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Kontaveit to meet Ferro in Palermo final

Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit stopped top seed Petra Martic’s march to the Palermo Ladies Open final with a decisive straight sets win on Saturday, and the 4th seed will next meet France’s Fiona Ferro in the trophy match on Sunday.

Martić, Kontaveit and Giorgi make Palermo semis

Camila Giorgi was the only Italian to make it into the semi-finals of the Palermo Open on Friday, and she had to save match points against Dayana Yastremska to get there, while top seed Petra Martić came through a tight battle with Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Anett...

More withdrawals confirmed at US Open

The US Open field seems to be weakening by the day as Stan Wawrinka joins Rafa Nadal, Fabio Fognini and Gael Monfils in refusing to travel to New York and participate on the hardcourts of Flushing Meadows whilst the country is facing an increase in the numbers...

Bill Babcock to retire as Grand Slam Board Administrator

Bill Babcock, the original founding Director of the Grand Slam Board, which represents all 4 major championships, is retiring from his post at the end of the year.

Giorgi makes 3 Italians in Palermo quarters

Camila Giorgi joined fellow Italians Sara Errani and Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the quarter-finals of the 31st Palermo Ladies Open after surviving a stern test from the Slovenian teenage qualifier, Kaja Juvan, 3-6 6-2 6-4 on Thursday.

Murray visits Dunblane and receives a US Open wildcard

It has been assumed that Andy Murray would be playing the US Open on a protected ranking basis but that is not the case as the USTA have now awarded him a wildcard into the event due to start on August 31.

Italians shine in Palermo

Two Italians, Sara Errani and Elisabetta Cocciaretto, have made it into the quarter-finals at the 31st Palermo Ladies Open, the first professional tournament to be played since both the women’s and men’s tours were suspended in March because of the coronavirus...

US Open announces prizemoney and suffers another withdrawal

The organisers of the US Open are adamant that the American leg of the grand slams will go ahead as planned at Queen’s in New York from August 31, despite the rise of coronavirus infections in the country and the possibility of more absenting themselves.

Nadal withdraws from US Open as Madrid Masters is cancelled

The news everyone was expecting was confirmed when Rafa Nadal announced he would not be competing at this years’ US Open and if that wasn’t bad enough at a time when the sport attempts to rebuild itself, the organisers of the Madrid Masters announced it was...

Martic advances, Vondrousova falls in Palermo

Amid slip-ups over coronavirus protocols, the two top seeds at the WTA Palermo Ladies Open met with mixed fortunes on Tuesday, as top seed Petra Martic advanced in straight sets but 2nd-seeded Marketa Vondrousova fell at the hands of a qualifier.