Disputes over line calls used to be one of the main joys of tennis—this, after all, is John McEnroe's game. But fans rarely see players explode in rage anymore. In high-profile matches (i.e., those broadcast on TV), human umpires have largely been replaced by a machine called Hawk-Eye
After two weeks of Olympic Games, we’ve seen more hot athlete chicks than you can shake a gold medal at. But don’t get depressed just yet, we’ve got plenty of room for more! Luckily for us all, today marks the beginning of the US Open tennis tournament, which means hot, sweaty, awesomely grunting babes for your sporting pleasure.
Rafael Nadal will become No. 1 in the rankings Monday, and he is No. 1 at the Olympics.The Spaniard won a gold medal Sunday, overcoming two set points in the second set and holding every service game to beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
John McEnroe defaulted in his opening match at a Champions Cup tennis event after an extended argument with the chair umpire ended with the player making an obscene gesture toward the crowd. McEnroe, famous for his volatile on-court temper and brushes with officials, contested a call in his opening match against MaliVai Washington when umpire Ray
Roger Federer fell for the third time in four matches in a defeat to No. 22 Ivo Karlovic. Rafael Nadal has won 30 straight matches, including five consecutive titles.Rafael Nadal has an opportunity to displace Federer as the world’s No. 1 player.If Nadal wins this tournament, Federer’s 235-week reign will end.
Top-ranked Roger Federer was knocked out of the Rogers Cup with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to France's Gilles Simon in a second-round match Wednesday night. Roger Federer won the Rogers Cup in 2004 and '06 and reached the final last year.
One day after winning the Wimbledon title for the first time, Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Mercedes Cup on Monday with muscle pain above his right knee.
Rafael Nadal described his first Wimbledon title as a "dream" after beating Roger Federer in an epic final.
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They'll talk about the 2008 Wimbledon men's final for years. Or at least until Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal can produce something even more spectacular.
Remember in the early 2000s when men's tennis became close to unwatchable—booming serves, points that were over before you blinked? With Rafael Nadal dethroning five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer on Sunday, that broad caricature of the men's game no longer applies. In men's tennis, defense now reigns supreme.
Rafael Nadal held off an incredible fightback from Roger Federer to win his first Wimbledon title and end the Swiss star's reign at the All England Club. Nadal, 22, is the the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win the French Open and Wimbledon back to back.
Jaeger turned professional at 14 and retired five years later after blowing out her shoulder in the 1985 French Open. She became a nun in 2006, and said she threw the 1983 final at the All England Club in an interview published Saturday in The Daily Mail.
Venus Williams captured her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.
Venus Williams won her fifth singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday with a 7-5 6-4 win over her sister Serena Williams in the final.
Venus and Serena Williams won in straight sets Thursday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam championship matchup.
The Championships, Wimbledon are in full swing at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. As Roger Federer and Venus Williams defend their singles titles at the only grass court Grand Slam tournament, we thought we’d answer some questions about the world’s oldest tennis championship.