Tennis

Bernard Tomic gets just $3,000 for winning his first tournament in four years – soon after the man he challenged to a high-stakes match, Nick Kyrgios, earned $440,000 at the US Open Fallen Aussie Bernard Tomic has won his first tennis tournament in four years Tomic, 29, beat American Tristan McCormick in the final in … Read more

Despite a long, hard fight into the early hours of Thursday morning in the group stages of the Davis Cup Finals, Great Britain eventually succumbed to the United States 2-1 in Glasgow as Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury were defeated in a deciding doubles rubber at 0:58am. The marathon tie of three three-set matches began … Read more

British No 1 Cam Norrie makes his dad’s trip from New Zealand worthwhile by claiming stirring comeback victory against Taylor Fritz to level Davis Cup tie against the USA Cam Norrie claimed a dramatic victory over Taylor Fritz on Wednesday night  The British No 1 repaired the damage of an opening defeat for Dan Evans  His … Read more

Serena Williams says she “will not be relaxing” after playing what is likely to be her final competitive tennis match, and can now find time for “things that I’ve been wanting to do for so many years”. The 23-time grand slam champion said that her reported “retirement” from the sport was “more of an evolution … Read more

Andy Murray ‘doesn’t expect to play’ at the Davis Cup… as Great Britain begin their bid for glory with ‘really tricky’ group against the USA, Holland and Kazakhstan in Glasgow Great Britain begin their bid to qualify for Davis Cup finals week on Wednesday Andy Murray describes this as the strongest GB squad he has … Read more

US Open winner Carlos Alcaraz reveals the heartfelt four-word message Nick Kyrgios sent him after his historic win in New York Carlos Alcaraz claimed his maiden Grand Slam crown by winning the US Open  The 19-year-old Spaniard became the youngest world No1 in history as a result Alcaraz had to survive three five-set marathons in … Read more

Carlos Alcaraz’s coach and former world No 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero backs the new US Open champion and Italian youngster Jannik Sinner to ‘dominate’ men’s tennis for the ‘next 10 years’ Carlos Alcaraz beat Casper Ruud in the final of the US Open on Sunday night The Spaniard became the youngest male player ever to ascend … Read more

US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz claims Wimbledon will be the hardest Grand Slam to win after a late night out in Manhattan to celebrate opening his account with Flushing Meadows win Carlos Alcaraz was crowned US Open champion Sunday, beating Casper Ruud The Spaniard defeated Ruud in a four-set thriller to open his Grand Slam … Read more

He held his first tennis racket at the age of thee and sixteen years later, it’s the US Open trophy, a check for $2.6million and the World No 1 ranking that is in his grasp – the youngest to ever do it.  Carlos Alcaraz’s rise to the summit of world tennis has been electrifying and … Read more

Just one month ago, as the tennis tours swung to the North American hard court season at the beginning of August, Carlos Alcaraz was feeling burdened by his rapid success. The early stages of his rise had seemed so easy – he won big titles for fun, outperformed the likes of Novak Djokovic and Rafael … Read more