Tennis

Rublev kept his Australian Open preparations on track and ended the fairytale run of the 18-year-old Shang, who was in his first ATP Tour semi-final, with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 battling victory

World No.8 Rune withstood a spirited challenge from Queensland-based Duckworth to complete a third straight match win in Brisbane in an hour and 45 minutes.

Rafael Nadal returns to the courts almost a year since he last played professionally before an injury curse that has long plagued him returned with a vengeance.

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from next month's Australian Open for a second successive year due to ongoing injuries.

Naomi Osaka keen on winning more Grand Slam titles on her comeback after motherhood

An enthusiastic crowd of 20,340 fans gathered to watch Carlos Alcaraz play Tommy Paul at Mexico City's main bullring on Wednesday, grasping their one chance this year to see world class tennis players in their own city.

Novak Djokovic took responsibility for Serbia's Davis Cup semi-final defeat to Italy.

Wandsworth councillors voted unanimously to snub the proposal for 39 new courts in neighbouring Wimbledon Park in south-west London.

Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna, alongside his doubles partner secured a spot in the ATP Finals' semifinals in a crucial Red Group qualification decider on Friday.

Daniil Medvedev, whose defeat of Alcaraz in the U.S. Open semi-final exposed some cracks in the Spaniard's game, says that a dip was to be expected at some point.

Italian Sinner claimed a 6-4, 6-4 straight sets win over the Greek Tsitsipas in the first match of the ATP's season-ending showpiece to delight home fans.

By downing the reigning Australian Open champion, Swiatek denied Sabalenka a victory that would have clinched the year-end top ranking for the 25-year-old from Belarus.

Sabalenka eased past Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-0, 6-1 in her group-stage opener on Sunday but that didn't prevent her from taking aim at the organisation.

The 18th seed won 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 against an out-of-sorts Alcaraz as the Bulgarian steps up his pursuit of a first ATP title since 2017.

World number 2 Carlos Alcaraz eased past Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2 to make his 12th season semifinal appearance at China Open

The second-seeded Indian team rallied to win the title clash 2-6 6-3 10-4 against Chinese Taipei's combo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang.