Miami | Alcaraz cruises through but Zverev crashes out
The world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz opened the defence of his Miami Open Masters’ crown with a dominating and comprehensive 6-0 6-2 win over Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis.
Miami | Swiatek switches to On kit
It wasn’t quite the way Iga Swiatek wanted to debut her new clothing deal, but the World No 1 was clad in On when she talked to the press about having to pull out of the Miami Open due to a rib injury.
Miami | Shocks abound as Sabalenka battles injury into round 3
Friday brought shocks in the 2nd-round of the bottom half of the women’s draw at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú, with Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia and Maria Sakkari among several seeds now heading for the exit doors, while Aryna Sabalenka, the World No 2, got past...
Miami | Americans charge into round 3 as Mertens takes out Kasatkina
Americans prevailed in the top half of the draw at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú on Thursday as Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins and Claire Liu reached the 3rd-round, while the only seed to fall was Daria Kasatkina at the hands of Elise Mertens.
Ukraine | WTA slammed again… hate, and Putin & Xi support IOC pathway
The WTA is facing further backlash as Lesia Tsurenko's coach, Nikita Vlasov, calls out the organisation’s superficial measures to protect Ukrainians as insensitive amid the on-going Russian invasion of Ukraine.
ATP TOUR
Miami | Alcaraz cruises through but Zverev crashes out
The world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz opened the defence of his Miami Open Masters’ crown with a dominating and comprehensive 6-0 6-2 win over Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis.
Miami | Murray suffers surprise defeat
British tennis had a bad day at the office on Wednesday as Andy Murray, following a promising start to the season, crashed out to Dusan Lajovic in the opening round of the Miami Open, the second Masters of the year which, with last fortnight’s Indian Wells event,...
Miami | Murray leads British challenge
The men’s Miami Open Masters gets under way Wednesday with two former champions in action, namely Andy Murray and John Isner.
WTA TOUR
Miami | Shocks abound as Sabalenka battles injury into round 3
Friday brought shocks in the 2nd-round of the bottom half of the women’s draw at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú, with Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia and Maria Sakkari among several seeds now heading for the exit doors, while Aryna Sabalenka, the World No 2, got past...
Miami | Americans charge into round 3 as Mertens takes out Kasatkina
Americans prevailed in the top half of the draw at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú on Thursday as Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Danielle Collins and Claire Liu reached the 3rd-round, while the only seed to fall was Daria Kasatkina at the hands of Elise Mertens.
Miami | Andreescu fells Raducanu as Swiatek pulls out
There was disappointment for fans as Emma Raducanu, the British No 1, fell to Bianca Andreescu in her opening round at the Miami Open Presented by Itaú on Wednesday, 6-3 3-6 6-2, and news broke that top seed Iga Swiatek had withdrawn due to a rib injury.
OFF COURT
Miami | Swiatek switches to On kit
It wasn’t quite the way Iga Swiatek wanted to debut her new clothing deal, but the World No 1 was clad in On when she talked to the press about having to pull out of the Miami Open due to a rib injury.
Ukraine | WTA slammed again… hate, and Putin & Xi support IOC pathway
The WTA is facing further backlash as Lesia Tsurenko's coach, Nikita Vlasov, calls out the organisation’s superficial measures to protect Ukrainians as insensitive amid the on-going Russian invasion of Ukraine.
New York | Cleared – Navratilova is cancer-free
Martina Navratilova, the winner of 59 Grand Slam titles and much loved television commentator, told Piers Morgan in an interview that she is cancer-free, months after discovering that she had stage 1 throat and breast cancer.
London | WTA improves its commercial footing as it celebrates 50 years of women’s tennis
The WTA has been penning a number of new commercial deals to help women's tennis build on its 50-year legacy over the next half-a-century.
DAVIS CUP & BJK CUP
London | Raducanu opts out of BJK Cup tie against France in April
British No 1 Emma Raducanu has opted out of representing her country in the Billie Jean King Cup Qualifiers against France to be held in Coventry from 14-15 April, choosing to...
London | Davis Cup roundup
Joining Great Britain in the knockout stage of the Davis Cup Finals are 11 other nations who came through similar ties during last weekend’s play offs.
Bogota | Norrie books GB into DC Finals
After a tricky first day which ended with Leon Smith’s Davis Cup team level with Colombia in their Qualifying tie being played on the clay courts of the Pablo Viejo Country Club...
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GRAND SLAMS
Melbourne | Djokovic wins record tenth Aussie title.
For the second time in his career, Stefanos Tsitsipas found himself denied a grand slam title by Novak Djokovic who claimed the Australian Open title for his tenth Aussie crown and draw level on 22 grand slam titles with arch rival Rafa Nadal.
Melbourne | Sabalenka and Rybakina reflect on a special AO final
Aryna Sabalenka was playing as a neutral when she won the women’s singles title on Saturday at the Australian Open, but her country’s name, Belarus, or rather ‘BYN’, will not feature on the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup due to the War in Ukraine.
Melbourne | Krejcikova & Siniakova successfully defend their AO title
The Czech pairing of Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova successfully defended their ladies doubles title at the Australian Open on Sunday, when they beat Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara for their 7th major win together, and extending their Grand Slam...
LTA NEWS
Rotterdam | Hewett collects both wheelchair titles
Alfie Hewett extended his record as the most successful men’s wheelchair singles player at the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam on Sunday when the world No.1 beat Martin de la Puente of Spain 6-0 7-5 to wrap up his fourth successive title at the ITF 1 Series wheelchair...
Melbourne | Hewett lifts AO singles trophy for first time
Alfie Hewett secured an emotional first Australian Open men’s wheelchair singles title at Melbourne Park today to strengthen his hold on the world No.1 ranking after a scintillating performance that ended in a 6-3 6-1 victory over Japan’s world No.4 Tokito Oda. His...
Melbourne | Hewett and Reid seal record wheelchair doubles titles
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid equalled the record for most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles won by a pair in the Open Era today after the British second seeds beat Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren 6-1, 6-2 to seal their fourth successive Australian Open...
Melbourne | Alfie and Hewitt reach singles and doubles wheelchair finals
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid will contest both the men’s singles and men’s doubles wheelchair finals between them for a third successive year at the Australian Open after Hewett maintained his bid for a first singles title at Melbourne Park when beating Japan’s Takuya...
London | ATP fines LTA and deals a major blow to British tennis
British tennis took a further blow when the ATP imposed a $1m fine on the LTA for not accepting entries from Russian and Belarusian players for its 5 grass court tournaments this summer at Queen’s Club in London, Eastbourne, Surbiton, Nottingham and Ilkley.
London | LTA appoints Padel Performance Manager
The LTA has appointed Matt Stanforth as its Padel Performance Manager, who will assume the new role on 16 January next year.
Wimbledon | Kunieda outlasts Hewett for title
Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne both left Wimbledon with runners-up trophies on Sunday as a ground-breaking four days of wheelchair tennis at The Championships came to an end with the sport making history once again.
Wimbledon | Hewett and Reid run ends
Alfie Hewett will focus on trying to bring his 2022 Wimbledon campaign to a victorious end on Sunday after the 24-year-old and fellow Brit Gordon Reid saw their record-breaking sequence of 10 Grand Slam doubles titles in a row come to an end on Saturday after a 63 61...