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 French Open concluded with two incredible finals.
France's Corentin Moutet is a master of the unexpected – but at the tennis equivalent of the World Cup, his showmanship backfired.
Keep up with the WTA’s best shots from players competing in tournaments around the world. We've curated our five favorite shots from the week that was in Beijing. What do you think was the best shot ...
Watch video: Game, set and match! As Wimbledon fortnight gets underway, it is the perfect time for us to squeeze in one more fun sports project, where we’re going to use the centrifugal force of a ...
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open ended just as she had warned it might. On an error-strewn afternoon of struggle on her forehand, the first shot she and everyone else learned as a child ...
I wanted to see if iconic table tennis trick shots like the ghost serve, behind-the-back, and no-look block can work in a real tennis match. In this video, I take on the challenge and attempt to pull ...
NEW YORK—Frances Tiafoe has never hoisted the singles champion’s hardware at the US Open, and he’s seeded a modest No. 17 this year. But for a multitude of American fans, the 27-year-old Maryland ...
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wouldn’t want women’s tennis to move to best-of-five-set matches at Grand Slam tournaments — like the men play — fearing higher injury risks. “Probably physically I’m one of ...