Andrey Rublev’s second thought was to smash his tennis racket. The Russian No 6 seed at SW19 said, “I wouldn’t have done it if I could hit the racket on the ground, but we are not allowed to hit the ...

Novak Djokovic celebrated his 38th birthday in the best possible manner after defeating Matteo Arnaldi in straight sets to progress to his second successive Geneva Open semifinal. The Serbian still ...

Aryna Sabalenka lost her second match at the Miami Open to Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina and then smashed her racket three times in frustration. Kalinina is the last of the seeded players at this ...

Novak Djokovic will pay the price for losing his cool in the fifth set of the Wimbledon final as he appeared to lose more than just the possibility of an eighth title at the All-England Club. The ...

Novak Djokovic is losing more than just his racket after his outburst on Sunday. After losing the third game in the fifth set of his epic match with Carlos Alcaraz during the Wimbledon final, Djokovic ...

Things are not going Novak Djokovic's way at the U.S. Open. During Sunday's U.S. Open final between Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev, the former let his frustration show in a big way during the second set ...

In the midst of intense competition and struggle, tennis is undeniably a sport controlled by the rapid influx of ups and downs. The inherent will and desire that exists within players at all levels ...

Long accepted as an entertaining idiosyncrasy of the sport, the act of hurling one’s racket has led to some close calls, as ball people and chair umpires dodge injury. By Matthew Futterman After ...

Australian Nick Kyrgios apologized for losing his temper after his defeat at the hands of Rafael Nadal at Indian Wells and for smashing his racket into the ground, which then bounced and nearly struck ...

We've been over this before, and fairly recently too: Novak Djokovic has a history of taking out his frustration on the court, from racket smashes to hitting a line judge with a ball he hit out anger ...

PARIS -- Mikhail Youzhny's latest outburst came during his 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 loss to No. 12 Tommy Haas in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday. Youzhny, the No. 29 seed, went down 3-0 in the ...

Subscribe to The Athletic using our latest discount offer here. Andrey Rublev’s second thought was to smash his tennis racket. His first thought? Protecting the Wimbledon grass. The “it” he was ...