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Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Sunday he had decided to end his football career aged 41. The striker's AC Milan contract expires at the end of June and he had already announced he would not be renewing it following an injury-plagued season. But the Swedish legend announced on Sunday that "the time...

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz dug in to avoid a shock loss against Emil Ruusuvuori and reach the third round of the Madrid Open. The young Spaniard thrilled his home fans last year by defeating Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on his way to the title, establishing himself as not just the...

The uncle and former coach of Rafael Nadal says the 22-time Grand Slam winner plans to be back fit in time to play the French Open next month. Toni Nadal told Spain's Radio Marca on Friday his nephew will soon be ready to return from a hip injury that has sidelined him since January. Toni...

World number one Iga Swiatek eased into the third round of the Madrid Open after comfortably beating Julia Grabher in straight sets. The top seed dropped only five games to win 6-3 6-2 on her return to Madrid, with her last appearance in the tournament coming in 2021 after missing last year due...

Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open after beating qualifier Andrea Vavassori 6-4 6-3 on Saturday in the Russian's first match of the tournament. The third-ranked Medvedev leads the men's circuit with four titles won this season - all on hard courts -...

Coco Gauff suffered a third-round exit at the Madrid Open in straight sets by a dominant Paula Badosa. Gauff, the sixth seed for the tournament, was defeated 6-3 6-0 by the Spanish home favourite. It continued Gauff's shaky start to the clay-court season following on from a second-round exit...

British No 1 Cameron Norrie was knocked out of the Madrid Open despite not facing a single break point, with China's Zhizhen Zhang battling back from a set down to advance. Norrie, seeded 11th for the tournament, looked to be cruising through to the fourth round when he won four games in a row...

Serena Williams confirmed she is expecting baby number two on Monday, telling reporters at the star-studded Met Gala in New York that there were "three of us" on the red carpet, where she arrived with husband Alexis Ohanian. The 23-times major winner announced last year she was "evolving away...

Carlos Alcaraz expects Rafa Nadal to perform at a "spectacular level" at the French Open if the 14-times champion can overcome his injury issues ahead of the year's second Grand Slam. Nadal skipped the ongoing Madrid Open after a setback in his recovery from a hip injury sustained at the...

Rafael Nadal has announced that he will miss this year's Rome Masters meaning he will - if he plays - arrive at the French Open more than four months after his last competitive match. "Hello everyone! I am very sorry to announce that I will not be able to be in Rome. You all know how much it...

Great Britain’s men’s and junior wheelchair tennis teams were both crowned BNP Paribas World Team Cup champions in Vilamoura Portugal, after Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid secured a 2-0 victory over defending champions the Netherlands in the men’s final and Ruben Harris and Joshua Johns sealed a...

The prize money for this year's French Open will total 49.6 million euros (£43.14m), up 12.3 per cent on 2022, organisers of the clay court Grand Slam announced on Friday. The amount offered for the Roland Garros singles draws will be raised by 9.1 per cent on 2022, with organisers saying in a...

Rafa Nadal has turned down a wildcard offer for next week's Challenger tournament in Bordeaux as his participation in the French Open hangs in the balance, the clay-court event director has said. Nadal has not played since the Australian Open in January due to a hip injury and is battling to be...

Elena Rybakina expects a tougher test against world No 1 Iga Swiatek when the pair face off on clay at the Italian Open. Rybakina downed Swiatek in straight sets at the Australian Open in January and ended her title defence at Indian Wells with both matches played on hardcourts, where the...

Rafael Nadal will hold a news conference at his tennis academy in Spain on Thursday amid media reports that he is going to miss the French Open for the first time since he won the first of his record 14 titles there on his debut in 2005. Nadal has been sidelined by an injured left hip flexor...

Two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek retired in the third set of her Italian Open quarter-final against Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina due to a right thigh injury. It was 2-2 in the third when the top-ranked Swiatek retired after more than two hours of play. She had won the first set 6-2...

Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina said she was determined to give her war-torn country something to cheer about with her achievements on the tennis court after beating Russian 11th seed Veronika Kudermetova to reach the final of the Italian Open. Kalinina's entire family is now in Kyiv following...

Holger Rune battled from a set and break down to seal a 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2 win over world number four Casper Ruud in an absorbing all-Scandinavian Italian Open semi-final on Saturday and will face Daniil Medvedev for the title. Medvedev, who has repeatedly said he feels more comfortable on...

Italian Open organisers have promised to install a retractable roof over the tennis court by 2026 in the wake of delays at this year’s tournament. On Saturday, the semi-final between Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas was suspended due to rain for a total of nearly four hours, pushing the...

Britain’s Fran Jones has reached the second round of French Open qualifying after dumping out two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Coco Vandeweghe. Jones, ranked 316 in the world, beat world No 164 Vandeweghe 6-3 6-3 in an hour and 11 minutes to set up a meeting with Switzerland's Ylena In-Albon...