Forget Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Roger Federer has a new rival: a T-Rex! In a new spot for Sunrise, the legend gets chased by the prehistoric beast, but in the end he luckily escapes with his life!

Federer is still training in a bid to return next month in Monte Carlo.

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In a new interview with Newsweek, Novak Djokovic’s father, Srdjan, took a shot at Roger Federer questioning why the Swiss continues to play on the tour.

Talking about the Novak and Federer’s 2006 Davis Cup, Srdan said this:

“He showed himself to be the best player in the world but not as a good person at that time,” Srdjan says of Federer. “Nobody has ever treated Novak like this. I …

Like after tennis for Rafael Nadal will include golf, but could he someday become a pro?

Nadal opens up play at Indian Wells against big-serving lefty Gilles Muller. In their last meeting, also the only time they met on hard courts, the Spaniard won 76 61 62 in the 4R of the US Open in 2011. Muller posted his first career Top 10 win in a …

Czech Denisa Allertova and American Christina McHale were the major upset-makers on Saturday at Indian Wells, sending Top 10-seeded opponents packing.

Allertova upended No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber 7-5, 7-5, while McHale stunned No. 4 Garbine Muguruza Blanco 7-5, 6-1.

“I just tried to play and just focus on every point,” said the No. 64-ranked Allertova. “I tried moving and playing into the court…I tried to play my best and I’m so …

The top seeds advanced, but six lower seeds were sent packing on Saturday at Indian Wells.

Top 10 seeds advancing into the third round were No. 2 Andy Murray defeating Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-4, 7-6(3); No. 3 Stan Wawrinka sweeping past the Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko 6-3, 6-2; No. 6 Tomas Berdych putting down Juan Martin Del Potro’s comeback 7-6(4), 6-2; No. 8 Richard Gasquet taming countryman Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-1; and …

With Maria Sharapova’s doping revelation stealing headlines in the tennis world this week, many of the top players in the game gave their thoughts on the news, both positive and negative.

Novak Djokovic: “First as a friend, somebody that knows her for a long time, of course I do feel sorry about what’s happening with her. I know that, you know, she has always been very responsible and aware towards herself, …

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic met the press at Indian Wells ahead of his bid to win a third straight event in the desert. And, no surprise, it’s a tournament he really likes.

“Conditions are I think pretty suitable to my style of the game,” Djokovic said. “I like to have a little bit more time to construct the point. The game is based on the baseline. The speed of the …

American qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo lined up the biggest match of his career on Friday at Indian Wells, beating Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-4 to set up a second-round meeting with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Fratangelo is a former French Open juniors champion.

“I feel amazing,” he said. “It’s a great feeling to get my first ATP win, and to do it in a 1,000 event, to play Djokovic, it’s a pretty …

World No. 1 Serena Williams kept the top ranking clean Friday night as nine seeded players were ousted on the day at Indian Wells, including her sister Venus.

Serena in the final women’s match of the night defeated Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-2, 6-1, avoiding a night of upsets.

“I think my intensity was the key,” Serena said on court after the match. “I knew if I didn’t come out 100 percent it …

After a week of endless stories from the press over her doping announcing, Maria Sharapova has released a statement wanting to set the record straight specifically on the number of times she had been warned about meldonium being added to the banned list.

Her statement which she posted on Facebook this afternoon is below:

I want to reach out to you to share some information, discuss the latest news, and let you …

Andy Murray makes his tournament debut as a father this weekend at Indian Wells. After taking a month off to welcome new baby girl Sophia, Murray made a successful return last week in leading Great Britain to the quarterfinals.

The Scot’s baby, though, was the hot topic when he met the media.

“She’s coming to Miami so that will be the first trip my daughter does outside of the UK,” Murray …

Maria Sharapova has been in the spotlight all week after revealing her positive drug test. So what’s a tainted global superstar to do to get away from the scrutiny? She went on a hike.

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Juan Martin del Potro continued his comeback at Indian Wells Thursday night by thumping American qualifier Tim Smyzcek 6-4, 6-0. A finalist in his last appearance in 2013, del Potro won the last seven games of the match.

“I think I played well, but I am so happy to be playing tennis again,” said del Potro. “I missed the sport a lot, suffering at home as I tried to fix my …

A year after sister Serena Williams returned to Indian Wells, Venus does the same Friday playing in the desert for the first time since 2001.

“Not feeling welcome somewhere is a hard memory to let go of – at any age,” Venus said in The Players Tribune. “And so that’s what I did. I held onto it. But then I saw Serena. And it was in that moment, seeing Serena …

Three-time tournament champion Rafael Nadal met the media yesterday, saying he’s feeling better than he did a year ago when he lost to Milos Raonic in three sets in the quarterfinals.

“I’m much better than last year in terms of personal feelings,” Nadal said. “Last year I was so nervous when I was competing and this year is a different story. I lost, yes, a few matches that I think …