Category: Tennis

Harriet Dart is set to return to the world’s top 100 after she defeated Elisabetta Cocciaretto to reach the Transylvania Open quarter-finals. The British number three fought back from a set down to clinch a 5-7 7-5 6-3 victory over the fifth seed in Cluj. Dart, who came through qualifying for the WTA Tour event,...

Jodie Burrage struggled with an injury as she fell to top seed Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets in Linz. In what had been a positive start for Burrage, with an immediate break of Ostapenko’s serve, an inner-thigh injury sustained in the second game of the match resulted in a 6-1 6-2 defeat. Burrage rapidly lost...

An independent tribunal decided contaminated meat was the source of the prohibited substances detected – and that the player “bore no fault or negligence”. However, the ITIA is appealing against the independent tribunal’s decision about the nandrolone ingested, with that appeal to take place at the Court of Arbitration for Sport at a future date....

Sky Sports has confirmed a new home for tennis in the UK and Ireland, with Sky Sports Tennis set to launch on Sky and NOW from February 11, making tennis content available all day, every day for fans. Sky Sports will broadcast more live tennis than anywhere else, bringing over 4,000 matches from more than...

It took 61 attempts, with 19 different partners, but Rohan Bopanna finally won his first men’s doubles Grand Slam title to set yet more records. The 43-year-old Indian, already set to become the oldest men’s doubles number one, became the oldest major men’s doubles winner at the Australian Open. He and Matthew Ebden beat Italians...

When Sabalenka won in Melbourne last year, the key factors behind her success were remodelling her serve to avoid the double faults which had plagued her and working with a psychologist. Her development over the rest of the 2023 season led to a a first stint as the world number one and becoming the most...

On Saturday, Hewett and his British partner Gordon Reid won their fifth Australian Open men’s wheelchair doubles title in a row when they overcame Japanese pair Oda and Takuya Miki 6-3 6-2. Oda, who beat Hewett in the final at both the French Open and Wimbledon in 2023, got the better of the world number...