Real Madrid will transform Bernabéu from soccer pitch to tennis courts for Madrid Open
A world-famous soccer stadium will host the biggest stars in tennis next month, as Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu…
Twenty-four hours in the life of Phallon Tullis-Joyce: From League Cup final to feeding Komodo dragons
Phallon Tullis-Joyce is squirting deer blood into the dirt. “Blood and water,” the Manchester United and United States…
Tennis handshakes, controversy and the spectacle of elite sport: ‘Notice the frost on the fingers’
Tuesday night at the Miami Open, Kateřina Siniaková let it all out after a loss to Camila Osorio.…
After tennis racket smashes at Indian Wells, one was flung out of a stadium in Arizona
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the…
Gender equality in tennis, 10 years after scandal at Indian Wells: ‘I think we are the leaders’
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A decade has passed at the BNP Paribas Open since Raymond Moore, on the…
‘We’re in a downward spiral’: Inside the high-stakes battle to reform WorldTour cycling
Switch on the cycling this week and you’ll be greeted with two prestigious WorldTour stages taking place at…
‘Did you tell him you’re firing him yet?’ The brutal reality of golf’s most intimate partnership
When the text notification popped up on his player’s phone, the caddie did everything he could to hide…
How Saudi Arabia, ATP Tour will reshape tennis calendar with hundreds of millions of dollars
A shopping spree designed to reshape the calendar of the men’s tennis tour is intensifying. After ATP Tour-funded…
At Indian Wells, tennis crowds, tickets and show courts form a complex equation
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the…
João Fonseca is chasing tennis greatness. He knows he has a long way to go
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — There’s so much noise around João Fonseca that it can be easy to lose…
At Indian Wells, tennis crowds, tickets and show courts form a complex equation
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the…
Peyton Stearns has split with Rafael Font de Mora, coach under WTA Tour misconduct investigation
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Peyton Stearns, the American world No. 48, is no longer working with coach Rafael…