Category: Tennis

New world No 16 beats Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in final Norrie the first British man to win title in Californian desert After an imperious breakthrough week at the BNP Paribas Open in which the heightened stakes of each new round brought out a greater level of play from Cameron Norrie, the best men’s […]

LTA head of women’s tennis Bates has confirmed involvement Raducanu has parted company with coach Andrew Richardson Emma Raducanu will be assisted by the former British men’s No 1 Jeremy Bates when her campaign at Indian Wells begins later this week. The new US Open champion, who ended her partnership with coach Andrew Richardson after […]

New research into performance under pressure among tennis players shows the biggest names do not just rise to the occasion on the biggest points Emma Raducanu is already proving a master of changing the narrative. At Wimbledon some questioned her temperament after she pulled out of her fourth-round match with breathing difficulties. Two months on, […]

The Australian wheelchair tennis great paid tribute to his mindset coach after completing a ‘golden grand slam’ at the US Open For a man blessed with so many remarkable talents, a critical element in Dylan Alcott’s historic triumph in New York on Sunday – when he became the first man to win the “golden slam” […]

Spaniard is youngest man to reach US Open quarters since 1963 Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp also into last eight Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest male quarter-finalist at the US Open since 1963. The 18-year-old from Spain reached the final eight at Flushing Meadows by beating qualifier Peter Gojowczyk of Germany 5-7, 6-1, […]

At school in New York, any whiff of competition is firmly avoided. Not so at my six-year-olds’ summer tennis camp There’s a game I play with my children that we never tire of, in which I share details – outlandish, unimaginable – of how things were in the olden days, when I was their age. […]

Roger Federer will miss the US Open and be out for ‘many months’ after deciding to have a third operation on his right knee. The Swiss said the procedure will give him with “a glimmer of hope” of a return to competition. He said: ‘I will be on crutches for many weeks … I am […]

Marcus Rashford, Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles and Tom Daley – from the Euros to Wimbledon to the Olympics, this season’s biggest stars have shown success is about much more than trophies The Olympics are racing towards the finishing line; the Euros gave us euphoria and heartbreak; and Wimbledon revealed that the true hero on Centre […]

Osaka plays first match since she pulled out of French Open Win comes two days after No 2 seed lit the Olympic cauldron In the two months since Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to protect her mental health, after all the noise that followed her decision not to attend press conferences there, she […]

Wimbledon winner delivers a moment of inspiration to Australians across the world in Saturday’s historic triumph Ash Barty was almost off Centre Court, the Venus Rosewater Dish balanced on one arm as she strode towards the tunnel, an aisle of ball boys and girls standing sentry and the heartened crowd beyond giving their final ovation […]