For the first three months of the year she was showing flashes of her former brilliance, and as soon as the tour moved to clay they were flashes no more—the legend was back. Serena Williams put together one of the greatest seven months in the history of women’s tennis from April to October this year,…
Italy had a lot to cheer for on the WTA this year, not only in singles, but in doubles too—and now they have two WTA Player Awards to celebrate as well, with Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci taking Doubles Team of the Year and Errani receiving the Most Improved Player of the Year Award. Errani’s…
Celebration! After his U.S. Open triumph, Andy Murray and 30 of his guests went to the trendy New York restaurant, Hakkasan, and racked up a sizeable bill of $6,448. The drinks alone contributed $1,408 to the total bill, and out of all those fancy drinks, including "Green Destinies" and "Zesty Martinis," the only thing Andy…
The USTA has announced that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Rochester, Minn.), former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.) are among the players competing in the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at…
Since winning the Wimbledon junior title as a 14-year-old in 2008, Laura Robson had been touted as one of the next big things in the pros—and in the second half of 2012, she came through on that promise in a big way with a string of big results, most notably a run to the second…
After a breakthrough 2010 season that saw her go as high as 29th in singles and win two Grand Slam titles in doubles, she underwent knee surgery at the start of 2011 and struggled to find her winning form again, falling as low as 259th, but Yaroslava Shvedova caught fire again in 2012, making deep…
Argentina’s Gisela Dulko, a giant-killer on the singles court and a giant on the doubles court—she made it all the way to number one in the world in the team discipline—has announced her retirement from professional tennis, wrapping up a South American legacy and embarking on new and exciting challenges in her personal life. Here she…
Rafael Nadal has returned to the practice court in his hometown of Manacor, Spain, a big step in his recovery from a knee injury that has kept him from playing since Wimbledon in late June. Nadal’s first U.S. appearance since the injury will come on Monday, March 4, 2013 when he plays Juan Martin del…
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the 2012 Davis Cup title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the finals. Each spent about 10 grueling hours on court, playing the opening singles, teaming up for the doubles and then completing the reverse singles. After the win, Stepanek…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of defending champion Spain and the Czech Republic’s Davis Cup championship competition in Prague this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday. The countries find themselves in a rematch of the 2009 final. Spain, however, will be without former world number one Rafael Nadal, who…