Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, ...

2025 wasn’t the most dominant season of Iga Swiatek’s career, but it was darn good (62-15 with three titles so far). The Polish star, who reached an emotional summit in July when she won her sixth ...

Paris in the springtime works just fine for Carlos Alcaraz. He’s won Roland-Garros two times running on the vaunted terre battue of Roland-Garros. But Paris in the autumn is a different story for the ...

Zverev, who beat Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the Paris final last October, praises the new player locker room but calls the outer courts “a little bit of a mess.” The world No. 3 says the issue is noise ...

On Wednesday morning Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot notched yet another Top 20 win on his Rolex Masters debut, 6-1 6-3, oer 14th-seeded Jiri Lehecka, to set a second-round clash with his cousin Arthur ...

Elena Rybakina’s withdrawal sent 20-year-old Linda Noskova in the Toray Pan Pacific Open final on Sunday. She’ll face Belinda Bencic who came through a battle to defeat Sofia Kenin, 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2.

It was a family affair last week in Shanghai, as Valentin Vacherot, coached by his brother, defeated his cousin in one of the most unlikely Masters 1000 finals in history. For Vacherot, who sits at No ...

Babolat brought the party to Tokyo this week. Babolat, the brand that invented tennis strings in 1875, continued its 150th anniversary celebration at the Japan Open. The celebration started in January ...

Newport will be one of the hottest tickets in tennis next summer. Journalist Mary Carillo and administrator Marshall Happer are nominees in the Contributor Category. Here’s today’s International ...

When it comes to tennis corruption, what you don’t say can hurt you. Frenchman Lucas Bouquet has been suspended for six weeks and fined $10,000 (of which $5,000 is suspended) after admitting to ...

Iga Swiatek is not the odds-on favorite to finish the season with the WTA’s No.1 ranking, but the six-time major champion has a shot to surpass Aryna Sabalenka if she can continue on her high ...

Grigor Dimitrov aims for a fresh start with a new coaching ally. The 34-year-old Dimitrov announced today he has split with long-time coach Jaime Delgado, who previously coached Andy Murray. “After a ...