NEW YORK — The end of the match after 4 hours and 38 minutes of battle produced a dramatic image: Alex Michelsen breaking down in tears, held by Frances Tiafoe. The two North Americans embraced at the net after Tiafoe’s
The commercial agreement between the US Open and betting company Kalshi puts tennis’ biggest contradiction on the table: why can tournaments receive money from an industry that players are prohibited from doing business with? “Players can’t do anything with a
NEW YORK – Teodor Davidov became an internet sensation before he had even played a professional match. That is a lot to carry when you are still a kid. Yet Davidov is smiling. That is the first thing you notice
NEW YORK — Olympic champion and former world number four, Qinwen Zheng had no choice but to enter qualifying if she wanted to play the US Open. “Psychologically it was very difficult to accept,” the Chinese player admitted in New
Likes, reels and posts 24/7. The world is hyperconnected, but also overflowing with negativity on social media, and tennis is one of the sports that suffers most from it. For years, most players on tour have spoken openly about experiencing
NEW YORK — Argentine Juan Martín del Potro was giving his friend Emanuel Ginóbili a tour of the inner corridors of Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2022 when a brilliant quip of his was picked up by the microphones. “Federer, Federer,
There is an abyss between returning to competition and being ready to win a Grand Slam. Or at least there ought to be. Because there are players, like Carlos Alcaraz, who insist on defying logic. The Spaniard is proving at
NEW YORK — Alejandro Tabilo was self-critical after his flat performance on Arthur Ashe against German Alexander Zverev. “When I play these matches, I come out tense, nervous. It was a very ugly start I was not feeling the ball
NEW YORK — One announced that at 36, 2026 would be her last year competing, but strong results are making her reconsider; the other won Roland Garros at 19 and is projected to be one of the great champions of
Tennis looks simple on the surface: one player serves, the other returns, and eventually someone wins. But beneath that simplicity sits a sport shaped by dozens of variables that shift from match to match. Surface type, weather, head-to-head history, recent
NEW YORK — Alejandro Tabilo has a date this Saturday with an inevitable sense of revenge: a year ago, the imposing stage of Arthur Ashe Stadium and more than 20,000 spectators overwhelmed him in a bitter defeat against Alexander Zverev.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced this Friday that Nick Kyrgios is free to play again after accepting a one-month suspension following a positive test for cocaine in June. The decision surprised Omar Jasika, a fellow Australian player who
