Tradition” is the watchword at Wimbledon, but what it really specializes in is continuity—much like Fenway Park in Boston, the All England Club updates and modernizes itself without throwing away its ...

LONDON -- American Sloane Stephens' Wimbledon journey came to an end on Friday after a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to wildcard Liudmila Samsonova in the third round. The loss came after a brilliant ...

*Venus Williams needed three sets to wear down Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday, which also saw fellow Americans Sloane Stephens and ...

LONDON -- Sloane Stephens is hardly accustomed to leaving a Grand Slam tournament this quickly. The 18th-seeded American's run of reaching the second week at six consecutive majors -- the longest ...

PARIS -- For the third match in a row at the French Open, Serena Williams was oddly out of sorts at the start and dropped the opening set. And for the third match in a row, almost as though this was ...

Serena Williams entered the 2013 tennis season on a tear. In 2012 she won Wimbledon, cruised at the Olympics, and took the U.S. Open. So forgive us if we thought that this could finally be a year ...