This article is the cover story for the May/June 2026 edition of New York Tennis Magazine. Click Here to read the full digital edition At the early part of the 2026 tennis season, Aryna Sabalenka suffered one of the more difficult defeats of her remarkable career. In the championship match of the Australian Open,…
There will be a new men’s singles French Open champion as two-time defending winner Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this year’s event as he nurses a wrist injury. Alcaraz, a seven-time major champion, took to social media on Friday to announce he will not play the Rome Masters and the French Open, ending his clay-court…
Ben Shelton won the fifth ATP Tour title of his career on Sunday, defeating Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 7-5 to win the BMW Open in Munich, Germany. Shelton reached the final a year ago but lost to Alexander Zverev in the championship. This time around, he delivered his second career title on clay, and the…
The latest installment in the Carlos Alcaraz-Jannik Sinner rivalry took place on the clay courts in Monte Carlo as the two battled in the finals of the Monte Carlo Masters. It was Sinner who came out on top this time, winning 7-6(5), 6-3 to capture the ATP Masters 1000 title, his first on clay. “We…
American Jessica Pegula defended her Credit Open Charleston Open title on Sunday, defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-2, 6-2 to become the event’s first repeat champion since Serena Williams in 2013. “Thank you to the fans who’ve supported me throughout this whole week,” said Pegula. “There were many three-set matches. It’s been such a long week for…
Aryna Sabalenka became the fifth woman ever and the first since 2022 to complete the “Sunshine Double” as she defeated Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to win the Miami Open on Saturday, a week after capturing the Indian Wells title. The title is the 24th at the WTA Tour level for Sabalenka who continues to…
Jannik Sinner completed the “Sunshine Double” on Sunday as he defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to win the Miami Open title, becoming the first male player since Roger Federer in 2017 to win both Indian Wells and Miami in the same season. “It means a lot to me. [Winning] the Sunshine Double for the first…
Sinner beats Medvedev in straight sets to win for the first time in Indian Wells Jannik Sinner edged Daniil Medvedev 7-6(4), 7-6(4) to win the BNP Paribas Open title on Sunday, capturing his first championship in Indian Wells to become just the third man ever to win all six Masters 1000 hard-court trophies. “It was…
Thirty-eight Americans—20 men and 18 women—are set to compete in the Australian Open singles main draw, the most since 39 in 1997 (23 women, 16 men). Four American men got into the main draw through Qualifying—the most since five did in 2017—and the 20 U.S. men competing in the AO main draw is the most…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Bob Bryan today announced that rising stars Ethan Quinn and Emilio Nava and accomplished veterans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram have been named to compete for the U.S. in its Davis Cup Qualifying First Round tie vs. Hungary to be played February 7-8 on an indoor clay court…