Krejcikova bags French Open title
It was nip and tuck but, at the last, it was unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova who hoisted the French Open trophy aloft after a 3-set victory over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 31 seed, in the final at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Konta steps into her third straight Nottingham final
British No.1 Johanna Konta has reached her third consecutive final at the LTA’s Viking Open Nottingham after defeating Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5 in two-hours and 53-minutes.
Herbert & Mahut claim second Roland Garros doubles title
France claimed the Men’s Doubles title on Saturday when Pierre-Hughes Herbert & Nicolas Mahut defeated Alexander Bublik & Andrey Golubev from Kazakstan, 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4, to become the first all-French team to win twice at the clay-court major since World War...
Swiatek and Krejcikova to meet in Paris Doubles Final
Iga Swiatek may have lost her singles crown at Roland Garros but she has her eyes firmly set on taking home the French Open doubles title with her partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but the pair will have to navigate past Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, who...
Nadal is brought down in classic
Two classic semi-finals and a change of heart by the French pandemic authorities, a boisterous crowd and excellent weather all helped to ensure that the French Open, the second grand slam of the season, reached its Sunday climax with the appropriate fanfare
ATP TOUR
Norrie takes out Thiem in Lyon
Cameron Norrie is becoming a player no one wants to meet on court as he adds the world No.4 to his C.V., his 10th clay-court victim of thi season in what is proving excellent preparations for up-coming French Open.
Federer stumbles out of Geneva
Roger Federer’s return to competitive play was always going to be high light of the week following his tentative return last March in Doha where he lost to Nicoloz Basilashvili and decided that fitness wise, he wasn’t quite ready.
Rafa regains Rome crown
Rafa Nadal reclaims the Rome Masers title he first won in 2005 as an 18-year-old to extend his record and mastery of the clay courts at the Foro Italico for a 10th time.
WTA TOUR
Konta steps into her third straight Nottingham final
British No.1 Johanna Konta has reached her third consecutive final at the LTA’s Viking Open Nottingham after defeating Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic 6-2 6-7(2) 7-5 in two-hours and 53-minutes.
Konta through to third straight Nottingham semi-final
Johanna Konta is safely through to her third consecutive Viking Open Nottingham semi-final after defeating eighth seed Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3 7-6(6), having reached the final in her last two visits to the Nottingham Tennis Centre in 2017 and 2018.
Konta and Boulter reach Nottingham quarter-finals
British No.1 Johanna Konta booked her place in the LTA’s Viking Open Nottingham quarter-finals with a 6-2 1-6 6-3 victory over Ukraine qualifier Kateryna Kozlova.
OFF COURT
Sue Barker awarded CBE
Sue Barker has been awarded a CBE in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to sport, broadcasting and charity.
Konta splits with coach ahead of grass court season
Johanna Konta, who is the top seed at the Viking Open in Nottingham this week, has split with her coach Dimitri Zavialoff for the second time in her career following her first-round defeat at the French Open and now heads into the grass-court season without a coach.
US Open opts for Hawk-Eye line-calling technology on all tennis courts for first time
The US Open will use Hawk-Eye Live electronic line-calling on all match courts during this year's tournament for the first time, the USTA said in a statement on Monday.
Roman Shorts…
As action starts at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, here are some off-court snippets...
DAVIS CUP & BJK CUP
ITF seeks new host for BJK Finals
The ITF is said to be 'surprised and disappointed' after the Hungarian Tennis Association (HTA) withdrew as the host of this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals, electing to...
Boulter saves the day and GB makes BJK Cup Qualifiers
With Great Britain 2-0 up on Mexico overnight, it was up to Heather Watson to polish off the opponents in the Billie Jean King Cup Play-Offs on Saturday, but she met an inspired...
Britain 2 up on Mexico in BJK Cup
Great Britain are well poised for a memorable win over Mexico in the Billie Jean Cup after team stalwarts Heather Watson and Katie Boulter got past their nerves to win the...
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GRAND SLAMS
Herbert & Mahut claim second Roland Garros doubles title
France claimed the Men’s Doubles title on Saturday when Pierre-Hughes Herbert & Nicolas Mahut defeated Alexander Bublik & Andrey Golubev from Kazakstan, 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4, to become the first all-French team to win twice at the clay-court major since World War...
Krejcikova bags French Open title
It was nip and tuck but, at the last, it was unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova who hoisted the French Open trophy aloft after a 3-set victory over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 31 seed, in the final at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Swiatek and Krejcikova to meet in Paris Doubles Final
Iga Swiatek may have lost her singles crown at Roland Garros but she has her eyes firmly set on taking home the French Open doubles title with her partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but the pair will have to navigate past Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, who...
LTA NEWS
Hewett lifts his third singles title
Alfie Hewett became a three-time French Open men’s wheelchair singles champion and a five-time Grand Slam singles winner on Monday after claiming a high-quality final against Japan’s world No.1 Shingo Kunieda 6-3, 6-4 at Roland Garros.
Hewett and Reid claim titles and make history
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid produced a record-breaking performance at the French Open on Saturday as they became the most successful all-British partnership in Grand Slam competition after beating French second seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 6-3, 6-0 at...
Hewett makes wheelchair final
Alfie Hewett pulled off the latest of the stunning comebacks for which he is renowned on Saturday to maintain his French Open men’s wheelchair singles title defence after defeating world No. 2 Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) at Roland Garros.
Hewett begins defence of French Open title
Alfie Hewett produced a polished performance on Friday’s first of four days of wheelchair tennis at the 2021 French Open, opening his men’s singles title defence with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over 2020 runner-up Joachim Gerard at Roland Garros.
LTA suffers online glitches
The LTA has experienced a series of unfortunate computer glitches over the past days as the web site for sales of tickets for the summer tournaments crashed, and roll-out of its planned ClubSpark log-in migration experienced issues when it went live, causing...
Reid and Hewett claim title double at Indoor Wheelchair Tournament, Loughborough
Reigning Paralympic champion Gordon Reid claimed his first men’s singles title of 2021 today after beating fellow Brit and top seed Alfie Hewett 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to lift the inaugural Loughborough Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament crown.
Hewett retains singles title and with Reid, the doubles title
Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid dominated the singles and doubles events for the second year in a row at the ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, with Hewett retaining the singles title in Sunday’s all-Brit final before he and Reid went on...
Battle of Britain returns
Andy and Jamie Murray are to team up on home soil for Scotland against England in what the latter describes as a "super exciting" Battle of the Brits.