Roof. Set. Match. After their tennis club in Finale Ligure, Italy, was shut down in early March, Vittoria Oliveri, 14, and Carola Pessina, 11, were challenged to come up with a way to stay in shape. Their teammates (and Roger Federer) posted videos of themselves hitting balls against walls or practicing in stairwells. Vittoria and […] More
Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1 men’s tennis player, caused a stir with comments over the weekend suggesting he would have a difficult decision to make if receiving a coronavirus vaccine became mandatory to compete on the tennis circuit. “Personally I am opposed to vaccination and I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to […] More
Coco Gauff, the American tennis prodigy who made inspiring runs at the last three Grand Slam tournaments, made it clear last week that her precocious rise did not happen without distress. In a forthright post for “Behind the Racquet” — a series created by the American player Noah Rubin — Gauff, 16, discussed grappling with […] More
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the United States Tennis Association will cut its top executives’ salaries by 20 percent for the remainder of 2020 as part of an effort to provide emergency assistance totaling about $15 million to American tennis facilities, teaching professionals and grassroots tennis organizations. The relief program, to be announced on […] More
Televised live sports have all but vanished in the age of coronavirus, but an unlikely exception emerged recently on ESPN3: the “2020 Platform Tennis World Championships.” The name was rather grandiose for a makeshift tournament streamed live from a backyard court in Wilton, Conn. It featured four little-known men playing a little-known game at a […] More
The United States Tennis Association has asserted it can police itself when it comes to abuse cases. The story of one coach raises doubts. More
With tennis shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, the game is still playing for its future as Roger Federer practices trick shots in the snow against a wall at home in Switzerland. Wimbledon’s cancellation, its first in 75 years, made it clear when it was announced on Wednesday that the rest of the 2020 season […] More
Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament and a cultural institution in Britain, will not be held in 2020, becoming the latest major sporting event disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. The cancellation, announced on Wednesday, was the first in 75 years for Wimbledon, which was founded in 1877 and had previously been called off only […] More
