World No. 1 Serena Williams was seated next to the fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt, last night courtside in Miami for the Heat’s horrendous 107-86 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

Today she was back to business filming a spot for Delta.

Following another shock loss on the grass, Rafael Nadal met the press in Halle. The 2-time Wimbledon champion talked about the quick transition from grass to clay, playing a power player like Dustin Brown and the state of his back which continues to trouble him.

Nadal admitted that back is improving but it still impacts his serve. And on grass the serve is much more important to success than it is …

On a very upsetting Thursday which saw three Top 10 players fall, Roger Federer opened his 2014 grass season with a tough 3-set win over unheralded Joao Sousa 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2 in the second round at Halle.

“A little bit of struggle on the return maybe for a set and a half,” admitted the 6-time champ Federer. “And after that I think I started to return better, make more returns off …

Rafael Nadal suffered his third straight loss on grass today after getting stunned by world No. 85 Dustin Brown 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round at Halle today.

Nadal, who won the French Open on Sunday, hasn’t won a grass court match since a first round win over Tomaz Bellucci at 2012 Wimbledon. Since the win Nadal lost to world No. 100 Lukas Rosol in the next round and …

Andy Murray made the debut of new coach Amelie Mauresmo a good one with an opening round win over Paul-Henri Mathieu at Queen’s. The 6-4, 6-4 win over the Frenchman was Murray’s 19th straight on grass, a streak that began at the 2012 London Olympics. But all the attention was on the new partnership with Mauresmo.

“We spoke a bit about the match and the tactics and then chatted a little …

One of the most famous and richest female athletes on the planet, Maria Sharapova, “slummed it” by taking the underground tube in London following her second French Open title on Sunday.

Sharapova snapped this selfie yesterday of her riding on the iconic underground:

When in London Town, this is how we riiiide….occasionally :) pic.twitter.com/C1fSfsq7oN

— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 10, 2014

Sharapova is in London warming …

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In a recent presser, Andy Murray explained the process behind hiring new coach Amelie Mauresmo.

Q. We have been waiting for a while to find out who your coaching choice would be after you parted ways with Ivan Lendl. We now …

Rafael Nadal’s ninth French Open title was commemorated by Nike in the coolest of ways, with a life sized sculpture of Nadal made purely out of red clay!

The Nadal sculpture will appear in the window of the Cinquième Set store in Paris, accompanied by a plaque that reads: “Legends are made from different stuff”.

The clay season ends with a familiar man atop the tennis world: Rafael Nadal. After a spring of upsets and unpredictability, the last weekend of the 2014 French Open was status quo with two former champions and second pre-tournament favorites repeating, Nadal and Maria Sharapova.

Here are some thoughts on what we saw.

1. All Hail Rafael Nadal Nadal
This was to be the year of Nadal’s downfall, at least that’s what I …

After missing the 2013 Halle tournament, French Open champion Rafael Nadal doesn’t want to skip the tournament again. Just a day after his incredible win on Paris, Nadal landed yesterday in Halle where he’ll begin his grass season and hope his knee will hold up.

“I want to try to play well again in Wimbledon,” Nadal said Sunday. “I’m healthy. That’s the most important thing, I feel. I hope my knee …

Roger Federer said Monday that he was happy that friend and rival Rafael Nadal took home another French Open title. The Swiss also reminded reporters that he always thought Rafa was the favorite to win despite his less than Rafa-like results this spring.

“I was very happy for him because it’s tremendous what he proves on clay every year,” Federer said at Halle.

“You have to raise your hat to …

Roger Federer says this year at Wimbledon he might not feel the same pressures he has in the past at the event because he has so few points to defend after a shock second round loss to Sergei Stakhovsky last year.

“It’s an interesting period because I have my title to defend here, and actually at Wimbledon, I don’t have anything to defend,” the 7-time Wimbledon champion said Monday. “But …

The players are still brushing the red clay from their shoes, but the grass court season begins immediately and in earnest (and with Ernest Gulbis) beginning today.

Only qualifiers and lower-ranked players will see the court today in Halle, Germany at the Gerry Weber Open, but the seeds are stacked with French Open champ Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Milos Raonic and Tommy Haas among the stars.

The men’s Aegon Championships in London …

After his newphew’s ninth French Open title over Novak Djokovic, Uncle Toni gave his thoughts on the match to RolandGarros.com, revealing that Rafa would have been in serious trouble if it went to a fifth set.

“We’re delighted and very emotional about this victory,” Uncle Toni said. “This is the first time that we came to Roland Garros having lost so many matches on clay this year. We lost at …

After winning his ninth French Open title, beating Novak Djokovic 36, 75, 62, 64 in the final, King of Clay Rafael Nadal spoke on court during the ceremony.