2:32 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep were named the 2018 World Champions by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday after each won Grand Slam titles and finished the year atop the world rankings. Novak Djokovic’s US Open championship in September was his 14th career grand slam title. Chris Trotman/USTA/Getty Images

8:31 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Andy Roddick is trying to get his shoulder ready, hoping he can still bring the high heat on serve. The former US Open champion will be back in town and wants to have his game with him. Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003, and he

10:04 PM ET Novak Djokovic and friends were full-throated in their support of Red Star against PSG. Andrej Isakovic/AFP/Getty Images The tennis season has ended, and now Novak Djokovic can turn his full attention to supporting Red Star Belgrade. During the ATP Finals in London in November, he said, “I am only hoping to be there

Methodology Who was truly elite in 2018? Our Dominant 20 answers that by pitting the year’s best against their top rivals with cold, hard math. We started by grading athletes by the strongest performance measures available in their sport over their most recently completed season (except F1 numbers, which are through Nov. 11, and NFL

3:43 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the US Open title. The women’s tennis tour announced its annual honors Monday. The first season as a team for Bajin and Osaka

2:14 PM ET It’s time to say farewell to the little four. For more than a decade, the quartet — David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet — struggled in the long shadows cast by the iconic champions of our time. They were nearly as consistent as the vaunted Big Four, locking down

10:27 PM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Mike and Bob Bryan are set to reunite as a doubles combination next month in New Zealand when the brothers begin their 21st season on the ATP Tour. Bob Bryan has been sidelined since injuring his hip in the lead-up to the French Open, and Mike

12:37 PM ET Great tennis matches occur every year, burned into our memory for any number of reasons. But for each there are also some that have a pivotal impact. This is not to say these three matches were the most memorable, the most dramatic or even the best. But the fallout provided turning points

1:48 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Amelie Mauresmo won’t be captaining France’s Davis Cup team after all, because the two-time major winner is going back to coaching to help Lucas Pouille. The French Tennis Federation announced Thursday it was searching for a new captain, who will also look after the national team at the

10:04 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open officials say the world’s top 102 women and top 101 men have confirmed they will compete at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2019. World No. 1 Simona Halep heads up the women’s field and Novak Djokovic, seeking his record seventh Australian Open title,