News and Updates

Official: Dolgo asked for too much Cup money

Vsevolod Kevlych, the vice president of the Ukraine Tennis Federation, tells ESPN.com that the reason why world No. 17 Alexandr Dolgopolov did not play Davis Cup for his country was because of money.

FCC denies Comcast appeal re: Tennis Channel

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Federal Communications Commission has denied Comcast's appeal in its dispute with Tennis Channel.

Murray: Federer could have 20 Slams

Andy Murray, who lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final, said he never believed that the Swiss was slipping.

Federer wins seventh Wimbledon, 17th Slam

Wimbledon, England (AP)—Once the Centre Court roof was closed, nothing could stop Roger Federer from winning his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title.

Charity wins $157,750 with Federer's victory

Wimbledon, England (AP)—Roger Federer's seventh Wimbledon title turned into a quite a bonanza for international aid agency Oxfam.

 

Serena credits trainer with saving her life

Serena Williams says she might have died if not for her trainer, Esther Lee, demanding that she go to the hospital when she developed a blood clot in February 2001.

Robert Kelleher, Open era pioneer in U.S., dies

Judge Robert Kelleher, who helped lead tennis into Open era while he was president of the USTA, has passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 99.

Nadal tops Djokovic for record seventh French

PARIS (AP)—Rain or shine, clay or mud, Sunday or Monday, Rafael Nadal rules Roland Garros.

Sharapova wins French, completes career Slam

PARIS (AP)—The picture she posed for at the beginning foreshadowed a mismatch in the making: 6-foot-2 Maria Sharapova standing at the net, towering over an opponent nearly 10 inches smaller than her

Koellerer Ban Upheld

Tennis player Daniel Koellerer lost his appeal against a life ban for match-fixing at world sport’s highest court on Friday.