Iga Swiatek is "set for a mammoth few months" with a lot of points to defend in the clay-court season - it's your Second Serve tennis briefing.

Tsitsipas thrives at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he has won three of the past four tournaments. Much of that comes from ...

The king is dead, long live the king. As tennis moves to clay courts for the next few months, one of the sport’s greatest on ...

The WTA calendar is in its European clay court swing with events lined up in Stuttgart and Rouen. With the 2025 season hitting one of its busiest phases, the WTA Race has heated up with Aryna ...

City’s highest-ranked player hopes to continue recent breakthrough form in clay-court season, starting with wild card at ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week ...

Reigning champion Elena Rybakina won't be defending her title while there are more high-profile withdrawals from the WTA ...

Frustrated Alex de Minaur has had the most scorching spell of his career on the clay courts finally doused in the semi-finals ...

The recent crowning of Carlos Alcaraz as the new Monte Carlo Masters 1000 champion marks a significant milestone in the young ...

Ugo Humbert, currently ranked No. 20, enters the Monte-Carlo Masters with a notable challenge: clay, a surface he has historically struggled with. Despite his impressive performances on faster ...