sunday at the WTA 1000 event. No. 2 seed Pegula defeated Veronika Kudermetova for the first time in three career meetings, 6-7(9), 6-1, .. read more..

Quick Tip: Don’t let nerves and frustration get the better of you in a tight ...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Billie Jean King famously said that pressure is a privilege. Players should embrace the stress of a big match or moment, and rise to the occasion. However, for many players that’s easier said than done. The anxiety that comes with closing out a tight match, or relinquishing a comfortable lead .. read more..

Simona Halep to return to action at WTA 125 event in Hong Kong
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Former world No. 1 Simona Halep is set to return to action at the WTA 125-level tournament in Hong Kong, which begins Monday. The two-time Grand Slam champion has accepted a wild card to compete in her first event in four months, and just her third since she was cleared .. read more..

State of the Season: How will Jannik Sinner fare in the final months of 2024?
Sunday, September 29, 2024

What’s at Stake A tennis player’s transition from hunter to hunted constitutes a major step in his or her status. For Jannik Sinner, that moment is about to accelerate in a major way. For it was in the fall of 2023 that Sinner laid the groundwork for the excellence that .. read more..

Carlos Alcaraz storms to 200th win of career with quick victory over Griekspo...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Carlos Alcaraz hit a major career milestone in Beijing on Sunday night, recording the 200th tour-level win of his career with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Tallon Griekspoor at the ATP 500 event. The 21-year-old is the first man born in 2003 or later—or even 2002 or later—to hit that .. read more..

Jannik Sinner responds to WADA appealing his doping case: "I have nothing to ...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Jannik Sinner asserts he has “nothing to hide” after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed it is appealing the finding that the Italian held “no fault or negligence” for twice testing positive for an anabolic steroid in March. The defending China Open champion was on court Saturday when n... .. read more..

Tip of the Day: How high do you need to toss the ball for your serve? 
Sunday, September 29, 2024

The serve is arguably the most important shot in tennis, and the toss is without question the most important part of it. Now, before you fault yourself for a failing serve, ask yourself: when in day-to-day living do you throw something up in the air with one arm, and hit .. read more..

How Mexican-American tennis coach Angel Lopez found his place in the game
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, before the Civil Rights Movement took hold in the United States, Mexican-American Angel Lopez confesses that he felt like an outsider in more ways than one when he first picked up a tennis racquet as a high schooler in San Diego. But now, .. read more..

Is tennis the world’s healthiest sport?
Saturday, September 28, 2024

There are many worthwhile reasons to play tennis. Some do it for the adrenaline rush of competition. Others for the sense of accomplishment that comes with improving a skill. But for the majority of players it’s the most basic of reasons: it’s healthy. Tennis is “The World’s Healthiest Sport.” If .. read more..

A century-old teaching-pro group thinks a bigger tent—pickleball, padel, squa...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

In the future, will we stop saying, I play tennis, and start saying, I play racquet sports? I asked that question a little more than a year ago, in a story about the mammoth new racquet-sport facilities that have been sprouting up around the U.S., and which now routinely come .. read more..

State of the Season: How will Carlos Alcaraz fare in the final months of 2024?
Saturday, September 28, 2024

What’s at Stake Proving that even the best of champions is human, an angry Carlos Alcaraz broke a racquet this summer while in the middle of a loss to Gael Monfils at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati. Though he swiftly apologized for the outburst, it had become clear .. read more..

WADA appeals decision in Jannik Sinner doping case, seeks 1-2 year ban from CAS
Saturday, September 28, 2024

As Jannik Sinner took the court Saturday for his second-round match with Roman Safiullin at the China Open in Beijing, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed it has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the Italian’s anti-doping case. Sinner had twice tested positiv... .. read more..

Tomas Machac snatches win from Tommy Paul with late Tokyo push; gets Alex Mic...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

On Saturday, Tomas Machac found himself playing from behind against Tommy Paul for much of their Tokyo contest until the two reached a decisive tiebreaker. Rising to the occasion, the Czech secured a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory to book his place in the quarterfinals. Paul became the sixth seeded .. read more..

Wimbledon's plans for expansion approved by London authorities despite reside...
Friday, September 27, 2024

LONDON (AP) — A proposal by Wimbledon organizers to expand the site of the Grand Slam tournament with 39 new tennis courts has been given the green light by local authorities. The All England Club's plans — which include a new 8,000-seat show court with a retractable roof — were .. read more..

