Rafael Nadal's retirement from tennis serves as a reminder that for all of his Grand Slam titles and other successes, his greatest legacy might be the qualities that inspired Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and other younger players.

Rafael Nadal has lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup in what may have been the last match of his career.

Rafael Nadal has lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals in what will be the last match of the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s career.

Neither Rafael Nadal nor Spanish captain David Ferrer is ready to say whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles at the Davis Cup Final 8.

Rafael Nadal's impending retirement will loom over the Davis Cup Final 8 when play begins Tuesday in Malaga, Spain.

Carlos Alcaraz was the big name missing when the last two semifinal spots were filled at the ATP Finals.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz advanced to the semifinals at the ATP Finals.

Carlos Alcaraz struggled with a stomach issue and looked far from the player who won two Grand Slams this year in losing to Casper Ruud 6-1, 7-5 at the ATP Finals in Turin.

Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz for the championship in the Six Kings Slam exhibition event after Novak Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal for third place in what might have been the final match in one of tennis' great rivalries.

Coco Gauff has advanced to the final of the China Open by beating Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner is “very confident” that he will avoid a doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests.

Carlos Alcaraz has won seven straight points in the decisive tiebreaker to beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) and win the China Open to extend his recent mastery over his biggest rival as the Italian deals with an ongoing doping case.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will play rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the China Open after recording a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory against home favorite Bu Yunchaokete in the semifinals.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.

American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton have edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day in Berlin.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Jannik Sinner has avoided the sort of monumental upset that knocked Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz out of the U.S. Open in recent days.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has lost at the U.S. Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz did.

Carlos Alcaraz's surprising U.S. Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round is raising questions for the 21-year-old from Spain who was the pre-tournament favorite and already owns four Grand Slam titles.

Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam unbeaten run has ended at the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round.

Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner have flashed their No. 1 form with powerful performances that moved them into the third round of the U.S. Open.

Tennis fans who can’t decide which players have the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open aren't the only ones.

Novak Djokovic is back on the Grand Slam scene after finally earning his first Olympic gold medal.

Novak Djokovic says he understands why Jannik Sinner’s lack of a suspension despite two positive drug tests has some tennis players questioning whether there’s a double standard in the sport.

Carlos Alcaraz has cut short a pre-U.S. Open training session after twisting his right ankle but said he isn’t worried that it’ll be a problem for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.

Tennis is having a moment right now as the U.S. Open arrives to wrap up the 2024 Grand Slam season.

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have been placed on opposite sides of the U.S. Open bracket and could meet in another big final after Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics.

Play in the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at the U.S. Open on Monday.

Carlos Alcaraz has apologized for his behavior during his loss to Gael Monfils at the Cincinnati Open.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the U.S. Open.

Novak Djokovic has won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the 2024 Games men's tennis singles final.

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will face each other for the 2024 Olympics tennis men's singles gold medal.

Rafael Nadal made a last-minute decision to play singles at the Paris Olympics and won his first-round match against Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Spain in on a roll and Jon Rahm hopes to be part of it.

Carlos Alcaraz is achieving all sorts of things Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic didn't by his age.

Novak Djokovic is vowing to get back to work after being outplayed by Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final less than 1 1/2 months after knee surgery.

The Princess of Wales attended the men’s Wimbledon final at the All England Club and handed out the winner’s trophy to Carlos Alcaraz in only her second public appearance since announcing she was diagnosed with cancer.

Carlos Alcaraz has defeated Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men’s final for the second year in a row to collect his fourth Grand Slam title at age 21.

Novak Djokovic is 37 and had knee surgery last month but still is back in the Wimbledon men's final against Carlos Alcaraz.

The Princess of Wales is set to attend the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday in a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will face Novak Djokovic in a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon final.

Sports fans are getting ready for a Super Sunday.

Top-seeded Jannik Sinner has been beaten in the Wimbledon quarterfinals by Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner are one win each away from meeting in the Wimbledon semifinals.

Actor Dustin Hoffman and Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes were among the celebrities watching Carlos Alcaraz play Frances Tiafoe in the third round on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has come back to eliminate Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the fourth round.

Tennis players insist that initial matches at one of their sport’s four most prestigious events — the Australian Open in January, the French Open in May, Wimbledon in late June or early July, and the U.S. Open in August — give them reason to worry, no matter how many times they’ve won at that stage.

