The grass-court season is underway, bringing one of tennis’ most distinctive transitions. As players adjust to the sport’s fastest and most unforgiving surface, the headlines span everything from Serena Williams’ return and tennis’ evolving media landscape to difficult conversations about accountability, reputation, and the sport’s future.
Tennis Still Doesn’t Know How to Handle Alexander Zverev: The past allegations of partner violence made against Alexander Zverev by two former girlfriends, Olga Sharypova and Brenda Patea, and the residual murkiness, have added emotional complexity to Roland Garros 2026. Predictably, it has generated a lot of discussion since. The driving force is the unsatisfying “resolution,” if you can even call it that, to his abuse case. Full Story: Sports Illustrated
Grass season is back, and tennis stars are in a race against time on the slipperiest surface: Dexterity, tactical awareness and specialized movement separate a good grass player from a great one. For any player, it takes practice to get the feet and the mind back in rhythm. Full Story: The Athletic
Serena Williams wins first tennis match in 1,375 days with Victoria Mboko in London: The 44-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and 14-time Grand Slam women’s doubles champion united with Victoria Mboko, the 19-year-old Canadian rising star, to win a first-round doubles match. Full Story: The Athletic
Serena Williams leaves door to playing singles open: “I feel like I’m probably going to train a little bit more. I want to play singles and we’ll see if I get there and if not, that’s not my journey right now,” she said in a news conference. Full Story: The Athletic
Jim Courier’s tennis life, from the French Open to becoming a voice of the sport: Thirty-five years on from his first Roland Garros final as a player, Courier has settled into his late style, mixing passionate personal experience with a kind of academic, even wonky approach that has turned him into the voice of the sport for a new generation of devoted fans. Full Story: The Athletic
Nadal says he ‘almost never’ plays tennis after retirement : Rafael Nadal says he “almost never” picks up a tennis racket these days, a striking admission from one of the sport’s greatest champions. The Spaniard, who retired in 2024 after a glittering 23-year professional career that yielded 22 Grand Slam singles titles, said he had made his peace with stepping away from the sport despite remaining physically active. Full Story: Reuters
Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova reflect on rivalry, friendship, cancer diagnoses: The two tennis icons joined “Good Morning America” on Thursday ahead of the release of their new Netflix documentary, “Chris & Martina: The Final Set,” out June 26, to discuss the unseen side of their rollercoaster relationship, headline-making doubles competitions, and how cancer diagnoses strengthened their bond. Full Story: ABC
ATP & TikTok expand partnership to attract next generation of global tennis fans: ATP and TikTok have announced an expansion of their global content partnership, utilising TikTok GamePlan to deepen fan engagement, amplify player-led storytelling and connect tennis fans more closely to the sport. Full Story: ATP
TikTok Is Turning Tennis Into a Gen-Z Spectator Sport: The amount of TikTok posts with a tennis hashtag increased by more than 25 percent throughout 2025, according to TikTok’s press release. Last August, only about 20 of the top 100-ranked men’s tennis players were using the platform, per the New York Times. That number has since nearly doubled. Full Story: Inc
City of Lubbock pauses private tennis lessons at Burgess-Rushing Tennis Center: The City of Lubbock (Texas) has put a pause on private lessons at the Burgess-Rushing Tennis Center. A supervisor said the city needs to review its policies to make sure players, coaches and taxpayers are being treated fairly. The city discovered, after its recent tennis center supervisor left and during an annual review, that some coaches weren’t paying court fees at all and some were charging more than $100 a lesson without any cut going to the city. Full Story: KCBD
Dogs on Tour: Professional tennis players bring their pups on the road: At the French Open, puppy love nearly outshined the tennis at Roland Garros. CNN looks at the canine phenomenon helping players and fans smile. Full Story: CNN
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