Caroline Garcia ends 2024 season with heartfelt message posted to social media
Friday, September 27, 2024

Caroline Garcia has spent 2024 speaking with remarkable candor on her Tennis Insider Club podcast, and the former world No. 4 was equally frank in a lengthy message posted to social media Friday, addressing her decision to sit out the remainder of the season. “Mentally, I need a reset,” she .. read more..

In first outing with new coach, Coco Gauff wins opening match in Beijing
Friday, September 27, 2024

Coco Gauff's first match with new coach Matt Daly by her side was a winning one: a 7-5, 6-3 victory over France's Clara Burel in the second round of the China Open. Gauff saved a set point in the opening set against world No. 56 Burel, who pushed the American .. read more..

State of the Season: How will Novak Djokovic fare in the final months of 2024?
Friday, September 27, 2024

What’s at Stake At this stage of Novak Djokovic’s career, nothing is really at stake for him. He hasn’t merely matched tennis’ great achievements, he has created records that never existed—for example, winning singles titles at each major at least three times. It wasn’t that long ago that we marv... .. read more..

Love Island’s Ekin-Su addresses Grigor Dimitrov dating rumors on Watch What H...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Oh lord, not Ekin-Su! The Love Island and Traitors reality star addressed rumors that she and world No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov were a…mixed doubles team(?) on Watch What Happens Live Thursday night. .. read more..

Alcaraz, Medvedev advance in Beijing, while Draper and  defending champion Sh...
Friday, September 27, 2024

No. 3-ranked Carlos Alcaraz withstood a heavy barrage from big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to win 6-4, 6-4 in the China Open first round on Friday. Second-seeded Alcaraz took both of his break point opportunities, despite the No. 51-ranked Frenchman regularly sending down 140 mph (225 kph)... .. read more..

Zhang Shuai goes from 24-match losing streak to beating a Top 10 player in ju...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Coming into the China Open, China's Zhang Shuai was in an historic slump—she had lost her last 24 matches in a row, a streak that dated back to January of last year, and a run that sank her ranking from No. 23 when it began to No. 595 going into .. read more..

Andy Roddick to star in Ben Stiller's upcoming pickleball comedy "The Dink"
Friday, September 27, 2024

Get your paddles ready, pickleball is going Hollywood. It was seemingly only a matter of time before the surging sport got the film treatment—and the upcoming project is getting a boost from former tennis world No. 1 Andy Roddick. The 2003 Open champion is set to make his big screen .. read more..

Jannik Sinner survives scare in Beijing, Taylor Fritz loses opener at Japan Open
Thursday, September 26, 2024

BEIJING (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner overcame a scare from Nicolas Jarry to begin his defense of the China Open title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 first-round victory on Thursday. The Italian extended his win streak to 12 after titles at Cincinnati and the US Open, his second Grand Slam .. read more..

Andy Roddick: “As Davis Cup has really blown itself up, Laver Cup has entered”
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Laver Cup, the three-day tennis extravaganza—this year in Berlin—crowned Team Europe champion for the fifth time in its seven-year history. Andy Roddick and returning Served co-host Jon Wertheim had nothing but praise for the event's latest edition. “I think a lot of the credit to Roger \[Federer... .. read more..

Coco Gauff adds Matt Daly to coaching team, aims to work on serve ahead of Ch...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Coco Gauff confirmed the latest switch to her coaching team ahead of the China Open, telling WTA Insider Matt Daly will join Jean-Christophe “JC” Faurel following her decision to part ways with Brad Gilbert. “I think it was just time to do a reset, a refresh, and add some things .. read more..

State of the Season: How will Iga Swiatek fare in the final months of 2024?
Thursday, September 26, 2024

What’s at Stake Since attaining the world number one ranking in April 2022, Iga Swiatek has held that spot for all but eight weeks. But by the end of 2023, Swiatek had regained her place at the top from Aryna Sabalenka. Though Swiatek has remained No. 1 ever since, the .. read more..

Tommy Haas: What makes team competitions so special
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Indian Wells tournament director Tommy Haas is a man who knows a lot about playing in team competitions. A 22-year ATP Tour career included stints competing for both the German Davis Cup team and the German tennis Bundesliga club Gruen Weiss Mannheim. Although he now lives in Los Angeles, he .. read more..

Brandon Nakashima sinks Frances Tiafoe in Tokyo before Ben Shelton denies Rei...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

While defending Tokyo champion Ben Shelton managed to turn things around against a fellow American Thursday, Frances Tiafoe was unable to do the same. An in-form Brandon Nakashima confidently defeated the seventh seed, 7-5, 6-3. Though Tiafoe secured the first break midway through the opening set... .. read more..