The prolonged closing chapter of greats, particularly in an arena as inconsistent and undependable as professional sport, is a true tribulation of the mind. It’s like the blowing of a long-standing ...

The sun beats down on the blood-orange court at Philippe-Chatrie, as 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal steps up to the line for a serve. He sweeps the baseline before clearing the clay off the ...

Zverev ace? No, the umpire inspects it and it's wide. And Nadal pounces on the second serve, getting on the front foot to make it 0-15. But a big serve draws a long return, 15-all. More spice ...

The most talked about tennis match in decades is over, Rafael Nadal remains the French Open champion, and the lasting memory may well be Roger Federer repeatedly swatting his backhand out of bounds.

Every sport has its own little quirks and oddities (I’m still not clear on why a football field is technically called a “gridiron”), but tennis might rank among the strangest. From the illogical ...

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. - It has become routine, if not expected, for the superstars of tennis to debut new outfits for the U.S. Open, which is played out on the sport's biggest stage, in the world's ...

In an effort to accelerate pace of play, the U.S. Open introduced a shot clock — the first of its kind at a Grand Slam tennis event — and two former champions are on opposite sides of the net on the ...

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Open will get its dream men's final on Sunday after Rafa Nadal's routine cuffing of Grigor Dimitrov set up an enticing match with Novak Djokovic that could be a barometer ...