Tennis

Hailed as Australia’s “right-handed version of Rafael Nadal” before injuries derailed his career, Jason Kubler has fought back from match point down to move just one match away from making it into the main draw of the French Open for the first time. Turning 29-years-old on match day, the former junior world number one Kubler … Read more

Australian tennis star opens up on how she almost threw herself off a bridge before she was saved by three heroic passersby Aussie tennis star Destanee Aiava didn’t want to live to see her 22nd birthday Three strangers stopped the Melburnian from taking her own life at Easter Has opened up on harrowing attempt on … Read more

Wimbledon set to be STRIPPED of ranking points for women after banning Russian and Belarussian players… and Britain could also miss out on staging new Masters grass court event in the run-up to the Championships WTA Chief Executive Steve Simon held a conference call with leading players Rest of the circuit are allowing the likes of … Read more

The WTA has released an updated tournament calendar for the 2022 season, with no events taking place in China and the venue for the season-ending WTA Finals yet to be disclosed. The Tour said last month it was still working to find a resolution to the stand-off with China over the Peng Shuai issue and … Read more

Despite being ranked just 76th in the world, controversial Aussie tennis player Nick Kyrgios still has the confidence to declare himself the best grass court player in the world. Kyrgios has elected to miss the French Open and his now focused on Wimbledon in late June, where he hopes to relive some of his best … Read more

Former junior Wimbledon champion and Olympic silver medallist, Laura Robson, has announced her retirement from tennis following three hip operations. The 28-year-old was thrust into the spotlight aged 14 when she won the girls’ title SW19 and she peaked in the top 30 while still a teenager but has been hampered by injury for most … Read more

Former junior Wimbledon champion and Olympic silver medalist Laura Robson retires from tennis after struggling to return from her hip surgery Laura Robson has officially announced she is retiring from tennis at the age of 28 Robson won the junior Wimbledon competition at 14 and an Olympic silver at 18 The former British no.1 decided … Read more

Andy Murray will not play the French Open as he withdraws to focus on his Wimbledon hopes after being forced to pull out of a clash with Novak Djokovic in Madrid due to illness Andy Murray has withdrawn from the French Open to prepare for Wimbledon  The Scot had originally said he would miss the … Read more

Djokovic, like his career-long reference points Nadal and Roger Federer, has underscored his passion with long-running excellence and by persistently ignoring the hints that his peak years might be behind him. For Djokovic, this has been a season and a challenge like no other: His decision to remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus led to a … Read more

Novak Djokovic claims his first title in over six months with victory at the Italian Open over Stefanos Tsitsipas having not dropped a set en route to the final in Rome Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 7-6(5) to win Italian Open on Sunday The Greek broke to make it 4-1 in the second set but Djokovic … Read more