Earlier this month on November 7, the WTA released its official year-end rankings. Angelique Kerber was the star on the season climbing from No. 10 all the way to No. 1 during her incredible year, eclipsing Serena Williams.

Several women made big moves in 2016. Dominika Cibulkova overcame injury to leap from No. 38 to a career-best No. 5. Wimbledon semifinalist Elena Vesnina vaulted 111 spots to No. 16. Brit star …

The ATP released its official year-end ATP Rankings Monday with Andy Murray confirmed as the year-end No. 1 for a first time.

The final rankings also made history as for the first time the Top 10 was represented by 10 different countries.

Among the movers were David Ferrer and Roger Federer who were among the four players to fall out of the Top 10 (Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the others).

Federer missed half …

Juan Martin del Potro capped an incredible comeback season Sunday by leading Argentina to its first Davis Cup win in beating Croatia 3-2 in Zagreb.

Del Potro won both singles rubbers defeating Ivo Karlovic on Friday and then overcoming a 2-0 set deficit to deny Marin Cilic 6-7(4), 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 in four hours, 53 minutes.

During the win over Cilic, del Potro actually broke a finger early in the final …

After a blockbuster second season last year which included just about all the biggest names in tennis, the third season of the International Premier Tennis League includes only two major names, Roger Federer and Serena Williams.

And the league shrinks from five teams to four as the Philippeans team in Manila is no longer part of the series. The league will also play in just three cities, down from five last …

Argentina completed a thrilling comeback on the final day of the Davis Cup final on Sunday in Croatia, coming back from 1-2 down and winning both final singles matches to claim a first-ever Davis Cup championship.

Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro both won their singles on Day 1 to even the tie at 1-1. On Saturday Cilic and Ivan Dodig defeated Del Potro and Leo Mayer 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 6-3 …

Juan Martin del Potro will try to lead Argentina to history this weekend and become the 15th different country to win the Davis Cup title when his team travels to Zagreb to take on the home standing Croatians on the hard courts.

Argentina has tried and failed four previous times to win the Davis Cup final, losing in recently in 2011 against Spain in Buenos Aires.

Argentina will have the services of …

Andy Murray joined a small, select group of players to have finished No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973). With Murray, the list is now at 17.

“I would like to try and stay there, obviously,” Murray said of No. 1 Sunday. “It’s taken a huge effort the last five, six months to get there. I would obviously like to stay there. I’m aware that’s going …

Andy Murray capped his 2016 season on top by winning all five matches at the ATP Finals including the title match Sunday against rival Novak Djokovic. It was Murray’s first ATP Finals title and first No. 1 finish. And it wrapped up an incredible season.

Here’s a list of Murray’s 2016 achievements:
* First No. 1 (26th different player)
* First No. 1 finish (17th different player)
* Second Wimbledon title
* Second Gold medal …

First it was the Roger Federer Era, then the Rafael Nadal Era followed by the Novak Djokovic Era. So is this the start of the Andy Murray Era? After winning the ATP Finals and finishing No. 1 with an emphatic win over Novak Djokovic, even Murray isn’t so sure, but he’d like it to be.

“I never thought about that,” Murray said Sunday. “I’d obviously want to try and achieve as …

What weekend for Andy Murray. On Saturday he won the longest 3-set match of the season beating Milos Raonic 57, 76(5), 76(9) in a 3 hours, 38 minutes.

Murray had little time to recover with the final the next day. And with many writing him off against the fit and rested Novak Djokovic, Murray surprised those critics winning rather easily and not showing any signs of fatigue from the …

It wasn’t a good Sunday for Novak Djokovic. The 4-time defending championship suffered his first loss in the last match of the ATP Finals in his career and it was also his first loss to rival Andy Murray indoors.

No. 1 was also lost and so too was any hope of ending on a high note after what had been a sub-par patch since completing the career Grand Slam at the …

Diving deeper into what happened yesterday, yes, Novak Djokovic didn’t play great. Yes, he made a lot of errors while Andy Murray took it to the Serb, cracking his serve and his forehand and getting enough balls back to frustrate the former No. 1. And it worked, it worked very well. Credit to Andy, he deserved the win and everything that came with it.

Djokovic did begin the match in …

Many of the top players in tennis offered their congrats via twitter to Andy Murray’s effort yesterday beating Novak Djokovic 63, 64 to win his first ATP Finals title and secure the year-end No. 1 ranking.

Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych and Victoria Azarenka were among those posting tweets.

Epic start to the year by @DjokerNole.
Epic end to the

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Some quick thoughts on what we just saw as Andy Murray hung on to beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to win his first ATP Finals title and wrap-up the year-end No. 1 ranking.

First, congrats to Murray. He deserves the win and the ranking that came with it, finishing with the most match wins (78) and most overall titles (9). He put together a full season, from start to finish. Djokovic, …

2016 won’t be remembered as the greatest season ever in pro tennis, far from it. But it will have what could be the greatest conclusion to any season. That’s because the final match between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic at the London ATP Finals will ultimately determine who ends the year on top, and that’s never, ever happened before.

But will it live up to the billing? On to my pick.

Andy …