8:14 AM ET Tennis Australia’s decision to go with the 10-point tiebreaker at the Australian Open starting in 2019 is innovative, but it exacerbates an already spectacular lack of consistency among the Grand Slam tournaments. It also makes a scoring system that is already baffling even more confusing for casual fans. The 10-point version —
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3:01 AM ET Andy Murray is still feeling the effects of a hip injury that forced a premature end to his 2018 activity, but the Briton hopes the pain will ease as he plays more matches in the lead-up to next month’s Australian Open. The former world No.1 returned to the ATP tour in June
1:25 PM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Serena Williams has welcomed the extra protection given to new mothers when they return to the women’s tennis tour. Serena Williams, who returned to tennis after a health scare following childbirth, was voted The Associated Press’ top female athlete, finishing ahead of gymnast Simone
9:56 AM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Rafael Nadal is confident he can be fit for the Australian Open as he chases an 18th Grand Slam title. A right knee injury forced Nadal to retire from his US Open semifinal in early September — his last competitive match — and the
1:44 PM ET Associated Press She showed up in Paris wearing a black catsuit, a reminder that nobody can command the Grand Slam stage quite like Serena Williams. She reached the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open, proving again how well she can play no matter how little she practices. Williams didn’t win those
9:11 AM ET The epic Wimbledon semifinal between Kevin Anderson and John Isner was a highlight of 2018 in tennis as well as a poignant reminder that the journey to tennis stardom is sometimes longer and more complicated than expected. The parallels between the men and their experience is striking, almost as if the towering
6:21 AM ET Deciding-set tiebreaks will be introduced for the first time at the Australian Open next month. In a move that follows Wimbledon and the US Open, Australian Open organisers have opted for a first-to-10 points tiebreak with a two-point advantage at 6-6 in the final set in the men’s and women’s draw. A
12:48 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tennis’ governing bodies have promised to deliver a “timely implementation” of recommendations to tackle corruption in the sport. An independent review of corruption in tennis was prompted after the BBC and BuzzFeed News published reports in January 2016 alleging that governing bodies ignored widespread evidence of match-fixing involving
4:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The women’s tennis tour has approved rule changes that involve seedings after a return from pregnancy. Former No. 1 players Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka are recent new mothers on the tour. The WTA says players returning to the tour may use a “special ranking” for
12:25 PM ET The visibility of tennis coaches on the ATP and WTA tours has been growing by leaps and bounds, but at the same time, the top names, as successful as some have been, don’t seem to enjoy great job security these days. Millions of viewers now watch and listen as coaches advise WTA