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LOS ANGELES: Novak Djokovic, 20-time top-ranked Grand Slam champion, barred from playing Australian Open because he was not vaccinated against Covid-19, is entered in the Indian ATP event Wells next month. Djokovic is a five-time champion…

The top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on the entry list for the BNP Paribas Open in California, where the Serb would face a vaccination mandate.Djokovic, who was not vaccinated against Covid-19 last month, was arrested and eventually deported…

Thanasi Kokkinakis has turned the script on its head after explosive rumors emerged about Nick Kyrgios and Australian legend Lleyton Hewitt.Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has revealed Nick Kyrgios turned down an offer to return…

The tennis star also told French reporters that she had made no allegations of assault and was retiring from the sport.Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied "disappearing" last year after filing a sexual assault complaint against a…

Image source: TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA Ramkumar Ramanathan (left) with Rohan Bopanna in action during the Tata Open Maharashtra 2022 final in Pune on Sunday.…

PUNE: Portugal's Joao Sousa won a shootout with the immensely talented Emil Ruusuvuori in the summit clash at the Tata Open Maharashtra to clinch his first ATP singles title since May 2018 and fourth overall on Sunday. Ranked 137, Sousa,…

BUENOS AIRES: Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro said on Saturday that his return next week after two and a half years from injury was "more of a goodbye than a return" to tennis. Del Potro is set to announce his retirement after…

PUNE: Kamil Majchrzak had been world number 7 as a junior and beat Daniil Medvedev, Matteo Berrettini and Andrey Rublev growing up. But while the latter three made their breakthrough into men's top tennis a few years ago, the 26-year-old…

Andy Murray lost to Japanese Taro Daniel in Australian Open second round; Scot has yet to name a permanent successor to manager Jamie Delgado and appears to have…

Roger Federer thinks he will know by "April-May" whether or not he will return to tennis.©AFPRoger Federer thinks he will know by "April-May" whether or not he can return to tennis. The 40-year-old winner of 20 Grand Slam titles has not…

Novak Djokovic's Covid tests submitted to Australian authorities last month were legitimate, Serbian authorities said on Wednesday, after a series of media outlets cast doubt on the authenticity of the documents. The 34-year-old world no.…

PARIS: Roger Federer thinks he will know by "April-May" whether or not he can return to tennis. The 40-year-old winner of 20 Grand Slam titles has not played since a Wimbledon quarter-final at the hands of Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in July…

PUNE: Ramkumar Ramanathan and Arjun Kadhe came close to picking up one of their best wins of their careers but fell short at the Tata Open Maharashtra here on Tuesday. Ramkumar produced a typical display of big serves to bounce back from…

After two grueling weeks, Rafael Nadal is the last man standing. After an epic five-set match that included a thrilling and gritty comeback after two sets, Nadal won the Australian Open. He beat Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5,…

After two grueling weeks, Rafael Nadal is the last man standing. After an epic five-set match that included a thrilling and gritty comeback after two sets, Nadal won the Australian Open. He beat Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5,…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal became the most successful male Grand Slam player on Sunday when a second Australian Open earned him a record 21st title. Here, AFP lists all of the Spanish grand slam successes and who he beat in the…

Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian Open women's champion in 44 years coming from Australia.In front of a cheering home crowd, the world No. 1 beat fierce upstart Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) on Saturday to become the first Australian…

Iga Swiatek's bid for a second Grand Slam title ended in a crushing loss to Danielle Collins at the Australian Open on Thursday, but the world number nine said her run to the semis showed how far she had progressed as a hard-court player.…

The world No. 1 spent just 62 minutes on the pitch against her American opponent Madison Keys; she will face first Grand Slam finalist Danielle Collins in…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Danielle Collins advanced to the Australian Open's last four on Wednesday to match her 2019 achievement and shatter French veteran Alize Cornet's dream of making a first Grand Slam semi-final. The USA's 27th seed…

Rafael Nadal's four-hour victory over Denis Shapovalov was a masterclass in survival. Seeing that the poor conditions at the Australian Open had destroyed him physically, the fiery Spaniard called his 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 result a…

Denis Shapovalov alleges Rafael Nadal is given an unfair advantage by the officials, saying: "It's like, where's the line? I respect everything Rafa has done and I…

It was an evening of electric exchanges in Melbourne Park - shots and stories - that made for engrossing viewing. While Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas survived challenges to have their say, world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka saw another…

The Australian world No. 1 has kept her cool on the big points and will now face Jessica Pegula on Wednesday for a place in the semi-finals; she is aiming to win…

