Federer holds off Nishikori to reach quarter-finals
Top seed and reigning champion Angelique Kerber was bundled out of the fourth round of the Australian Open by big-hitting American Coco Vandeweghe yesterday, losing 6-2 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena. The German world number one’s exit followed that of men’s...
Rafa Nadal held off a fierce challenge from one of the hottest prospects in the game when he outlasted German teenager Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open yesterday. The Spaniard, champion here in 2009,...
Kerber finds her rhythm
Novak Djokovic’s bid for a record seventh Australian Open title came to a stunning end yesterday when the Serbian packed his bags and headed home in the wake of a second-round upset at the hands of world number 117 Denis Istomin. The 29-year-old has...
Third seed and former semi-finalist Agnieszka Radwanska was knocked out of the second round of the Australian Open by Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni yesterday, becoming the highest seed to fall in the women’s draw at Melbourne Park. World number 79...
Federer roars back to reach third round
Angelique Kerber celebrated her 29th birthday with a shaky 6-2 6-7 6-2 win over Carina Witthoeft at the Australian Open yesterday but the world number one will have much to ponder in her title defence once the candles are blown out. The top seed opened...
Top seed Kerber overcomes nerves to reach next round
Melbourne Park was ground zero for the stunning breakthrough of Angelique Kerber’s career so the German has naturally savoured some golden memories before the defence of her Australian Open title. The emotions bubbled to the surface as late-blooming...
Losing five Melbourne Park finals would leave many believing they were destined to never win the Australian Open title but world number one Andy Murray remains confident that this could be the year he lays his demons to rest. Murray, after all, has...
Angelique Kerber’s build-up for next week’s Australian Open suffered a setback when the world number one was beaten 7-6 6-2 by Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina in the second round of the Sydney International yesterday. An error-prone Kerber struggled...
Andy Murray believes there is more to come from him in 2017 as he switches focus to success at the Australian Open following a dramatic three-set defeat to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Qatar Open, on Saturday. Defending champion Djokovic appeared...
Novak Djokovic made an immense statement in his bid to rule men’s tennis again when he defeated Andy Murray, the man who deposed him as world no.1, 6-3 5-7 6-4 in an epic Qatar Open final in Doha yesterday. Looking back to near his peerless best at...
Muguruza labours into last four
Top seed pays price for 88 unforced errors
Roger Federer’s return from a six-month injury lay-off suffered a setback when German teenager Alexander Zverev shocked the Swiss great 7-6 6-7 7-6 in an entertaining Hopman Cup tie yesterday. The 17-times grand-slam winner underwent knee surgery last...
Will be selective about tournaments
Roger Federer showed no signs of rust in his first competitive match for six months when he outclassed Dan Evans 6-3 6-4 at the Hopman Cup, yesterday. The 17-times grand slam winner underwent knee surgery in February and, after missing the French Open...
David Ferrer sent local favourite Bernard Tomic packing with an easy 6-3 7-5 win in the opening round of the Brisbane International yesterday. The eighth-seeded Spaniard capitalised on Tomic’s poor serve, breaking the flat-looking Australian three...
It was a perfect start for Nick Kyrgios at the Hopman Cup, but after Daria Gavrilova fell to Lara Arruabarrena in straight sets, Spain stormed back to defeat Australia in the mixed doubles rubber to complete a 2-1 win, yesterday. Kyrgios was impressive...
World number one Andy Murray ended 2016 with a 6-3 7-6(6) win over big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic to take third place at the year-ending exhibition tournament Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi yesterday. The 29-year-old Scot succumbed...
Gets engaged to Reddit co-founder Ohanian
After five runner-up finishes at the Australian Open, world number one Andy Murray is taking a different approach to the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park next month. The Briton is preparing for the Jan. 16-29 tournament by competing in the...
Roger Federer... raring to go for 2017 season. Roger Federer believes his six-month absence due to a knee injury could help prolong his playing career, with the 17-times grand slam winner saying he has enjoyed the break. The 35-year-old Swiss had...
Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said yesterday she would do everything she could to return to tennis after suffering a hand injury in a knife attack that will keep her out of the sport for at least six months. Kvitova was wounded on Tuesday when...
Andy Murray was last night named BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the third time. The 29-year-old claimed the award after winning Wimbledon, Olympic gold and finishing the season as the world’s top-ranked tennis player. Two-time Olympic triathlon...
Andy Murray will start as the odds-on favourite to become the first three-time winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award when the 2016 ceremony takes place in Birmingham tomorrow. Murray’s second Wimbledon title, his retention of his...
Novak Djokovic lost his momentum in the second half of last season and was toppled as the world number one by Andy Murray because his work-rate dropped, the Serbian’s former coach Boris Becker said yesterday. Speaking a day after the two terminated...
Thirty-four people, including six tennis players, have been arrested in Spain on suspicion of match-fixing. Spain’s Interior Ministry an-nounced the news, claiming a criminal network had been dismantled. An investigation began following information...
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