http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Maria Sharapova is looking at a scenario that even Roger Federer, in the darkest moments of his rivalry with Rafael Nadal, hasn't had to contemplate. ...]]> May 12, 2013 14:49:41 PDT Judging from the events in recent days at the Madrid Masters, one of the main themes of the next two months -- the most intense two-month period in an...]]> May 06, 2013 03:53:02 PDT Three familiar faces that have been hidden from us for weeks now will reappear in the big Madrid combined event in the coming days: those of Roger Fed...]]> May 03, 2013 05:34:12 PDT For the second time in less than a year, Rafael Nadal has been upstaged by Lukas Rosol, a 6-foot-5, 27-year-old ball punisher from the Czech...]]> April 29, 2013 08:04:03 PDT The major theme of the past eight months in tennis went largely unnoticed and perhaps even unrecognized because of continuing uncertainty about the co...]]> April 22, 2013 05:22:37 PDT What was that, you say? Rafael Nadal lost a set? It's true, but despite a hiccup in his Friday quarterfinal matchup versus Grigor Dimitrov, recent eve...]]> April 19, 2013 02:05:00 PDT John Isner won the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston on Sunday, on the same surface -- red clay -- where all of the ATP action up to and i...]]> April 15, 2013 03:56:56 PDT You can call this another transitional week in tennis, a seam week, or even something like baseball's All-Star break in reverse. After Miami, the big ...]]> April 12, 2013 04:26:41 PDT Once again, a Davis Cup truism kicked in and played an outsized role in determining the outcome of a tie -- in this case, the clash of the U.S. and Se...]]> April 08, 2013 02:31:55 PDT When we last left Sam Querrey, he was utterly disgusted after a shockingly one-sided 6-1, 6-1 loss to Tomas Berdych in the fourth round of the Sony Op...]]> April 05, 2013 03:59:31 PDT Andy Murray woke up this morning ranked No. 2 in the world (having dislodged Roger Federer from that niche), and he'll still be somewhat puzzled by j...]]> April 01, 2013 04:04:18 PDT American tennis received a shot in the arms a few days ago when the USTA announced that it will raise the prize money doled out at the U.S. Open to $5...]]> March 22, 2013 04:34:59 PDT Far be it from me to accuse Rafael Nadal of anything as crass as sucker-punching his ATP rivals. I doubt that he even knows the meaning of t...]]> March 18, 2013 05:11:28 PDT It was billed as the latest episode in a wildly successful and long-running tennis show, driven by new twists in the plot and the full force of a heft...]]> March 15, 2013 05:38:37 PDT These days, it seems like it's all about Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. No harm in that, right? Djokovic hasn't lost a match yet this year (14-0) and...]]> March 10, 2013 15:41:58 PDT