While Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova’s on-court rivalry was a stuff of legends, they also share a relationship built on shared mutual respect off the court. This was evident when five-time major ...

The 2025 season didn’t exactly begin the way Iga Swiatek would’ve hoped. For a player used to setting the pace on the WTA Tour, the early months felt more like a grind than a groove. But champions ...

Few would have anticipated Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams becoming ‘forever friends’. Iga Swiatek was shocked as well, as after sailing past Emiliana Arango 6-1, 6-2 in the US Open first round, ...

Serena Williams’ former coach Rick Macci has lauded Iga Swiatek’s “relentless” mentality and compared the Polish star to his legendary former student. In 1991, Macci started coaching Serena Williams, ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, a paradox returned, doubles reigned supreme, and that ...

In 2023, Amanda Anisimova took an extended mental health break. Chief among her reasons was the death of her father in 2019, as well as general burnout from being a professional athlete. This weekend, ...

In a rematch of this year's historic double bagel Wimbledon Final victory for Świątek, Amanda Anisimova got revenge on the Polish star by simply overwhelming her at times. From start to finish, it was ...