On November 7, 1977, competition began at an ATP tournament called the Hong Kong Open. One of the competitors was Ken Rosewall. Five days earlier, Rosewall had turned 43 years old. When you think of ...

MELBOURNE, May 22 (Reuters) - Fifty years after accepting his second Coupe des Mousquetaires, Australian great Ken Rosewall will bestow the French Open trophy on the men's singles champion next month ...

An unusual outcome had the winner shaking his head. Rod Laver was certainly capable of a one-sided victory. He’d won the Grand Slam--all four majors in the same calendar year--in 1962 and came to the ...

Most players learn the two-handed backhand today, but the one-handed backhand will become more important as you get older. Why? Because you’re going to lose speed, and you’ll have a longer reach with ...

Indoor tennis has been played on a lot of surfaces. First there was wood, which picked up glare like ballroom parquet, bounced the ball sickeningly fast and with a deadly skid. Then there was canvas, ...

Tennis legend Ken Rosewall, 77, was taken ill in Rome this morning and is recovering in a hospital. Rosewall, multiple Grand Slam winner, had arrived from Sydney with his wife Wilma to attend the ...

After Australia’s Davis Cup triumph, Australians and New Zealanders could be forgiven the notion that tennis down under is the best in the world. Then the pros came to town, and local pride went back ...

Eight-time Grand Slam winner great Ken Rosewall has been admitted to the stroke ward of a Rome hospital after falling ill while attending the Rome Masters, Australian media reports. Rosewall's wife ...

(Repeats interview moved at 1400 GMT, no change in text) MELBOURNE, May 22 (Reuters) - Fifty years after accepting his second Coupe des Mousquetaires, Australian great Ken Rosewall will bestow the ...