Christopher Clarey
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What the Italian Open Is Foretelling About the French Open
Though at opposite poles of their careers, the top singles players, Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic, both cruised to titles in Rome and are looking...
Bianca Andreescu’s Extended Break from Tennis Has Served Her Well
Despite losing to Iga Swiatek, the top women’s player, at the Italian Open, Andreescu is heading to the French Open in a healthier place, mentally...
Rafael Nadal Falls Apart on Clay, Just in Time for the French Open
Nadal, playing in pain in a loss to Denis Shapovalov at the Italian Open, came away downbeat and pensive with the year’s second Grand Slam...
Wimbledon Plans to Bar Russian and Belarusian Players
The tournament would be the first to exclude individual athletes from those countries from competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and would affect highly ranked...
Wimbledon Plans to Bar Russian and Belarusian Players
The tournament would be the first to exclude individual athletes from those countries from competition since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and would affect highly ranked...
Ukraine Team Finds Escape, and Almost an Upset, Against U.S.
A supportive crowd in Asheville, N.C., watched the Ukrainians nearly pull off an upset of the United States in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier.
Novak Djokovic Loses to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at Monte-Carlo Masters
At the Monte-Carlo Masters, only the second tournament that the top-ranked Djokovic has played in five months, an unseeded 22-year-old handed him an upset.
Comebacks for Wawrinka and Thiem Will Have to Be Continued
Once ranked as high as No. 3, the rusty tennis stars used a low-level Challenger event to get back to action after injuries. It was...
Will Smith Owned the Williams Sisters’ Story Onscreen. Then He Stole Their Moment.
An Oscar night that should have affirmed Serena and Venus’s rise to stardom instead played out in a way they have seen before — triumph...
Despite the Trend in Sports, Don’t Expect Ashleigh Barty to Un-Retire
When the world’s top women’s tennis player won the Australian Open in January, it became her crowning achievement. Her stunning retirement is a loss to...