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It came as no surprise that Rafael Nadal ruled the French Open again, but there were some shockers during the fortnight (see Federer, Roger).

Maria Sharapova outlasted a longtime rival and Victoria Azarenka swept a close friend to advance to a semifinal matchup with each other.

From the language in Paris to the clay at Roland Garros, Americans -- with the possible exception of Serena Williams -- are out of their element at the French Open.

Maria Sharapova beats virtually everyone else in the game but the space between her and Serena Williams is gulf-like. David Ferrer has done well, except against the Big Four. What explains the gap?

The U.S. Open tennis tournament will increase its annual prize money to $50 million by 2017 and permanently schedule the men's semifinals on Friday and men's final on Sunday as of 2015, The Associated Press has learned.

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the top two women in the game, are fierce foes on the tennis court. But off the court, they're completely at ease with one another.

You'll notice a little gray around a good percentage of tennis players in the top 100 these days. The question: Why are so many 30-somethings thriving?

Does tennis have a PED problem? In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant says that if players were smart, they'd start demanding some answers to the questions haunting their sport.

Gussie Moran, also known as "Gorgeous Gussie," was a total package in her heyday -- she had the skills to play tennis with the best and gorgeous good looks. Here's to the memory of the tennis star who died at age 89.

Caroline Wozniacki's impersonation of Serena Williams turned out to be the beginning of a discussion, and now questions are being raised about whether Wozniacki's impersonation was racist. It wasn't.

John Isner needs to revisit his priorities if he is to make the long-awaited jump to tennis greatness, but for now, he is still dealing with a coaching change and the loss of his beloved Georgia Bulldogs, Ed McGrogan writes.

The owner of a leading tennis academy in Spain that trained some of the sport's stars says its players have stopped working with a doctor banned by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for helping riders on Lance Armstrong's cycling team dope.

Andy Roddick's former coaches, mentors and fellow tennis players react to the news he plans to retire.

It's been an up-and-down season (make that career) for Sabine Lisicki. Monday at the U.S. Open, it was all down.

Tunisian Malek Jaziri couldn't travel or practice, not when he was surrounded by guns and hostile protests. But here he is, with a chance to represent his newly democratic nation at the Olympics.

It's been a long, strange trip, but the resilient Brian Baker is making the best of it, Ravi Ubha writes.