Jo Konta had to tough it out to earn her place in the second round as she tries to at least emulate her last year’s run to the Wimbledon...
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Wimbledon | Swan leads the way
In the absence of Andy Murray, home fans are looking to one of the 12 home grown players to make an impression, especially Kyle Edmund who opens his challenge as British...
Wimbledon | Wozniacki lifts Danish spirits
EASTBOURNE champion Caroline Wozniacki helped her country get over their World Cup woes at Wimbledon. Football fan Wozniacki suffered as her native Denmark were knocked out...
Wimbledon | Federer comments on Murray’s decision
ANDY Murray can get back to the top. That’s the view of eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. Brit Murray, himself a two-time winner and former world No.1, pulled out...
Wimbledon | Stephens crashes out
SLOANE Stephens, US Open champion and French Open finalist, has suffered a shock first-round defeat at Wimbledon. The fourth-seeded American lost 6-1 6-3 against unseeded...
Wimbledon | Federer eases through
ROGER Federer has begun his eighth defence of the Wimbledon title with a “one-shirt change kind of match”, to coin a phrase used by the man himself. The...
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Stuttgart | Kyrgios stunned in opener
Nick Kyrgios, playing his first match since undergoing knee surgery last January, was surprisingly beaten in the opening round of the Boss Open being staged in Stuttgart in what could prove a big setback to his Wimbledon preparations.
Den Bosch | Raonic makes welcome return but announces possible swansong.
The long-awaited return of Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic took place on the grass courts of the Autodron Rosmalen convention centre after a two-year absence and marked his return by removing the fifth seeded Miomir Kecmanovic in his first match since July 2021.
Nottingham | … and on to the grass
As the sun sets on the clay of Roland Garros, it rises over the grass court season, which kicks off with a WTA 250 in Nottingham, the Rothesay Open, where a bunch of Brits are looking to make their mark.
London | Wickmayer beats Swan for Surbiton title
It’s all happening at the top of British tennis, with Katie Swan threatening to take over the No 1 spot in the women’s rankings from Katie Boulter, who lost her semi-final encounter with eventual Lexus Surbiton Trophy champion to Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer, 6-3...
Paris | Hsieh & Wang thwart Fernandez & Townsend for doubles title
The unseeded pair of Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei & Wang Xinyu from China won the French Open women's doubles title after taking down 10th-seeded North Americans Leylah Fernandez & Taylor Townsend, 1-6 7-6 (5) 6-1, in the final at Roland Garros on Sunday.