As tennis descends upon Indian Wells next week, several stars took time off the court to enjoy a taste of the entertainment scene in the LA area.

Roger Federer won’t be playing the event, but the Swiss arrived last weekend in LA after enjoying a weekend at the Oscars he joined good friend Tommy Haas courtside at an LA Lakers-Atlanta Hawks game Friday night….

She really didn’t need to, but Serena Williams showed off anyway her immense power delivering this roundhouse kick in an instagram video.

Of course it’s for fun – we think – but it’s clear you just don’t want to mess with Serena.

Serena is set to return next week at Indian Wells for her first WTA-level event since last summer. She is also scheduled to appear Monday night in New York as …

The first round of the 2016 Davis Cup gets underway Friday across the globe. Among the many stars in action include Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Djokovic joins his Serbian team as they welcome Kazakhstan. The last time Djokovic played he retired with an eye infection which he says is in the past.

“I am fit to play and I am glad to be able to say it because I was a …

Maria Sharapova joined Roger Federer as former champions to withdraw from next week’s Indian Wells Masters events due to continued issues with her left forearm.

“I am extremely disappointed that I am unable to compete in this year’s BNP Paribas Open,” Sharapova said. “I have been focused on healing my left forearm injury and tried to get my body to be 100% ready to play this event, as it is one …

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Lots of great Davis Cup first round matches this weekend — actually, starting Thursday night if you’re in the U.S. Let’s take a look.

Japan at Great Britain

Andy Murray’s off time and a possible sidelining injury to Kyle Edmund has thrown a wrench in the Brit plans. But Japan doesn’t have a solid No. 2 player either backing up Kei Nishikori, so this one will be interesting.

Murray …

Will Nick Kyrgios be fit enough to face the U.S. in Davis Cup play beginning Friday?

Kyrgios, who pulled from the Acapulco Dubai event mid-match versus Stan Wawrinka citing illness/injury/what-have-you, sat out of practice on Monday and Tuesday at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Kooyong, Australia.

“Nick has a virus,” said Aussie debut captain Lleyton Hewitt. “At the moment, he is taking it easy and trying to get over that …

Two months into the season and Novak Djokovic is once well ahead in 2016 rankings. The Serb is almost 900 points ahead of No. 2 Andy Murray and he’s double the surprising No. 3 entrant Dominic Thiem who leads the tour with 18 match wins.

As for the other stalwarts, Stan Wawrinka is No. 4 and his countryman Roger Federer is No. 8. But Rafael Nadal is all the way down …

Rafael Nadal has a new spot for telecom company Telefonica in which he’s playing one of his favorite hobbies, golf! And he doesn’t look too bad at it either.

Andy Murray and wife Kim welcomed the birth of their first child, daughter Sofia, two weeks ago. But we haven’t heard from Murray since, until now.

In an extended and eloquent interview with the Guardian published yesterday, Murray talked about his growing family.

“The thing that has surprised me most is how quickly everything changes – from the first day she was born,” Murray says of his daughter Sophia. “You …

At the post-Oscars Vanity Fair party, tennis greats Roger Federer and Serena Williams ran into each other and with camera videos rolling, the two debated who is the better player:

Unfortunately, the video was cut off so we missed out on who won the argument. Maybe that’s how it should be.

In addition to doing shots on the Red Carpet at the Oscars last night, Roger Federer was interviewed by more traditional outlets. The tennis great stopped by to discuss what he thought of movies nominated for best picture. Except Federer, because of his schedule, never saw any!

After his friend Leonardo DiCaprio, Federer attended the Vanity Fair party where he met Serena Williams and Maria …

We can’t make it up. Maybe it’s not really tequila, but that’s Roger Federer, that’s the Oscars Red Carpet and…

Roger Federer just did a shot of tequila on #Oscars red carpet. pic.twitter.com/TcYuKMraSN

— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) February 29, 2016

Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas, the King of Clay?

While the field lacked any Top 20 players, Cuevas defended his title from last year and won his second consecutive claycourt title after the Rios Open, on Sunday beating Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6(4), 6-3 in the final of the Brasil Open.

It was the fifth ATP title for the 30 year old, who improved to 5-1 in career finals, all on clay. The week also …

In February Austrian Dominic Thiem put a stake in the ground as a likely Grand Slam winner on multiple surfaces once the “Big 4” (is there a Big 4, or a Big 1?) comes to an end.

Earlier in the month he beat Spanish veterans Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro on clay, claiming the Buenos Aires title in between. On Saturday he beat Bernard Tomic 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3 for …

Roger Federer won’t be at the Indian Wells event next month, but fans in California can still catch the Swiss great in their home state this Oscar weekend.

Federer attended Harvey Weinstein’s star-studded pre-Oscars party Saturday night at Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. And Federer will reportedly be at the main event tonight supporting Leonardo DiCaprio.

Roger Federer like this, yesterday. #PreOscars pic.twitter.com/4LkIRcpAHW

— Rossana Capobianco …