Britain’s Jo Konta sailed through her first round match against America’s Madison Brengle in straight sets. It was a dominant display by the...
READ MOREMelbourne | Aussies get off the mark
by Henry Wancke | Jan 15, 2018 | Australian Open
While America mourns the demise of their major players in both Australian Open draws, the home nation is happy with the progress their players have made on the first day of...
Melbourne | Venus leads Americans out of Aussie Open
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 15, 2018 | Australian Open
It was a bad day for American tennis on Day 1 of the Australian Open, which saw early exits for a host of stars, including Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe and Sloane...
Melbourne | Edmund takes out Anderson
by Henry Wancke | Jan 15, 2018 | Australian Open
Kyle Edmund, Britain’s sole representative in the men’s singles at the Australian Open, produced one of the shocks of the day when he knocked out the US Open finalist and...
Melbourne | The Australian women’s draw is wide open
by Barbara Wancke | Jan 14, 2018 | Australian Open
It is time for the also-rans to step up to the plate at this year’s Australian Open since defending champion Serena Williams is absent, having elected to opt out as she is...
Melbourne | Kerber to upset the rankings
by Henry Wancke | Jan 14, 2018 | Australian Open
The women’s Australian Open title is up for grabs in the absence of the defending champion Serena Williams. Elina Svitolina and Simona Halep are the two most favoured to...
Further Reading

Prague | Hibino fells defending champ Krejicikova
Jul 29, 2022
Japan’s Nao Hibino upset defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, the No 2 seed from the Czech Republic, 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3, to advance to the quarter-finals of the Livesport Prague Open on Thursday, where she will meet local wild-card Linda Noskova, who is 17-years old and...

Umag | Alcaraz begins title defence
Jul 29, 2022
Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed at the Playa Laguna Croatia Open, successfully launched the defence of his Croatian title with a relatively comfortable straight sets victory over Lucky Loser Norbert Gombos.

Atlanta | De Minaur gets US campaign under way
Jul 29, 2022
Australia’s top player, Alex de Mianur, successfully launched his American hardcourt campaign at the Atlanta Open in Georgia, but at the expense of his countryman James Duckworth.

Kitzbuhel | Hanfmann and rain upset Thiem
Jul 29, 2022
Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann stunned former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem 6-4 3-6 6-4 to reach the semi-finals at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel, Austria as he attempts to repeat his success of 2020 when he reached the final of the event only to fall at the last hurdle.

London | Raducanu chooses Tursunov
Jul 28, 2022
British No 1 Emma Raducanu has taken on another new coach, Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov, a former Top 20 ATP Tour player, who will work with the 19-year old during the North American hard-court swing, which starts in Washington DC on Monday.