Alex Eala is expected to improve her world junior rankings for her semifinal finish at the French Open girls singles. The 15-year-old Eala is currently ranked No. 4 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) juniors and could move a few rungs higher following No. 1 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of...
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka plays a backhand to USA's Sofia Kenin on day four of the Women's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 17, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Victoria Azarenka switched with ease from her impressive form on the hard court in the...
Serena Williams marches into the US Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 win over Greece's Maria Sakkari on Monday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP) Serena Williams battled into the quarterfinals of the US Open on Monday as top men's seeds...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia tends to a lineswoman after inadvertently striking her with a ball hit in frustration during his Men's Singles fourth round match against Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain on Day Seven of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 6, 2020...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images / AFP) NEW YORK -- Novak Djokovic said Wednesday he held no animosity towards rival stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal after they snubbed his call for the formation of a new players' association. Nadal and Federer called for ''unity, not...
Novak Djokovic serves during his first round match against Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Day 1 of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Monday. (AFP) Top seeds including Novak Djokovic overcame eerily quiet stands as a "weird," spectator-free US Open...
'Not a player and asymptomatic,' says USTA medical officer In a statement, the USTA revealed that the person who has contracted the virus "is not a player" and is asymptomatic. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) A positive test for coronavirus has been found in the New York tennis bubble where the US Open is...
Eala gets to hit with Nadal Miko Eala, center, with tennis greats Rafa Nadal, left, and Carlos Moya (Screengrab from Miko Eala's Facebook account) Miko Eala had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in his young tennis career recently when he got the chance to hit with superstar Rafael Nadal. In a...
In this file photo taken on September 8, 2019, Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Daniil Medvedev of Russia during their men's Singles Finals match at the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) US Open organizers say they are confident...
This file photo taken on September 28, 2019 shows Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus hitting a return against Duan Yingying of China and Veronika Kudermetova of Russia during their women's doubles final match at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) All international...
