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Why Djokovic’s French Open Loss Is A Win for Men’s Tennis
Rafael Nadal's five-set semifinal victory over Novak Djokovic earned him a shot at his eighth French Open title. It also proved he can be beaten at Roland Garros...
Redfoo from LMFAO Is Totally Serious about His Tennis Career
Sorry for volley rocking.
The Return of Rafa: What Nadal’s Recovery Means for Men’s Tennis
After missing six months due to injury, Rafael Nadal has won three consecutive tournaments. How will his reemergence affect the landscape of the ATP Tour?
In Tennis, Are Injury Timeouts Just Cheating?
Victoria Azarenka has been accused of using an injury timeout to gain an unfair advantage in her semifinal victory over Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open...
Maria Sharapova, Surprisingly, Is Against Grunting in Tennis
It’s a bit like Ted Nugent coming out in favor of gun control. With the Women’s Tennis Association deliberating the idea of limits on how loud players can grunt...
Andy Roddick Retires: How He Helped American Tennis
When evaluating an athlete’s career, it’s convenient to predict what would have unfolded if he or she had come up from a different era. Over the last decade, no...
Tennis Champ Maria Sharapova Launches Candy Shop SugarPova
Winning four Grand Slam tennis titles isn’t enough for some people. Today, tennis champ Maria Sharapova is trading in her whites for a chef’s apron, making 12...
Are These Photos of Olympics Table Tennis or Telekinesis? You Decide.
Olympic table tennis takes massive amounts of agility, speed and, apparently, spellbinding powers.
Game, Check and Match: The Business of Women’s Tennis
For fans of women’s tennis, Wimbledon isn’t just a chance to see great athleticism. It’s an opportunity to watch the world’s richest sportswomen trying to...
Elephant to Get Tennis Ball-Sized Contact Lenses
We aren’t sure how exactly you diagnose eye problems in an elephant — how big an eye chart do you need? — but C’sar, a 38-year-old elephant at the North Carolina...
Top 15 Tennis Player Outbursts
These players like to make a racket.
Why Doesn’t Serena Williams Love Tennis?
Jeez, what’s so bad about tennis? At a tournament in Australia on Monday, Serena Williams didn’t exactly provide a ringing endorsement for the sport that has won...
China Loves French Open Champ Li Na. Her Feelings For Home Are More Complicated.
A few years ago, I went to southern China to meet the then unheralded but soon to be celebrated members of China's women's tennis program. The girls—they really...
Can McEnroe Get U.S. Tennis Back in the Game?
As the U.S. Open gets under way Monday in New York City, the state of U.S. tennis couldn't be much worse. Earlier this month, for the first time since...
Babolat Tennis Rackets: String Theory
Three names sell tennis rackets: Rafa, Roger and Roddick. Walk around the U.S. Open this year and you'll notice the topspin-wielding heartthrob and world No. 1...
Andy Murray: The Comedown Kid
In his first match on the ATP Challenger Tour — tennis' second-tier professional circuit — in 2003, Scottish tennis player Andy Murray, then 16 years old, played...
Quiet, Please: Will Tennis Pros Give Up the Grunt?
Moan-ica Seles. Maria Shriek-apova. For years, the grunts and shrieks of top female tennis players at Wimbledon have provided fodder for Britain's pun-loving...
Tennis Writer L. Jon Wertheim
In his new book, Strokes of Genius, L. Jon Wertheim reconstructs the 2008 Wimbledon final between Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal. That...
