10:27 PM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Mike and Bob Bryan are set to reunite as a doubles combination next month in New Zealand when the brothers begin their 21st season on the ATP Tour. Bob Bryan has been sidelined since injuring his hip in the lead-up to the French Open, and Mike
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12:37 PM ET Great tennis matches occur every year, burned into our memory for any number of reasons. But for each there are also some that have a pivotal impact. This is not to say these three matches were the most memorable, the most dramatic or even the best. But the fallout provided turning points
1:48 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Amelie Mauresmo won’t be captaining France’s Davis Cup team after all, because the two-time major winner is going back to coaching to help Lucas Pouille. The French Tennis Federation announced Thursday it was searching for a new captain, who will also look after the national team at the
10:04 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open officials say the world’s top 102 women and top 101 men have confirmed they will compete at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2019. World No. 1 Simona Halep heads up the women’s field and Novak Djokovic, seeking his record seventh Australian Open title,
4:43 PM ET John Isner is standing by one of his coaches and Tennis Channel analyst Justin Gimelstob, who was arrested on suspicion of felony battery on Oct. 31. According to The Telegraph, Gimelstob, 41, allegedly attacked and beat a male friend of his estranged wife, Cary. Gimelstob will appear in court on Dec. 12
9:36 AM ET Former tennis world No.1 Andy Murray has hit out at the “unreal” level of sexism in sport after Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg was asked if she knew how to twerk moments after winning the Ballon D’Or in Paris on Monday. Hegerberg, who won the inaugural award as the world’s best women’s player
1:45 PM ET Novak Djokovic‘s status as the man to beat in 2019 is indisputable. But when it comes to those other men who have long dominated their peers in the ATP — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka — things are not as clear. In fact, they’re murkier than they’ve been
3:25 PM ET Wimbledon was lavishly praised in mid-October when All-England Club chairman Philip Brook announced that the tournament would become just the second of the four Grand Slam events — the US Open was first — to use a tiebreaker to decide final sets. But lost in all the toasts and praise for famously
5:29 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Patrick Galbraith is the new board chairman and president of the U.S. Tennis Association. The USTA announced the election of Galbraith on Tuesday. He succeeds Katrina Adams, who served an unprecedented two consecutive terms. Adams was the first African-American and first former professional tennis player to
3:43 PM ET Associated Press With Novak Djokovic at No. 1, Rafael Nadal at No. 2 and Roger Federer at No. 3 on Monday, that trio of tennis greats leads the season’s final ATP rankings for the seventh time. This is the first time, though, that each of those three men spent some time at