This year's Australian Open saw a significant increase in the number of Americans in singles play, but Rohan Bopanna believes it is still the Europeans who dominate world tennis. There were 15 men and 19 women entered in the first Grand…

MELBOURNE: The 'Special K's' circus continued on Sunday in the Australian Open doubles, and according to point guard Nick Kyrgios and compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis, tennis should take notice. The Aussies packed a pitch at Melbourne Park…

MELBOURNE: Former US Open champion Marin Cilic says his 7-5, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3 victory over Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev at the Open Australia on Saturday was the result of a gradual improvement in form over the past few months. Cilic,…

The rhythm combined with this ability to execute the crunch makes for a breathtaking spectacle. A two-player game that shreds defenses. An ace in the middle at match point. An evening of dazzling fireworks. Amanda Anisimova, 20, ranked…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Defending champion Naomi Osaka was stunned by unseeded Australian Open Amanda Anisimova on Friday, with the American setting up a fourth-round clash with world number one Ashleigh Barty. The four-time Japanese Grand…

US Open champion Daniil Medvedev has said he faces the world rankings with uncertainty over Novak Djokovic's immediate future. The Russian US Open champion overcame a major hurdle to a second consecutive Grand Slam title by coming through…

Image source: GETTY IMAGES Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Nick Kyrgios of Australia shake hands after their match on day four of the Australian Open 2022…

All went well at Melbourne Park, as did the Yarra which runs alongside the sprawling downtown tennis centre. World No.1 Ashleigh Barty set the mood for the Australian Open with her velvety touch. The local prospect, who lost just one game…

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MELBOURNE: World number three Aryna Sabalenka has credited former Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis with helping mend her missed serve in the run-up to the Australian Open. Sabalenka's preparations for the first Grand Slam of the…

MELBOURNE: For moments during his thrilling first-round victory at the Australian Open on Tuesday, Andy Murray felt like he was being booed by part of the crowd at the boisterous John Cain Arena. The former British world number one made his…

Teenage US Open champion Emma Raducanu sent 2017 Flushing Meadows winner Sloane Stephens crashing out of the Australian Open at the first hurdle on Tuesday, producing devastating tennis on a return to form. Raducanu made history by…

Australian Open: Garbine Muguruza advances to the second round on Tuesday.©AFPGarbine Muguruza swept the second round of the Australian Open with a straight-set victory on Tuesday to start her campaign for a third Grand Slam title. The…

As she walked down the Hall of Champions en route to the legendary Rod Laver Arena, Naomi Osaka ran her fingers over the banner that bore her name. She appreciated the child, who tossed the coin at the start of the game, saying ciao for a…

Ash Barty absolutely demolished his first Australian Open opponent, earning a comfortable straight-sets victory in Melbourne.World No. 1 Ash Barty absolutely demolished her first opponent at the 2022 Australian Open, earning a comfortable…

PARIS: Serena Williams has left the world's top 50 for the first time since 2006, the great American tennis player occupying the 59th place in the WTA ranking published on Monday. The 40-year-old has played just six tournaments in 2021 and…

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic's attempt to avoid expulsion and be allowed to play at the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19 failed, a day before he was only scheduled to start his title defense at a Grand…

MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic's bid to win a record 21 men's Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open without a COVID-19 vaccination is on the line after Australia canceled his visa for the second times for public health…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government has revoked Djokovic's visa for the second time amid public outcry over breaches of COVID rules.Novak Djokovic has returned to custody in Australia, after authorities tore up his visa for the…

SYDNEY: Former world number one Andy Murray stormed into his first final since 2019 on Friday where he will meet Russian top seed Aslan Karatsev in a huge boost to his confidence ahead of the Australian Open. The 34-year-old three-time…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia announced on Friday it would detain Novak Djokovic this weekend after stripping him of his visa again, in a dramatic setback to the tennis world number one's goal of winning a 21st Grand Slam records. As time…

Djokovic makes other players look like fools: Tsitsipas | Photo credit: AP Novak Djokovic had put the Australian Open in jeopardy and passed off other tennis players…

ADELAIDE: Former US Open champion Marin Cilic bounced back from a mid-match wobble to beat American Tommy Paul and reach the semi-finals of the Adelaide International 2 event on Thursday, but the Russian Karen Khachanov was eliminated by…

Crowds at the struggling Australian Open will be limited to 50% of capacity as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Melbourne, it was announced Thursday. Face masks will also be mandatory during the opening of the Grand…

SYDNEY: Australian Open third seed Garbine Muguruza started her season in confidence with a straight-set victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova on Wednesday at the Sydney Classic. The Spanish world number three, who had been exempted in the…

