Footwork in tennis spans a wide range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (think Rafael Nadal at the French Open), which is why running shoes and other ...

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The tournament for the year's top eight men's players starts on Sunday and the top two finishers in each group advance to the semi-finals.

A full two years ahead of the passage of Title IX in the United States, they envisioned a better future for women's tennis. In September 1970, the birth of women's professional tennis was launched ...

The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years, although younger players ...

This story has been updated to reflect Dominic Thiem’s formal retirement from tennis in October 2024. The greatest moment of Dominic Thiem’s tennis career came in an eerie vacuum in front of ...

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A. Yes, Aryna Sabalenka claimed the No. 1 WTA spot in October 2024. Q. Who is the longest female number 1 tennis player? - + A. Steffi Graf has a record of holding No. 1 for a record total of 377 ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the headline tournaments were Shanghai and Wuhan.

How do tennis world rankings work? Tennis world rankings are calculated by the ATP and WTA, who award points based on a player's performance at particular tournaments. The further a player ...

Nadal, 38, announced earlier this month that he will retire from tennis at the end of the season. Serbia's Djokovic beat the Spaniard 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in their third-place match at the Six Kings Slam ...

Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from professional tennis, which will come after the Davis Cup in Málaga next month. In a video message released on Thursday morning, Nadal said ...