2018 to date: The veteran’s best results this year have come in doubles and Fed Cup. She played a key role in helping Germany advance past Belarus in the opening round of the team event this year.

Ahead of this past weekend's Fed Cup tie between Teams USA and Germany in Hawaii, fun, beach-y moments such as the Americans' Baywatch exercise made for lighthearted fare. Then the deluge.

The German Super Cup will bear the name of Franz Beckenbauer, who died earlier this year, from 2025, the German Football League (DFL) announced on Friday. Beckenbauer, nicknamed ‘Der Kaiser ...