Paul-Henri Mathieu is enjoying his career best ranking of 23, so it was clear that Rafael Nadal was in for a real test when he faced the Frenchman in the third round of the Rogers Masters in Montreal. That the recent Gstaad winner would have the match for the taking early in the second set […]

The US Open Series is entering its fourth week, but for many tennis fans, they haven’t truly started up until this point. Is there anything organisers could have done to prevent this mindset? Not really, because the casual tennis fan only cares about events Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are playing in, and they only […]

POWER CONTEST: Does anyone besides me enjoy watching women’s pro matches where players know how to slice, volley, dropshot, change the pace up on opponents and construct a point, rather than just whaling away from the baseline hoping to hit the first winner?

In case you missed it this weekend, 22-year-old John Isner came out of nowhere to reach the finals of Washington yesterday in just his second career ATP event.

In a particularly starless field, one star stands out this week at the Blackrock Tour of Champions ATP senior tour stop in Algarve, Portugal — Bjorn Borg. The ATP says, “The former World No. 1, who won six French Open and five Wimbledon titles, will join a wealth of Grand Slam winners such as John […]

Andy Roddick reached No. 1 on the ATP Rankings, but can no longer reach toward the week-in, week-out bar of excellence set by front-runners Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (who can?). James Blake has established himself as a Top 10 player, but is likewise no threat to No. 1. ADHEREL In a country used to […]

While tennis is under the gun with the Davydenko betting investigation, I think I’d be remiss not to mention that on the brighter side what a great US Open Series line-up today in Washington and San Diego.

With many of the top sports mired in negative controversy the last few weeks tennis was out in the clear, looking good and sitting pretty basking in the summer sunshine.