You might think Carlos Alcaraz’s stirring five-set win against top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the French Open final on June 8 could serve as a springboard for Alcaraz to make a run at the ATP No. 1 ...

Carlos Alcaraz is the best men's player on clay. It seems to be a Spanish thing. Rafael Nadal dominated the French Open for almost two decades, and fellow Spaniard Alcaraz is well on his way to doing ...

Gustavo Kuerten tops the list of players who defied the odds to win the French Open, but who are the other shock winners?

Andrey Rublev entered his quarterfinal match of the 2026 Rome Masters with the right attitude. He joked before he played Jannik Sinner, who had won 31-straight Masters 1000 matches, that due to the ...

Alexandra Eala is just 20 years old and will likely achieve long-term and high-end success, but if she wants to be the best, she has to consistently beat the best, and she couldn't do that against ...

Casper Ruud promised to be dangerous against Jannik Sinner in the final of the Rome Masters. The Norwegian is a clay-court specialist who has 12 titles on clay, and he was back to playing in his best ...

Aryna Sabalenka was playing with ease at the onset of her third-round match against Sorana Cirstea at the 2026 Rome Masters. Her opponent is capable of good groundstrokes, but Sabalenka's power was ...

The 2026 Rome Masters tussle between two of the best young stars on the WTA tour turned out to be exactly what fans hoped. Coco Gauff's athleticism versus Mirra Andreeva's precise shot-making was ...

Elina Svitolina was beaten. Elena Rybakina entered their quarterfinal match of the 2026 Italian Open with the mindset to overpower her opponent. For one set, it worked brilliantly. After that, not so ...

Daniil Medvedev wasn't ready to face Martin Landaluce in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Rome Masters. To be fair, as well as Landaluce started the match, no one could have been prepared. He played like ...

Before Sinner took the global tennis stage by storm, he was carving up the slopes in the Italian Alps. Born on August 16, 2001, in the mountain town of San Candido, he began skiing at just three years ...

For most athletes, an absolute, pure obsession with their craft is essential to their success. For Jack Draper, his obsession lies with tennis, the craft of which he 'lives and breathes.' As the ...