It’s been 10 years since Roger Federer’s last US Open in 2008. And it the longest of the four Slams he’s gone without winning, so no wonder that the event he once won five straight years has become a priority for the now 37-year-old.

“It would mean the world to me,” Federer told the media today in a special Louis Armstrong press event. “It’s even a bigger priority this year, the …

The US Open begins with a bang on Monday with a monster 64-match schedule. Among the names are world No. 1s Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep plus many more champions including US Open winners Serena and Venus Williams, Juan Martin del Potro, Andy Murray, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sloane Stephens and Victoria Azarenka.

With Louis Armstrong debuting a roof, the Ashe schedule has been reduced from three matches during the day to two, …

The big question mark in the US Open draw was in which quarter would No. 6 seed Novak Djokovic fall? And look what happened. He didn’t get Alexander Zverev, not Rafael Nadal and he didn’t end up in Juan Martin Del Potro’s quarter. Instead, he winds up with Roger Federer! Ahhhhhhhhh….

So that’s not good for the tournament, not good for their fans and not good for either player. But the …

Hoping to change his fortune in Grand Slams, Alexander Zverev has added tennis great Ivan Lendl to his coaching team, the German star confirmed today.

A winner of eight Slams and 94 total titles, Lendl helped Andy Murray to his first to Slam wins at the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon, and got him to No. 1 in the rankings. They split after a second stint at the end …

The seedings for the upcoming US Open were released today by the tournament. True to form, the men’s seeds went along with the last ATP Rankings, put defending champion Rafael Nadal at No. 1, 5-time winner Roger Federer at 2, 2009 titlist Juan Martin del Potro at 3 and world No. 4 Alexander Zverev at 4.

Recent Wimbledon and Cincinnati winner Novak Djokovic stayed at No. 6 meaning he could be …

Novak Djokovic was on top of the world Sunday winning a first Cincinnati title beating Roger Federer 64 64 in a final he had lost on five prior occasions, three to the Swiss.

The made Djokovic the very first player in history to have won all nine Masters events, something Federer nor Rafael Nadal have even come close to doing (both are two titles behind). And it may be a record …

Popular Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has officially pulled out of the US Open with a left knee injury, the tournament confirmed this afternoon.

Tsonga is a 3-time US Open quarterfinalist. It’s the only Slam he hasn’t reached the semifinals at. He fell in the second round last year to Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.

Tsonga hasn’t played since Montpellier on February 10. He underwent surgery on the knee on April 3.

Tsonga recently got …

Roger Federer agrees with the oddsmakers that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic should be ahead of him in the favorites list to win the US Open, he said yesterday after losing to the Serb in the Cincinnati final.

“I’m not the favorite; they are. Rafa and Novak, in my opinion.”

That’s going to be just something I’m going to be working on. I just gotta come up with a lot of energy, …

Heading into Rome, Novak Djokovic was reeling with just six wins in 12 matches, but the Serb has since turned things around in big way, taking 27 of his last 31 matches including titles and Wimbledon and yesterday at Cincinnati, which gave him the full set of Masters trophies.

The results have risen his ranking. He was down to No. 22 in June, but is up to No. 6 as today …

Kiki Bertens won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, fighting off a match point and upsetting world No. 1 Simona Halep 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 in the final of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

Bertens derailed history as Halep was trying to become the first player to win the Canadian Open and Cincinnati back to back.

“I think I didn’t have really a good time to get nervous, because …

Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon title was no flash in the pan.

The Serb showed he is back full-bore on Sunday, routing Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

The win was also a huge milestone for Djokovic who has now won every Masters-level tournament on the ATP calendar. It was five years ago that the Serb had won eight of the nine Masters, but he …

Novak Djokovic finally got through a Cincinnati final and he did so convincingly today downing his nemesis and 7-time tournament champion Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in a surprisingly one-sided final.

“Obviously it’s a very special moment to stand here for the first time with the winning trophy here in Cincinnati,” Djokovic said on court. “The hard times I went through, it’s been a rollercoaster ride in my career with injury, taking …

The dream final is set, and no, it’s not Marin Cilic against David Goffin. It’s better. A lot better! It’s the resumption of the Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic rivalry which the Serb leads by the slightest of margins, 23-22.

After a horrendous start the season, Djokovic has seen a resurgence this summer winning Wimbledon and then this week coming through four straight 3-set matches including today’s 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory …

Several of the top men were forced to double-up on Friday after the heavy rains a day earlier. Seven-time champion Roger Federer won both his matches, cruising past Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 7-6(6) in just over an hour, then returning in the evening to take on Stan Wawrinka.

Wawrinka, who earlier finished off Marton Fucsovics, held off break points late in the first then snared the tiebreaker for a one set let. …

Top-seeded Simona Halep, the ironwoman of the WTA tour over the last couple weeks, won two matches on Friday to move into the semifinals at the Western & Southern Open.

The Romanian beat No. 15 Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 6-4 earlier in the day, then in the evening beat the Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-1.

“It was a tough day,” said Halep, who trailed Tsurenka 1-4, 0-40 before winning the next five games. …