Tennis News

Former world number one Serena Williams says she almost died giving birth to her daughter in September last year.

Second-seeded Dominic Thiem advanced at the Rio Open after a straight-sets victory in the clay-court tournament.

Having lost in the first round of his three previous tournaments this year, John Isner bounced back from a slow start to beat Radu Albot on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Delray Beach Open.

Top seed and defending champion Elina Svitolina outlasted Qiang Wang 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships.

Johanna Konta had two match points but still lost a marathon encounter to Russia's Daria Kasatkina in the second round of the Dubai Championships.

Discussing the role of the underdog and the ideal build for tennis in today's game, the Weak Era theory, the use of the Weeks at No. 1 metric and more.