John Isner, the 23rd seed, was facing Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the first round at Wimbledon on side court No. 18. Few people in the U.S. believed Isner was a threat to win the tournament, and fewer ...

PARIS — Nicolas Mahut once spent three days on court in the longest match in tennis history, yet even light training for one hour proved challenging for him on Wednesday. That’s because he was ...

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut kept France alive in the Davis Cup final, defeating Croats Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic in the doubles rubber to send the tie into a deciding ...

After a 25-year career, Nicolas Mahut has hung up his racket after playing one last match with Grigor Dimitrov at the Paris doubles tournament. Mahut and professional tennis are over. The 43-year-old ...

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Frenchman Nicolas Mahut delivered an emotional farewell to professional tennis after his doubles defeat at the Paris Masters. Mahut, 43, won five Grand Slam doubles titles in a ...

Holger Rune wants to achieve huge results in the last part of this season, in order to accumulate confidence in view of 2026 which promises to be a very important year for his career. The young Danish ...

1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd. 1911 — John McDermott becomes the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open when he beats Michael Brady and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Isner celebrates winning on the third day of his first round match against Nicolas Mahut of France on Day Four of the ...

Well, that was short. And what a break for everyone concerned - including the loser. Neither John Isner nor Nicolas Mahut wanted anything that even remotely resembled the three-day marathon they ...

Top seed Rafael Nadal's grass-court warm-up ended with defeat by France's Nicolas Mahut in the quarter-finals of the Artois Championships. As rain repeatedly interrupted play again at Queen's Club, ...