The Leftwich Tennis Center, home of the Memphis Tigers men’s and women's tennis team, will host the Memphis Classic, a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 250 event, from July 27 to Aug. 2.

The WTA has made a calendar change as Memphis is replacing Cleveland starting this summer. Between 2021 and 2025, Cleveland hosted a WTA 250 outdoor hard-court tournament. Last year, the tournament ...

Kim Clijsters recently had her say on Tara Moore suing the WTA for $20 million. Moore, a former WTA No. 145 in singles and 77 in doubles, is currently serving a lengthy suspension for an anti-doping ...

Emma Raducanu was swept aside 6-0, 6-2 by Romanian Sorana Cirstea on Saturday in the final of the Transylvania Open, the Briton's first title match since her shock victory at the US Open in 2021.

Emma Raducanu has only won one WTA Tour-level title in her career: the 2021 US Open. Since then, Raducanu has battled injuries and a revolving door of coaches to try to reach her highest level of play ...

Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Anthony Bryant and Brittany Smith are being sentenced for their roles in the 2021 death of Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland. After Obama says they're real, Trump orders release of ...

Women’s tennis is shifting into high gear, after reportedly inking the most significant partnership deal in WTA and women’s sports history. The WTA announced Mercedes-Benz as its the tour’s Exclusive ...

After falling out of the Top 10 for the first time in more than two years in the spring, Elena Rybakina was one of the hottest players on the tour in the second half of the season, winning 25 of her ...

Cade Cunningham is the best thing to happen to the Detroit Pistons in recent years. When he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2021 draft, the franchise transformed itself from perennial ...

Cade Cunningham: Whenever the lottery was happening and it started cutting down, I'm like—final three. It's Cleveland, Houston, and Detroit. I'm like, 'Don't let me go to Cleveland.' … I don’t know if ...

Iga Świątek (left) and Amanda Anisimova represent a developing stylistic rivalry at the top of women's tennis. Eamonn Dalton / The Athletic; Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Welcome back to the Monday ...