JO Konta has revealed I will do my best to live up to Serena WilliamsÈ expectations of her but was defeated 6-2 6-3 in quarter-finals...
READ MOREAppleton reaches AO Junior quarter-finals
by BBC Sport | Jan 25, 2017 | Australian Open, Juniors
Looking to make a name for themselves, the best juniors in the game today are fighting it out on the courts of the Australian Open in Melbourne during the second week as the...
Turning back the clocks
by Henry Wancke | Jan 25, 2017 | ATP Tour, Australian Open, Grand Slams
The march of the oldies continues in what is turning out to be an extraordinary Australian Open as a batch of 30-year-olds progress into the last four in...
Konta doesn’t fear Serena
by Mike Donovan | Jan 24, 2017 | Australian Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
JO Konta believes a major key to upsetting Serena Williams is the knowledge she has picked up playing her sister Venus and other Grand Slam champions. The British No.1 would...
Konta makes last eight
by Mike Donovan | Jan 23, 2017 | Australian Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
JO Konta is looking forward to an incredible experience against Serena Williams after becoming the only Brit to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. With...
The Spanish Bull is on the move
by Henry Wancke | Jan 23, 2017 | ATP Tour, Australian Open, Grand Slams, WTA Tour
With Rafa Nadal joining Roger Federer in the quarter finals of the Australian Open, the possibility that they both might end up contesting the actual Final itself on Sunday,...
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Tokyo | Osaka pulls out as Martic upsets Pliskova and Russians advance
Sep 22, 2022
Defending champion Naomi Osaka pulled out of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Thursday with stomach pain, giving Beatriz © a free pass into the quarter-finals, where she will meet Veronika Kudermetova, while Petra Martic upset Karolina Pliskova and Luidmila...

Metz | Wawrinka and Thiem win openers
Sep 22, 2022
Ever since the three-time grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka, a former world No.3, was forced to undergo knee surgery in 2017, he has struggled to get back on form and has slipped down to 284 on the rankings list.

Tokyo | Badosa and Garcia beaten, as Muguruza reaches quarters
Sep 21, 2022
The Toray Pan Pacific Open lost its two top seeds on Wednesday, with both Paula Badosa and Caroline Garcia falling at the hands of Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai, while Garbiñe Muguruza and Claire Liu also advanced to the quarter-finals.

Seoul | Raducanu makes Last 16 at Korea Open
Sep 21, 2022
British No 1 Emma Raducanu returned to action at the WTA Hana Bank Korea Open on Wednesday, where she scored an impressive win over Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in her opening match, in her first appearance at the WTA 250 tournament in Seoul.

Tokyo | Osaka advances via retirement, Haddad Maia next
Sep 20, 2022
Defending champion Naomi Osaka advanced after just 14 minutes on court when her opponent, Daria Saville, retired with an injury, while Fernanda Contreras Gomez defeated Sofia Kenin, and Beatriz Haddad Maia held off the impressive 21-year-old wild-card Yuki Naito, at...