Tennis

Frances Tiafoe of the United States produced the performance of a lifetime to send Rafael Nadal crashing out of the US Open in a stunning fourth-round upset on Monday. Tiafoe, who had only reached one major...

Following the tournament draw on Monday, Serena Williams will play Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in the first round of the US Open. Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion who has intimated that this may be her...

Novak Djokovic withdrew from the US Open on Thursday as his refusal to get vaccinated means he cannot travel to the United States in a move which had been widely anticipated. It is the second Grand...

The disastrous comeback match Rafael Nadal played in on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Masters has put the Spaniard behind in the race for the top ATP rating. Nadal’s attempt to pass Daniil Medvedev for the top...

Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan defeated eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev on Saturday, joining Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios in winning in straight sets to go to the ATP and WTA Washington Open men’s final. The 96th-ranked left-hander Nishioka defeated...

World number one Daniil Medvedev powered into the semi-finals of the ATP hardcourt tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Ricardas Berankis. Medvedev, playing his first tournament since bowing out...

As this year’s Wimbledon has drawn toa close, The All England Lawn Tennis Club and OPPO (Wimbledon’s Global Partner for the fourth consecutive year) recognise the sporting excellence on show during the fortnight. Looking at those...

Due to US federal Covid-19 travel limitations, Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this month’s ATP Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami. Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, said on Twitter that restrictions requiring non-US citizens to get...

Rafael Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final, rallying from a two-set deficit to win a record 21st Grand Slam title just months after feeling his career was finished due to injuries. With...

France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Croatia’s Ivan Dodig were crowned Australian Open mixed doubles champions Friday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Australian pair Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler. It was a second Melbourne Park mixed doubles...