Roger Federer spoke to the press yesterday at the ATP Finals. The six-time tournament champion is playing in his 14th ATP Finals event, and he’s as motivated as ever.

“I haven’t had issues being motivated for this tournament,” said Federer who is 11-5 against Top 10 players this year. “I looked forward to it and as it was a priority I played better.

“The idea of playing fellow Top 10 rivals gets …

The world turned its attention to Paris on Friday when one of the great cities was under terrorist attack. Many of the top tennis stars took to twitter to offer their support for the Parisians:

In #Paris.. Scary news coming out of this city.. Be safe #Paris hope that #BRI will handle things quick🙏🏻🙏🏻

— Sergiy Stakhovsky (@Stako_tennis) November 13, 2015…

Maria Sharapova will lead her Russian team in the Fed Cup finals this weekend against Petra Kvitova and the Czechs. The tie will be played in Prague on an indoor hardcourt.

On opening day Saturday, Sharapova will face Karolina Pliskova who subs for the ill Lucie Safarova. Kvitova, winner of three Fed Cup titles, will meet Russian No. 2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

“I never played her, so that will be something new,” said …

In a new post on the Players’ Tribune, Andy Murray opens up about Ross Hutchins’ and Elena Baltacha’s battles with cancer.

A sample:
I got married the year I turned 28. In a few months, when Kim and I become parents for the first time, I’ll be 28. Twenty-eight feels like the beginning of something.

As a tennis player, 28 is an age at which I have much I still want to …

American magazine Sports Illustrated released its nominees for their 2015 Sportsperson of the Year award. Tennis is represented by world No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams who have both put together very deserving seasons.

But the magazine hasn’t given the honor to a tennis player since 1992 when Arthur Ashe was chosen for his humanitarian efforts. Chris Evert (1976) and Billie Jean King (1972) also won the award, but legends …

The ATP confirmed yesterday that the year-end Finals event will remain in London through 2018.

“We are delighted to have reached an agreement which will see the tournament celebrate its 10th successive year in London in 2018,” said Kermode. “The tournament has been a spectacular success since moving to The O2 in 2009, generating record crowds, incredible atmospheres, and a soaring worldwide TV audience which broke the 100 million mark for …

The ATP announced the opening Sunday schedule and it features singles matches from the Stan Smith group. Former champions Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will be in action.

Defending champion Djokovic will meet Kei Nishikori while 6-time ATP Finals winner Federer faces Tomas Berdych.

On Monday, Andy Murray meets David Ferrer and then in the evening the last two French Open winners clash as Rafael Nadal takes on Stan Wawrinka.

Based on …

The groupings for the 2015 ATP Finals were released this evening in London. The 8-day event played at the O2 begins on Sunday and it features the Top 8 men in the world.

“Short and sweet draw is good,” Roger Federer joked about the quick ceremony. “I’m excited to be back, can’t wait for it to start.”

The groupings:
STAN SMITH
1 Novak Djokovic (4)
3 Roger Federer (6)
6 Tomas Berdych
8 Kei Nishikori

ILIE NASTASE
2 Andy …

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Bob and Mike Bryan have been honored in the 2015 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. While the ATP World Tour No. 1 Doubles Team presented by Emirates Award is still to be decided between four teams, all the other award winners have been announced today.

Djokovic receives the ATP World Tour No. 1 award presented by Emirates for a second straight year …

Yesterday was the official year-end rankings for the WTA tour. On the final week of the regular season, Venus Williams made the big push into the Top 10 to finish No. 7. Sister Serena finished No. 1 once again for a fifth time and third straight year.

A look at some of the other notable final rankings numbers:

2015 WTA Top 10 (as of Nov 9, 2015)
1 Serena Williams 9945
2 Simona Halep …

The Fed Cup will have a final this weekend worthy of the top international team tennis competition when the Czech Republic, winners of the competition in three of the last four years, host a loaded Russian team led by former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova.

In Prague the Czechs will be led by two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, joined by Lucie Safarova, Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova

“Sometimes I ask myself ‘Why …

In a lengthy post last week on the blogging platform medium, Juan Martin del Potro outlined his plan for recovery, vowing that after three surgeries on left his wrist in the last year, he will return to tennis.

“I keep working on my recovery with dedication and determination,” del Potro wrote. “As I wrote in my previous post, it’s a long process. Today I’m following this path of training and …

The seedings for the 2015 ATP Finals are out. Based on the rankings today, Paris finalists Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will be No. 1 and No. 2.

1 Novak Djokovic
2 Andy Murray
3 Roger Federer
4 Stan Wawrinka
5 Rafael Nadal
6 Tomas Berdych
7 David Ferrer
8 Kei Nishikori

Alternates
9 Richard Gasquet
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

When the groupings are released on Thursday, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka will also be split, so one Swiss player will be in …

Thanks to her title Sunday at the Zhuhai Elite Trophy, Venus Williams will finish the year ranked in the Top 10 at No. 7.

The 35-year-old Venus is also the oldest to place in the Top 10 in 20 years since a 38-year-old Martina Navratilova did it at the start of 1995.

“It’s a great thing to be Top 10 now with the level of the game, but I’m still very …

Novak Djokovic concluded his scintillating 2015 ATP regular season by piling up even more records. The World No. 1 dispatched his childhood rival Andy Murray in fairly routine fashion 6-2, 6-4 to win the Paris Indoors Masters title Sunday, and become the first player to win the title their four times and the first to win six Masters in a single season.

“I think there are a few reasons why I …