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British pair Harriet Dart and Katie Boulter maintained their hopes of reaching the main draw of the French Open with victories in the first round of qualifying. Dart, who played in the first round of the tournament last year, got off to a good start with a 6-3 4-6 6-4 success over Katrina Scott...

Great Britain will have a home tie against Sweden in the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs in November. Anne Keothavong's side must win in order to make it into next year's qualifier where they will get a chance to go to the 2024 end-of-year finals. They lost to France in this year's attempt...

Russian player Yana Sizikova has been cleared of match-fixing and will take her place in this year’s French Open, the player’s lawyer has said. Sizikova was taken into police custody during the 2021 event at Roland Garros as part of an investigation into match-fixing allegations dating back to...

British No 1 Cameron Norrie continued his solid run in the Lyon Open with victory over sixth seed Sebastian Baez to reach the semi-finals. The defending champion secured a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory in his quarter-final clash with Baez, who he defeated at the same stage in last year's competition...

Casper Ruud's run at a third straight Geneva Open title ended in a 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5 loss to Nicols Jarry in the quarter-finals on Thursday. The top-seeded Ruud had his serve broken at 5-5 in the third set after the 54th-ranked Chilean fired two powerful forehand winners. Jarry's serve held up...

Sport England measure the number of people who have played a sport twice in the past 28 days (averaged across a year from November to November), and their data demonstrates that 915,000 adults were playing tennis this regularly in England from November 2021 to November 2022. This is the highest...

The WTA have released its calendar for the latter part of 2023 following a decision in April to resume operations in China, with the Asian nation hosting a WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing in September. China will also host a WTA 500 tournament in Zhengzhou, apart from 250 events in Guangzhou...

Rafael Nadal has undergone surgery in Barcelona on Friday on his left psoas muscle. Nadal's spokesman, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, said three doctors were involved in the procedure. The results are due to come on Saturday - his 37th birthday. The Spaniard sustained the injury during his...

Third seed Jessica Pegula became the highest-ranked women's casualty so far at the French Open, falling in the third round to Elise Mertens. American Pegula had lost both her previous meetings with Mertens and this was a one-sided affair, the Belgian 28th seed triumphing 6-1 6-3 on Philippe...

Roland Garros organisers claimed Sabalenka talked to a hand-picked group of journalists in a 'press conference' after easing past Rakhimova, but it is understood all the questions were asked by a WTA employee. It is not yet clear whether Sabalenka, who is through to the fourth round in Paris...

Aryna Sabalenka opted out of a post-match press conference at the French Open "for my own mental health and well-being". Sabalenka, the big-serving world No 2, beat Russian Rakhimova 6-2 6-2 on a sunbathed Court Philippe Chatrier earlier on Friday. But the Belarusian later withdrew herself...

Former two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and British No 2 Dan Evans set to play Surbiton Trophy next week with reigning champion Evans to headline Rothesay Open in Nottingham I Former five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will compete at Rothesay Classic in Birmingham Andy Murray...

Katie Taylor laughed off talk of retirement after her first professional defeat this month and is targeting a November rematch against Chantelle Cameron. Taylor's bid to become undisputed world champion in two weight categories simultaneously fell flat as the previously unbeaten lightweight was...

Okolie does have a rematch clause so could enforce a second fight with Billam-Smith. But Riakporhe thinks he should now move up to heavyweight. At 6ft 5ins, it can't be easy for Okolie to keep making cruiserweight. "Maybe he needs to do that," Riakporhe said of Okolie moving up. "Even the punch...

"They are hard men to beat, always. That's why when you're going up against a fighter like that, who you know has got heart, you just know you're in for a long night. "And if you don't land that shot, it's going to be a longer one." What should Okolie do next? Earlier this year Riakporhe did...

"You have the odd year or two years where there are two teams fighting, maybe potentially a third team. "But overall, when you look back at the 80s, 90s, the 2000s, the early 2010s and all the way until 2020, it's been pure dominance of a certain team." Russell hopes Mercedes able to fight Red...

Max Verstappen believes it is "very unlikely" Red Bull will win every race in F1 2023 despite their current car advantage making it look like they could be victorious in all 22 rounds. Red Bull's RB19 has wiped the field so far, winning all six Grands Prix this season with no other team within...

"That exposure, it not only educates people but also gets people into the sport. I wish when I was younger, I would have seen it on television and I could have started younger. I started pretty young, but you want to be able to participate in sport like your able-bodied counterparts." With Alba...

Laurie grew up living with motor neuropathy, which affected nerves in her trunk and legs, while Robyn was born with arthrogryposis with shortened muscles meaning her right leg is shorter than her left. Robyn knows the power of representation and its importance growing up: "I didn't see LGBT...

"I think that kind of compared with this natural competitiveness that we had, like we wanted to get it right obviously to make your life easier, but for Alba as well." After competing together in Tokyo in the delayed Paralympic Games, the couple found out Laurie was pregnant while Robyn was...