Consider a players' local professional tennis tournament. This is where the sport first gets imprinted on the mind—the sights, the sounds, the raw power and refined skills of the world’s very best, on ...

As the Australian Open begins in Melbourne this week, Roger Federer, the safest bet in sports, finds himself even more a favorite than usual. Just as Federer pronounced his injured ankle 100% healthy ...

Roger Federer reached the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament overnight after a stuttering 6-3, 7-6 win over Spanish fifth seed David Ferrer. Still seeking his first title in his home town, ...

It’s often said that men’s tennis is deeper and more competitive than it has ever been. And it’s true; the sport has never been played at a higher level. But over the last five years, it hasn’t been ...

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Sept. 10 -- Imagine persuading your childhood idol to share the secrets of his mastery and be there as you stumbled, rooting you on, telling you over and over through words, ...

WIMBLEDON, England -- It has become a Wimbledon tradition, like bad bounces, overnight queues and occasional sunshine. At 1 p.m. on the tournament's first day, Roger Federer walks onto the Centre ...

Defending men's champion Roger Federer and women's world number one Amelie Mauresmo have been named as the top seeds for the US Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows next Monday. World number one ...