Just a Wii bit excited for Wimby

I realized this morning that Wimbledon fever officially had descended on the masses when a friend with an adorable infant son, a killer job and seemin...

Stevenson loses in first round

Julius Erving watched his daughter Alexandra Stevenson play tennis for the first time in a first-round loss at the Family Circle Cup.

Former NBA basketball star, Dr. J, Julius Erving, watches his daughter Alexandra Stevenson during Family Circle Cup tennis action in Charleston, S.C. Tuesday April 14, 2009. Stevenson lost...

King advances to second round

American Vania King produced a first-round upset in the Family Circle Cup on Monday, by knocking out 14th seed Olga Govortsova 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Haas, Querrey, Harkleroad among field of 32 in unisex tournament

Tommy Haas, Sam Querrey, Donald Young, Ashley Harkleroad and Alexandra Stevenson are among those entered in Sunday's inaugural Shotgun 21 World Championships, a tennis competition where men and women will play each other.

Groundhog Day

I did an interview Tuesday promoting Steve Bellamy's Shotgun 21 tournament, beginning on Aug. 3 at the Palisades Tennis Center in Brentwood, Calif. An...

First unisex event featuring world-ranked men, women set for Aug. 3

On Aug. 3, tennis promoter Steve Bellamy will stage what's believed to be the first tournament involving world-ranked men and women going head to head.

The journey continues

Editor's note: Alexandra Stevenson, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1999, has been out of the game for a prolonged period of...

My journey back

Editor's note: Alexandra Stevenson, a former Wimbledon semifinalist in 1999, has been out of the game for a prolonged period...

Sharapova, defending champ Jankovic move on to third round

Maria Sharapova shut out American Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-0 in less than an hour Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Family Circle Cup.

Sharapova wins, wails, whines in year in review

Maria Sharapova did it all in 2006: she won, she wailed, she was pretty. But she was not ESPN.com's Player of the Year. Bonnie DeSimone recaps the season.

Serena, seven others granted U.S. Open wild card

Two-time champion Serena Williams and former top 10 players Chanda Rubin and Alicia Molik were among eight women granted wild cards Wednesday for the U.S. Open.

Is Jackson the future of American women's tennis?

Venus Williams is the only seeded American woman at Wimbledon. But, as Greg Garber writes, the future of U.S. women's tennis is Jamea Jackson.

Stevenson loses in first round at Pacific Life Open

Alexandra Stevenson was encouraged by her play in a 7-6 (1), 6-2 loss to Croatia's Ivana Lisjak in the first round of the Pacific Life Open on Thursday.

Tennis Channel Open not just another ATP event

The ATP Tour returns to Las Vegas for the first time in 21 years with the Tennis Channel Open. And, as Miki Singh writes, tournament director Steve Bellamy intends to make this event a fan-friendly experience.