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PARIS -- When Taylor Townsend started the year, she was a fresh-faced 15-year-old ranked No. 25 in the ITF's world junior rankings. Less than five months later, Townsend is still fresh-faced, but now 16. And as the No. 1 junior girl in the world, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- American teen Taylor Townsend found that Australia is her kind of place. Except, that is, for one aspect of life that the newly minted Australian Open champion hasn't found quite palatable. "It's nasty," she said, of Vegem...

When she was 14, Taylor Townsend's life wasn't really all that different from that of any other high school freshman. With a mix of anxiety and excitement, she was just settling in at Charles Drew (Riverdale, Ga.), where her father, Gary, is the prin...

Even without Nadal, Spain proved it is the dominant force in World Group Davis Cup play, writes Sandra Harwitt.

The voyage to Paris became that much more valuable for Americans John Isner and Lauren Embree, who knocked out their wild-card compatriots for a trip straight to the French Open main draw.

The general consensus for some time is distressing: The future of American tennis is bleak. But welcome the USTA's newest initiative, QuickStart Tennis, a program aimed at getting youngsters involved and delivering future champions.