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Sir Andy Murray has predicted there will be plenty of competitive edge when his Team Scotland take on Team England this week in the Battle of the Brits. The showcase event, once again overseen by Murray's brother Jamie in his role as tournament director, pits the neighbouring nations against...

Novak Djokovic has arrived in Australia nearly a year after he was deported from the country, ahead of his bid for a 10th men's singles title at next month's Australian Open. Djokovic landed in Adelaide where he is due to play in the Adelaide International beginning on Sunday. The 35-year-old...

Combustible Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has lashed back at his critics, and demanded an apology while doing so. Posting on Twitter, the 27-year-old took a swipe at those in the media who have covered him as "a pure villain", pointing to the fact he will lead the new Tennis documentary...

Victories for Cameron Norrie and Katie Swan put Great Britain in a strong position against Australia in their first match of the inaugural United Cup. The new mixed team event is being played across three cities in Australia, with Britain, captained by Tim Henman, taking on the hosts and Spain...

Boris Becker has posted on social media for the first time since his release from prison earlier in December. Becker served eight months at a London prison after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency act, having concealed £2.5m of assets to avoid paying debts after he had...

Former Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem has been given a wildcard to the Grand Slam next month after missing last year's tournament due to injury, organisers said on Friday. The Austrian gave the 2020 champion Novak Djokovic a huge scare before losing in five sets in a classic final...

Wimbledon's ban on Russian and Belarusian players during the 2022 edition of the tournament has "changed nothing", according to the world number five Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka, who is from Belarus, was one of several players to miss out on the grass court Grand Slam, after the All England...

Venus Williams won her first WTA Tour match for nearly two years with victory over Katie Volynets in the first round of the ASB Classic in Auckland. The 42-year-old, who first won a main tour match in 1994, opted against following younger sister Serena into retirement and made a winning start...

Great Britain's Jack Draper bowed out of the Adelaide International in the last 16 with a straight-sets defeat to Karen Khachanov. Last year's US Open saw Draper leading Khachanov by a break in the third set of their third-round clash, before having to retire from the match due to injury...

Novak Djokovic battled back from 5-2 down in the first set to beat Quentin Halys 7-6(3) 7-6(5) and move into the Adelaide International quarter-finals on Thursday. Halys, ranked 64th in the world, has never beaten a top-10 opponent but gave Djokovic a big scare before the former world No 1...

Retired Australian Open champion Ash Barty has revealed that she is pregnant with her first child, 12 months on from her triumph at the Melbourne Park major. Three-times Grand Slam champion Barty, who married long-time partner Garry Kissick last year, said in an Instagram post that 2023 was...

Novak Djokovic suffered an injury scare before easing to victory over Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals of the Adelaide International. The Serbian took a medical timeout during the first set because of tightness in his left hamstring but was able to continue and did not drop his serve during a...

The USA will take on Italy in the final of the inaugural United Cup on Sunday. The US have the strongest overall team in the mixed international competition and emphasised their status as favourites with a 5-0 thumping of Poland. After victories for Frances Tiafoe and Jessica Pegula, who...

Taylor Fritz edged past Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-6), helping favourites the United States surge to an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Italy in the final of the inaugural United Cup mixed team tournament and seal the title on Sunday. Coming into the third rubber with his red-hot team up...

Ugo Humbert's three-year reign as Auckland Open champion came to an end on Tuesday as Christopher Eubanks defeated the Frenchman 7-6(4) 7-6(3) with sixth-seeded American John Isner also exiting the Australian Open warm-up tournament in the first round. Humbert won the event, his first success...

American Amanda Anisimova made the best of her lucky loser ticket by beating Russian Liudmila Samsonova 7-5 6-3 on Tuesday in the first round of the Adelaide International to claim her first win in the main draw of a WTA tournament since August. Anisimova reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon...

Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will face off for the first time since the Wimbledon final on Friday with tickets for the charity match selling out in 58 minutes. Proceeds from the match at the Rod Laver Arena will go to the Australian Tennis Foundation. The match will form part of both...

Defending champion Rafael Nadal is the top men’s seed for the Australian Open in the absence of injured World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz. Nadal, who came from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in the 2022 final, will find out his first-round opponent in Thursday’s draw. Novak Djokovic is seeded...

Remaining British hopefuls Lily Miyazaki and Jodie Burrage failed to make it through to the main draw of the Australian Open on Thursday. Miyazaki was beaten by American big-hitter Coco Vandeweghe in a gruelling encounter in Melbourne, going down 3-6 6-7 (7-3) 7-6 (10-1) in the final qualifying...

Dan Evans would like to see Davis Cup ties revert to the old home-and-away format following the collapse of the International Tennis Federation's long-term deal with Gerard Pique's Kosmos group. The ITF controversially partnered with the former Barcelona and Spain footballer in 2018 to revamp...