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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...

Debbie Jevans has been named vice-chair of the All England Club ahead of this year's Wimbledon Championships. The 62-year-old will succeed current chair Ian Hewitt at the end of July, following the tournament. Wimbledon's two top jobs will then be held by women, after Sally Bolton became chief...

Nick Kyrgios has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery in Canberra. The Australian, who was forced to pull out of his home tournament on the eve of his opening match with a knee injury, posted a picture on Instagram saying he will now "be doing everything I can do get back to my best".

Dominic Thiem has confirmed he suffered a rib injury during the Australian Open, but will look to recover for Davis Cup qualifiers which begin next month. Thiem, a former US Open champion, has struggled with injuries in recent years and fallen to No 98 in the world as a result. The Austrian...

The men's doubles at Wimbledon is to change from best-of-five sets to best of three, the All England Club has announced. The change will take effect from this year's championships, which get under way on July 3. Wimbledon's five-set format in the men's doubles has been criticised in the past...

Nine-time Wimbledon men's doubles champion Todd Woodbridge said it was "heartbreaking" to hear the All England Club had made the decision to cut the event to best-of-three sets rather than five from this year. Wimbledon organisers announced the decision on Wednesday, dispensing with 138 years...

All four tennis Grand Slams will make it a priority to safeguard the Davis Cup men's team tournament, the governing body of the sport's most prestigious events said on Friday, two weeks after the ITF's partnership with investment group Kosmos ended. The International Tennis Federation said that...

Andy Murray has pulled out of the Rotterdam Open following his gruelling efforts at the Australian Open. The former world No 1 was scheduled to return to action at the indoor hard-court Rotterdam Open, which starts on February 13. The 35-year-old spent more than 14 hours on court across three...

The LTA has announced that adult participation in tennis increased by 43 per cent on the previous year in 2022. The number of adults that reported they had played tennis went from 3.3 million to 4.7 million to mark the highest total recorded since 2017. The LTA added that over...

Top seed Bianca Andreescu defeated Anastasia Zakharova at the Thailand Open to reach her first quarter-final since her run to the Bad Homburg final last June.

Felix Auger-Aliassime will return to Laver Cup competition when Team World begins its title defence at Rogers Arena in Vancouver from September 22-24. The top ranked Canadian is the first player to be named in captain John McEnroe's six-man team. Auger-Aliassime, who returns to Laver Cup for a...