Naomi Osaka has played a match at Wimbledon for the first time in five years and played at the tournament for the first time in six.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have both been placed in the Wimbledon bracket during the draw despite coming off recent operations.

There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived until now.

Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz’s buildup has taken a hit after he lost in the second round of Queen’s Club.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will compete in both singles and doubles at the Paris Olympics.

Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden.

The Spanish tennis federation says Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will play doubles together for Spain at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Jannik Sinner has moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time.

Carlos Alcaraz plans to continue his tradition of celebrating Grand Slam titles with tattoos by getting ink of the date he won his first French Open championship and a drawing of the Eiffel Tower.

Carlos Alcaraz has come back to defeat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to win the French Open for his third Grand Slam title.

Alexander Zverev has moved a win away from his first Grand Slam title with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Casper Ruud in the French Open semifinals.

Carlos Alcaraz has reached his first French Open final by beating Jannik Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Jannik Sinner is just 22, and Carlos Alcaraz just 21, yet they’ve already built quite a rivalry heading into their French Open semifinal on Friday.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek swept into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in just 40 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 win against Anastasia Potapova.

Sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev has lost to Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets in the French Open third round and berated himself for his behavior.

Stan Wawrinka repeatedly used his trademark one-handed backhand to get the better of Andy Murray at the French Open once again.

Even Carlos Alcaraz couldn’t tell you exactly what’s been wrong with his right forearm, the part of his body that is responsible for his thunderous forehands.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to win the French Open for the first time and collect his third Grand Slam title.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hasn’t won a tournament all year.

Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago.

Andrey Rublev has rallied to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets and win the Madrid Open for the first time.

Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has announced that he is withdrawing from the Italian Open because of the right forearm injury that already prompted him to pull out of tournaments in Monte Carlo and Barcelona.

Carlos Alcaraz’s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title has ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.

Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach as rookie Linus Lundqvist will drive a car painted to look like a Pop-Tart in recognition of the movie “Unfrosted.”.

Jannik Sinner is starting to dominate.

Defending Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev won his 350th career match to reach the quarterfinals with a victory over Dominik Koepfer.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff have been knocked out of the Miami Open.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Daniil Medvedev for the second straight year in the BNP Paribas Open final.

A swarm of bees forced a nearly two-hour disruption to the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open.

There has been plenty of mystery around Rafael Nadal and his health because he has played just 12 official matches since the 2022 U.S. Open.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the men’s professional tennis tour have agreed to a five-year partnership that includes naming rights for the ATP rankings.

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and new Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner are slated to participate in an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia in October.

It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals.

Alexander Zverev took his second chance to close out a win over No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and moved into an Australian Open semifinal against two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev.

A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain.

The men's and women's quarterfinals are in contrast at the Australian Open.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after an upset third-round loss to Czech teenager Linda Noskova.

Anna Blinkova needed 10 match points before finally finishing off an upset over 2023 finalist Elena Rybakina in a record, half-hour long tiebreaker to reach the third round of the Australian Open.

The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Open’s two main courts with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight.

Novak Djokovic says his injured right wrist is OK and “it's all looking good” as he bids for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title.

The first ever 15-day Australian Open ended with Jannik Sinner winning his first Grand Slam title with a comeback from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev for the championship on the third Sunday of the tournament.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will be bidding for a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title when he takes on home favorite Jannik Sinner in Sunday’s final after both won their semifinal matches.

Carlos Alcaraz set up a semifinal match against top-ranked Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals after beating Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4.

Andrey Rublev grew so frustrated during a 7-5, 6-2 loss to Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals that he repeatedly hit himself with his racket so hard that he bloodied his left knee.

Carlos Alcaraz was beaten in his debut at the ATP Finals by two-time champion Alexander Zverev 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.

Novak Djokovic has received his trophy after securing the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record-extending eighth time.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won a record-extending seventh title at the Paris Masters on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Grigor Dimitrov in the final.

Second-ranked Iga Swiatek has ended Coco Gauff’s 16-match winning streak to advance to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over the U.S. Open champion.

Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz’s five-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final this summer.

Daniil Medvedev ended Carlos Alcaraz’s reign as the U.S. Open champion by eliminating him in the semifinals 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a rematch in the final against Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic is back in the U.S. Open final for a record-tying 10th time after a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over unseeded American Ben Shelton.

Carlos Alcaraz has defeated Alexander Zverev in straight sets to reach the U.S. Open semifinals.

A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.