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Serena steals the show in Sister Act 31

Sister Act 31 lived up to its billing at the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Kentucky, with Serena Williams coming from behind to narrowly outlast Venus, 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Halep and Bouchard battle through in Prague

World No 2 Simona Halep is not having an easy time of it in Prague, surviving another scare before battling back from a set down to beat Barbora Krejcikova, 3-6 7-5 6-2, on Thursday; while wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard advanced by overcoming Tamara Zidansek, 7-6(2)...

Good and bad news for the US Open

Finally, some good news for the US Open organisers with Novak Djokovic declaring his intentions to compete at Flushing Meadows following all the speculation that he wouldn’t. Unfortunately, there was also bad news, the women’s defending champion, Bianca Andreescu, has...

Gauff upsets Sabalenka in Kentucky

Despite dropping her serve 7 times, American teenage sensation Coco Gauff still managed to pull off an impressive upset of Aryna Sabalenka, the No 2 seed from Belarus, at the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Kentucky on Wednesday.

Learning lessons for next season

There is still a feeling of uncertainty as the tours try to get back up and running following the five-month shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pliskova and Mertens reach Prague quarters

While the No 2 seed at the Prague Open, Petra Martic, was upset in the second round on Wednesday by Kristyna Pliskova, the left-handed twin sister of Karolina, 6-1 7-5, who advances to the quarter-finals to meet Romania’s Ana Bogdan, Elise Mertens, the 3rd seed, came...

They’re back!

Serena Williams is back, and so is her sister, Venus, and the two will meet in the second round of the Top Seed Open presented by Bluegrass Orthopaedics in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday.

Laver at 82… still charming the game he once dominated

There cannot be too many more glowing accolades left to be attributed to one of the world’s greatest tennis players, Rodney George Laver, who celebrated his 82nd birthday earlier this week.

Richard Williams biopic lawsuit settled

Overbrook Entertainment, the production company owned by Will Smith, has reached a settlement deal in a lawsuit over the rights to ‘King Richard’, the life story of Serena and Venus Williams' father, Richard Williams.

Bouchard gets past Kudermetova in Prague

Eugenie Bouchard is on the cusp of a long-overdue revival in Prague where she won her first clay-court match on the WTA Tour since 2018 by upsetting 8th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova, 6-0 6-3, in an impressive 76 minutes on Monday.