Australian Open third seed Garbine Muguruza started his season confidently with a straight-set victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova on Wednesday at the Sydney Classic. The Spanish world number three, who benefited from a bypass in the first…

Jordan Thompson was hoping to spend the rest of the week competing in the Sydney Tennis Classic, but the Australian world No. 73 may well spend it buying tennis rackets instead, after clearing his own in frustration against Reilly Opelka on…

EXPLICATORAustralia's Immigration Minister must now make the politically charged decision to use his authority to overturn the judge's decision.When Australian immigration authorities rejected tennis star Novak Djokovic's medical exemption…

Former world number one Simona Halep's first title in 16 months in Melbourne this weekend saw her jump five places to 15th in the WTA rankings released on Monday. Australia's Ashleigh Barty, who won the Adelaide tournament on Sunday,…

Novak Djokovic winning field battles is pretty routine. On Monday night, a victory in court was as far from familiar as it gets for the Serbian.To boost the prospects of the world No.1 tennis player to defend his Australian Open title,…

Former world number one Simona Halep's first title win in 16 months in Melbourne at the weekend saw her jump five places to 15th in the WTA rankings released on Monday. Australian Ashleigh Barty, who won the Adelaide tournament on Sunday…

Loading the player ... Novak DjokovicFans celebrated outside the courthouse where an Australian judge reinstated the tennis star's visa. Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly also ordered the government on Monday to…

21-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime faced Spanish star Roberto Bautista Agut for a massive victory that earned his country their first ATP Cup title on Sunday.Their showdown in Sydney followed 22-year-old Denis Shapovalov, ending…

Rafael Nadal defeated American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 in the Melbourne Summer Set final.© AFPSpanish superstar Rafael Nadal's preparations for the Australian Open remain on track after defeating American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (8/6), 6-3…

World No.1 Ash Barty started her summer in perfect fashion, winning the Adelaide International title on Sunday.The Australian Open remains Barty's main goal, especially after fulfilling her childhood dream of winning Wimbledon last year,…

Dozens of anti-vaccine protesters joined ardent Novak Djokovic fans on Saturday to dance, sing and speak out against the conditions the superstar endures in a notorious immigrant detention center. As some 200 protesters gathered outside,…

Veteran Czech Republic tennis player Renata Voracova has been arrested by Australian border forces officials and her visa revoked just days before the Australian Open.The Czech Foreign Ministry confirmed to Wide World of Sport on Friday…

Novak Djokovic shared his first public post since his arrest in Melbourne after his visa was revoked to enter Australia.“Thank you to people around the world for your continued support,” the world No. 1 tennis player posted in an Instagram…

An imperturbable Roberto Bautista Agut upset world number nine Hubert Hurkacz to rule out a Poland affected by Covid and lead Spain in the ATP Cup final on Friday against the defending champions Russia or Canada. Spain had a big advantage…

Australia canceled Djokovic's visa and denied him entry on arrival, saying he "failed to provide" the evidence necessary for the vaccine exemption.Australia will not immediately expel world tennis number one Novak Djokovic as the star has…

Novak Djokovic's visa has been canceled by the Australian Border Force as the top-ranked star faces the real prospect of being forced to leave Australia.The Serbian star has been detained this morning at Melbourne airport for more than…

Roberto Bautista Agut passed Serbian Dusan Lajovic to lead Spain to the ATP Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, where they face Poland after world number nine Hubert Hurkacz overtook fit Argentinian Diego Schwartzman. Defending champions Russia…

Image source: GETTY IMAGES Robert Bautista Agut's archive photo. Spain, Poland and Argentina continued their momentum,…

Australian tennis player Priscilla Hon claimed the biggest victory of her young career at the Adelaide International, beating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 on Monday.The 23-year-old's victory over Kvitova, an…

The 30-year-old Russian confirmed she has the coronavirus and is isolating herself after arriving in Australia on Tuesday. French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has tested positive for COVID-19, casting doubt on her place at the…

World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the season opener ATP Cup in Sydney, casting even greater doubt on his involvement in the Australian Open.This is the first clarification on Djokovic's plans after a months-long saga where…

The slip into the US Open final should only be a footnote to the season that has been ruled by Novak Djokovic fashionableThe fumble in the final, which followed three successive wins in the major championships that have become the talk of…

South Club, Calcutta. December 1966. India, the host country, and Brazil, the more fanciful, faced each other in an intense interzonal duel to win the right to face the powerful Australians in the final of the Davis Cup (then called the…

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley has warned there will be positive cases of Covid among players - but as he points out, the diagnosis may not be as bad as it looks.Canadian star Denis Shapovalov is the first international tennis star this…

BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic will not play in the ATP Cup before the Australian Open, where his participation is in doubt as he refuses to say if he has been vaccinated against Covid-19, his team told Serbian newspaper Blic . "He is…

Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal said on Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Spain after the Mubadala Tennis World Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi."I wanted to announce that when I returned home from…

Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal said on Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Spain after the Mubadala Tennis World Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi."I wanted to announce that when I returned home from…

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MUMBAI: Hyderabad Strikers and Mumbai Leon Army entered the Tennis Premier League final, scoring narrow and identical 42-38 wins over Chennai Stallions and defending champions Pune Jaguars, respectively, in the semi-finals on Saturday.…

Rafael Nadal regarded his unofficial return to competition in Abu Dhabi as a "positive start" after falling to Andy Murray in a high-quality exhibition match on Friday.In a battle of two former world number one, the Scotsman won 6-3, 7-5 in…

File photo of Bianca Andreescu.© AFPFormer Canadian US Open champion Bianca Andreescu said on Monday she will not compete at next month's Australian Open as she recovers from two seasons disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic . The 21-year-old…

Former world No.4 and 2019 US Open women's singles champion Bianca Andreescu has announced that she will miss the Australian Open in Melbourne. Canadian Andreescu took to social media to explain her reasons for not participating in the…

Image source: AP PHOTO / MANU FERNANDEZ Russia's Daniil Medvedev celebrates his team victory after beating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in the Davis Cup semi-final…

MADRID, AFP (December 3). The Croats face off in Sunday's centerpiece with either Germany or the Russian Tennis Federation, who meet in the other semi-final on Saturday. Borna Gojo put Croatia ahead with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 victory over Dusan…

LONDON: Roger Federer has nothing more to prove as he aims for a comeback next year, but the 40-year-old needs to be mentally prepared for his final game, according to one of his former rivals Thomas Berdych. Swiss maestro Federer has not…

MADRID (AFP) - World number one Novak Djokovic comfortably held on to his 10-year unbeaten Davis Cup record on Wednesday (December 1) to keep Serbia alive in their quarter-final against Kazakhstan. Djokovic beat Alexander Bublik, 36, 6-3,…

Women's Tennis Association Announces "Immediate Suspension from All Tournaments in China" Due to Concern of Chinese Tennis Player Peng Shuai; Peng Shuai's safety…

Croatia became the first team to reach the Davis Cup semi-finals after beating Italy 2-1 on Monday.With the singles squared, Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic's doubles team had no trouble beating Fabio Fognini and Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4 in…

US Open champion Emma Raducanu thanked Lewis Hamilton for his guidance and support since her thrilling first Grand Slam victory in September, describing the seven-time Formula One world champion as his role model. Speaking after her…

Great Britain and Croatia reserved places for the Davis Cup quarter-finals after dominating their respective groups on Sunday, while 28-time champions Australia were eliminated. The British doubles pair of Joe Salisbury and Skupski won in…

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic took victory for Serbia, Feliciano Lopez, 40, gave defending champion Spain a good start, and a young Italian team surpassed the 32-time United States champions in the Davis Cup final on Friday.Djokovic beat…

Beijing said on Tuesday that fears for Peng Shuai were "maliciously" heightened.© AFPChina said on Tuesday that the controversy surrounding Peng Shuai was "malevolently" escalated after the Chinese tennis star filed a sexual assault…

Why was James Duckworth snubbed from the Davis Cup squad? The mystery is closed as the Australian reveals the whole truth behind his absence.The mystery of James Duckworth's snub at the Davis Cup is over.The truth is, it wasn't a snub at…

Daniil Medvedev did not lose the ATP final, the world number 2's serve may not have been on fire during the Pala Alpi tour on Sunday, but he was far from turning around. Alexander Zverev, with 59 Tour victories, took the title match away…

Rafael Nadal remains convinced he will be able to return to his former form despite his recent injuries. This season has been difficult for Rafael Nadal, having missed Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics. He tried to make a stunning…

PARIS: Spain's Garbine Muguruza jumped two places to third in the WTA rankings released on Monday after winning the WTA season-end finals in Guadalajara last week. The Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the beaten finalist, gained a place to place…

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Daniil Medvedev not only uses alcoves and angles - flat, open strikes that give nothing, but take everything - he also forces his opponents to do the same. The world No.2's position on the pitch can be curious, it initiates a dialogue,…

TURIN: Daniil Medvedev has reserved his place for the ATP Finals final after claiming a straight-set 6-4, 6-2 victory over Casper Ruud on Saturday. World number two Medvedev will face Novak Djokovic or Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final at…

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