She threatened a player, didn't try most of the year, famously threatened a line judge and was thrown out of a match. The other thing Serena Williams did in 2009 was this: She won the year-end No. 1 ranking. It became official Wed...

Pete Sampras edged by Andre Agassi in three sets on Sunday as the two retired American tennis greats revisited one of the sport's greatest rivalries. The 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 win in this southern Chinese gambling encl...

In a bizarre match of U.S. Open women's tennis Sunday, Kim Clijsters pulled off a major upset of No. 3 Venus Williams, winning 6-0, 0-6, 6-4. To put it in perspective of how strange this match was, the third set took longer than the first two put...

They love Roger Federer now. He has become a superstar athlete, and that's not just about skills. A few years ago, he was the greatest athlete no one ever thought about. So what changed? The records, sure, that helped, I...

This was ugly. But it was ugly in a way that showed something beautiful, too. Venus Williams is limping to the finish line of this season, and I don't think she can make it. As in, I don't think she can get through t...

Serena Williams has beaten out a horse to be named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. That's right, a horse. But the question is this: Which one was the better role model for your daughter? "People realize that I'm a great player, and...

Over the next two weeks, FanHouse will be covering the top sports stories of the decade. In this installment, Greg Couch hands the female player of the decade to Venus Williams, despite the numbers pointing to Serena. It's a pet peeve of mine that...

Bureaucratic BS is running amok. In one case, it has fingers in Belgium and Canada, England and Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. Yanina Wickmayer's case isn't about Yanina Wickmayer anymore. Oh, I'm sure it is in her world. But even bigger, and...

GENEVA -- French tennis player Richard Gasquet was cleared of any wrongdoing Thursday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted his claim that he tested positive for cocaine by kissing a woman in a nightclub. The CAS dismissed appeals by the...

LONDON -- U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer earned a major off-court victory Wednesday when officials lifted her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. The 20-year-old Belgian was banned in November for breaking World Anti-Doping Agency...