Tennis

Which WTA tennis players are poised to become the ‘next gen’ for the women’s game?

The Australian’s first ATP 1000 title offers plenty of tempting narratives, but none of them mean more than the simplest one

With two weeks until the U.S. Open, a post-Olympic hard-court season brings chaos to the tennis tours

Striker Forlan got voted the 2010 World Cup’s best player and was a hero to Manchester United fans. Now he’s competing on the tennis court

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this month’s Cincinnati Open. The tournament begins on Monday August 12, eight days on from Djokovic’s victory in the Olympic men’s singles gold medal match in Paris, and the “quick turnaround” was cited as a reason for the world No 2’s absence. Djokovic’s decision means he will forfeit the 1000 ranking points he gained for winning the tournament in 2023, all but guaranteeing that he will drop to No 3 in the world behind current No 3 Carlos Alcaraz and world No 1 Jannik Sinner. Sinner is currently defending 1000 points…

Late Wednesday, Nadal announced on social media that he would not play in the tournament, which begins Aug. 26.

Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov “did not sleep for two days” after being defaulted from the Citi Open in Washington D.C. Shapovalov automatically lost his ranking points and prize money after the default but they were reinstated after his appeal against the decision. The 25-year-old will still pay a fine of $36,400 (£28,655) as punishment for swearing in the direction of a spectator while match point down against the United States’ Ben Shelton in their quarterfinal match last Friday. Speaking in a press conference before the National Bank Open in Montreal, Shapovalov…

How the Olympic tennis showed that doubles can be treated as a different sport, not a poor relation to singles

The Serbian had to play one of the matches of his career to win the one thing he craved above all else

An epic Olympic men’s singles final befitted the intensity of the two competitors, as the Serbian finally claimed the title that eluded him

Her title could be the start of something for her career — but it’s a culmination for China’s desire to be a global force in tennis

The Italian’s win over Canada’s Auger-Aliassime continues a banner year of tennis success — for Musetti and for his country

The Chinese No 6 seed earned her country’s first Olympic tennis medal in singles with a clean, efficient display at Roland Garros

Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul built on Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek’s Olympic silver medal in men’s tennis doubles, by beating Czech pair Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3, 6-4 for the bronze on Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros on Saturday afternoon. Fritz and Paul, who fell to eventual gold medallists Matthew Ebden and John Peers of Australia in the semifinals, dominated Machac and Pavlasek throughout, winning the battle of three singles players and one doubles tour specialist comfortably. Fritz and Paul are both ranked inside the singles top 20, No 12 and No 13…

PARIS — There they go again. For the second time in three weeks, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will do battle for one of the biggest prizes in tennis. When they meet in the Paris 2024 Olympics gold medal match at Roland Garros, on Sunday around 1 p.m. UK / 8 a.m. ET, they will open the latest chapter in their inter-generational duel. The man atop the all-time tennis heap; the young buck ruling the current one. Logic holds that there isn’t much time left for these sorts of battles, especially not at the Olympics. Djokovic is 37. As ageless as he can seem, it’s hard to see a…