Tennis

The player known as Queenwen won Olympic Gold, and is moving through the early rounds of the U.S. Open.

Italy boasts the No. 1 player in the world, and has as many players in the Top Forty as the United States. It’s not an accident.

Despite a run of stability at the top of the game, women’s tennis is still open to surprise.

The tennis champion, who is likely in his last year on the tour, brought an unusually considerate—and hugely endearing—ferocity to the game.

The fussy structure of Luca Guadagnino’s film dissipates the erotic charge on which the drama relies.

Films like Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and last year’s “The Iron Claw” offer Zeitgeisty takes on masculinity. Do they signal a shift in the storied genre?

Because the film has so little to say, viewers are free to simply focus on the vibes—which happen to be the area where Luca Guadagnino, its director, has most distinguished himself.

Evert-Navratilova, Borg-McEnroe, Federer-Nadal . . . Sinner-Alcaraz?

In Sunday’s final, the champion waited out Daniil Medvedev’s unplayable hot streak, then took control.

The champion had overwhelmed nearly everyone she’d faced in the past two weeks. Saturday’s final, against Qinwen Zheng, was no different.

No player on the women’s tour now has Osaka’s star power. Whether she can win a major again is anyone’s guess.

In the U.S. Open final, against Daniil Medvedev, he battled and even seemed to tire before, as usual, emerging victorious.

In Saturday’s final, the champion overcame Aryna Sabalenka’s formidable power with indefatigable defense.

The young American player has inherited the mantle of the big servers of the past—and it’s thrilling to watch.

Gauff has the charisma and talent to be not just a champion but a star, and this summer she has played better than ever before.

In the most absorbing Grand Slam championship match on the men’s side in years, what mattered most was in-the-moment decision-making.

Consistent in her game and steady in her victory, against Ons Jabeur, Vondroušová was never meant to be a footnote in someone else’s storybook ending.

By winning the French Open again, he broke a tie with Rafael Nadal for the most career Grand Slam titles on the men’s side—and he isn’t done.

In the final moments of her match against Karolína Muchová, the defending champion regained control of the points, using speed to cover the court.

Nearly every time I play tennis, I melt down spectacularly. Why do I keep coming back for more?