Tennis

With the light fading in Paris on Sunday night, a one-time prodigy of Australian tennis enjoyed arguably the finest moment of a career that has been sadly restricted by injury. Well over a decade after matching the junior deeds of 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Jason Kubler finally broke through for his first ever … Read more

Wimbledon is now an ‘exhibition tournament’ after being stripped of ranking points by the WTA and ‘top players’ could now REFUSE to play in it this year, fears world No 11 Cam Norrie Russian and Belarusian tennis stars have been banned from Wimbledon this year In response, the WTA has decided to strip the tournament … Read more

Ons Jabeur crashes out of the French Open as Magda Linette fights back from one set down to inflict the tournament’s first major upset against the in-form sixth seed at Roland Garros Ons Jabeur was one of world No 1 Iga Swiatek’s top threats at the French Open The sixth seed won the first set … Read more

There was once a time, not very long ago at all, when Dominic Thiem was better placed than anyone else to emerge as the next new champion on these grounds. For four consecutive years, between 2016 and 2019, Thiem marched deep into the French Open draw and inched closer to the title each time. He … Read more

PARIS — Before there was Carlos, there was Félix. It is not so easy to recall now, through the haze of the pandemic and the aftershocks of Carlos Alcaraz’s meteoric impact on tennis of late. But there was a time, beginning in roughly 2015, that the tennis cognoscenti raved about a young Canadian named Félix … Read more

Cameron Norrie believes that some top players will decide not to compete at Wimbledon this year after the ATP and WTA opted to revoke ranking points from the tournament in light of the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players this year. Norrie, the British No 1, also said that without players being able to … Read more

In October 2020, with the pandemic having prompted the French Tennis Federation to move the tournament to early fall from late spring, Nadal stampeded through the competition without dropping a set. He embarrassed Djokovic, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, in the final. Nine months later, though, Djokovic got revenge, breaking Nadal’s spirit and his body during an … Read more

Dimitrov has taken the first set off Giron 6-1 and Cirstea has done likewise to Maria 6-3. Yeah, Jabeur is into this now, serving out easily to take the first set 6-3. Linette made it hard at the start, but there’s something different about her opponent this last year or so, and it’s hard to … Read more

Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios drops a HUGE bombshell about his romance with Costeen Hatzi – and gives Bernard Tomic a massive serve: ‘It’s time for him to quiet down’ Kyrgios answered fans’ questions on his Instagram story on Saturday  His response to one query about his girlfriend Costeen Hatzi was eye-opening Star also slammed … Read more

Australian No 1 Ajla Tomljanovic has hit out at the decision to strip Wimbledon of its ranking points, dismissing the move that’s rocked the sport as “very unfair”. The woman who took over at the top of the domestic rankings after Ash Barty’s sudden retirement said she will be hard hit by the explosive decision … Read more