Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic is one the youngest and most compelling female tennis stars to come along in a long time. Unfortunately, she's also one of the least consistent, which is why she didn't last very long at the U.S....

If there were a perfect doppleganger for oft-distracted slugger Manny Ramirez in another sport, it would have to be Russian tennis star Marat Safin. The outspoken star -- he makes Howard Dean look reserved -- was back in his...

Jelena Jankovic isn't known for being a particularly outspoken or unruly member of the WTA circuit, but she knows how to be a bit racy when she wants to be. Take last year's French Open, for example. Jankovic was feeling a...

Wow. It may sound over-the-top, but 10 out of 10 tennis analysts are calling the Nadal-Federer epic six hour, five-set, three tiebreak match the greatest of all-time. Watching this clip, all those superlatives ring true. From...

This wasn't the way it was supposed to end for James Blake. This wasn't the way it was supposed to end for Andy Roddick. And this DEFINITELY wasn't the way it was supposed to end for Maria Sharapova. But it WAS the way...

They make it look a bit tougher than it really was, but key Americans -- including Andy Roddick, Venus Williams, James Blake and Lindsay Davenport -- advanced at the world's most glamorous tennis tournament outside London....

As far as we're concerned, the game of women's tennis kind of sells itself: You have attractive women, running around in fairly skimpy clothing, hitting balls with incredible strength and, more often than not, letting out...

One of them has won four straight French Opens. The other has piloted the Lakers' renaissance to the NBA Finals, birthing a cult "Pau to the People" revolution in the process. Both are Spanish, and, as such, both are...

He's now won four-straight French Open titles, four straight major tournament victories which have thwarted Roger Federer's attempts to earn a career Grand Slam. Perhaps more daunting for Federer and everyone else is that...

You probably didn't realize it, but Maria Sharapova has ambitions beyond ruling the tennis world and wearing diamond-encrusted outfits. It turns out that she's become quite the football buff, a practice she's been perfecting...

Oh wow, Mr. and Mrs. Djokovic, Roger Federer GOT YOU GOOD.  Roger learned his lessons in passive-aggression from his pal Tiger, and it's good to see them paying off.

OK, but seriously, who hasn't done this? In case you haven't seen this uniquely masochistic video yet, here's Mikhail Youzhny, upset with a shot in his match against Nicolas Almagaro at the Sony Ericcson Open - that's outside...

It's the upset to end all upsets in tennis: Roger Federer's streak of 10 straight appearances in Grand Slam finals is over. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that the man who ended it isn't named Rafael Nadal. Or even...

If you've been hitting us up at The Daily Tube for awhile now, you've probably noticed that we have a thing for Rafael Nadal. No, not that kind of a "thing", Rafa and us are purely platonic. Still, as great as it is to watch...

Here's a doozie for you. When Martina Hingis mysteriously retired from tennis just before Wimbledon this summer, most experts believed she was stepping down because of recurring injuries. Instead, it turns out Hingis tested...