Tennis

How peculiar it once seemed that Roger Federer insisted that he was still one of the sport's giants—how peculiar now that we didn't believe him

The graying of men's tennis since 1990 was evident during Week 1 of Wimbledon, where the average age and the number of players over 30 were record highs and the number of teenagers tied the alltime low.

Something rare and curious occurred at Wimbledon last Saturday: For the first time since the Open era began, in 1968, a player at a Grand Slam event played a set flawlessly. Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova won a...

Brian Baker's run in the first week of Wimbledon was just one example of a big trend in men's tennis: Age is actually in a player's favor

NOT: DODGER BLUES