ROME -- Venus Williams lost to Laura Robson 6-3, 6-2 in the wind at the Italian Open on Monday, ending prospects for a sister showdown in the second r...
ROME -- Roger Federer and Andy Murray believe there would be no problem if a men's tennis player comes out as gay.
The second- and third-ranked playe...
Serena Williams didn't have many thoughts on Sloane Stephens' comments in a recent interview with ESPN The Magazine, in which the 20-year-old criticiz...
Agnieszka Radwanska was in a difficult position to return Kirsten Flipkens' backhanded laser down the line during the second set of their Sony Open Qu...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Tennis player Maria Kirilenko and hockey star Alex Ovechkin are talking wedding plans between their busy schedules, although t...
Victoria Azarenka may have outlasted Li Na in a tense, three-set final to win the women's singles title at the Australian Open but she was hardly the ...
Following Maria Kirilenko's third-round win at the Australian Open on Saturday, the post-match interviewer noticed that she was playing without her en...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Maria Sharapova continued her dominating display at the Australian Open, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-0 win ov...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Maria Sharapova leaned back and pumped her arms. She ripped her elbows back and forth, screaming after her victory. Four pumps...
LOS ANGELES -- Gertrude "Gussie" Moran, who shocked the modest midcentury tennis world when she took the court at Wimbledon with short skirt and ruffl...
Serena Williams is having a rough 2013 Australian Open. Not because she's playing poorly (she has only lost two games out of her two matches). But she...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to a third-rou...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Serena Williams tumbled to the court and needed a medical timeout in the first set for treatment on her right ankle. Once she ...
Tennis is an individual sport and thus exists apart from the stereotypical team-pressure mentality that might inhibit an athlete's coming out. But still no professional gay male tennis player. Why?!
BANGKOK -- Serena Williams has had surgery on her big toes and withdrew from an exhibition match against top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Thailand this...