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There was a thought, maybe even a hope, from a minority that just wanted to see some variety, that the different sett…

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal has decided to skip the U.S. Open. Nadal broke the news via Twitter, where he outlined…

While tennis will always be regarded as an upper-echelon pursuit, full of soft applause and a pastoral attitude as…

The Laver Cup, which took place this past weekend in Geneva, is the most entertaining exhibition format tennis has…

Tennis watched on TV has nothing on tennis watched from the stands. Tennis watched from the stands, in turn, has…

Tennis is the only sport where the loser of a championship has to stand next to the winner and praise them. It’s a…

Daniil Medvedev’s run at the U.S. Open, the most absorbing of any men’s non-winner in recent memory, could have…

An article over at CNN today formally advances a claim dropped casually by commentators, coaches, fans, and any…

The match was glowing white-hot for hours, but in the fourth set, the Wimbledon semifinal between Roger Federer and…

Novak Djokovic awaits in the final. Either Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal will join him after today’s semifinal.…

The second round of Wimbledon offered Nick Kyrgios the opportunity to do what he loves best, which is to try to beat…

Last year, in the first major final of his life, Dominic Thiem just seemed happy to be there. Flattened by a Rafael…

“If you want to do or achieve something on the clay, inevitably, at some stage, you will go through Rafa,” Roger…

He’d won over Federer on fast hard court at a major, and he’d won over Djokovic on slow hard court at a masters.…

When a tennis shot is shanked, shallow, spinless, or otherwise borked, the culprit is often a too-tight arm. The…

First it was the upset stomach, then it was the wrapped knee, then it was the taped-up back. Ordinarily just one of…

Novak Djokovic heaped pre-match praise on his final Australian Open opponent, because it was a deeply familiar one.…

Love a good congratulatory fondle.

Rafael Nadal had booked his room in the final, with two whole days to ready himself for it. He drained the blood out…

Rafael Nadal gored YouTuber Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 today. Their Australian Open semifinal match took just…