Demand will far exceed supply for Wimbledon debentures going on sale next weekThe super-rich will begin battling it out next week for some of the most expensive and exclusive sports tickets in the world: five-year passes for every match on Wimbledon’s …
This time last year Andreescu picked up $392 for losing at an ITF event. Now the teenager has landed $1.35m and is the toast of tennis and Canada after her star-making Indian Wells winTwelve months ago Bianca Andreescu was toiling in obscurity on the l…
One of tennis’s rising stars, teenager Bianca Andreescu has said it is ‘a dream come true’ to claim her first ever WTA career title.The 18-year-old beat former world No 1 Angelique Kerber in three scintillating sets in the final of the BNP Paribas…
Austrian comes back to beat Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5Wildcard Andreescu, 18, beats Kerber for women’s titleDominic Thiem edged error-prone Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, denying Federer a record sixth title in the …
Canadian completes remarkable win for maiden career titleTeenager was outside world top 150 at end of last seasonBianca Andreescu completed her emergence as the latest new star of women’s tennis after a scintillating three-set win over Angelique Kerber…
Nadal withdraws from semi-final match with FedererFederer, 37, will face either Raonic or Thiem in finalRafael Nadal withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, done in once again by a knee injury.He had been set to play longtime rival Roger Federe…
There have been some remarkable results at Indian Wells – not least Bianca Andreescu’s continuing meteoric rise – but upsets in the boardroom are less edifyingTennis continues to rock in the Californian desert. At the Indian Wells Open (which would lik…
The ousting of the ATP chairman will leave a vacuum at the top of the sport at a time when strong leadership is requiredThis is the story of a pointless coup. Engineered by Novak Djokovic and facilitated by a small group in the ATP players’ council, it…
• Andy Murray provides fitness update after hip operation• ‘I want to play. The issue is I don’t know whether it’s possible’Andy Murray kept the door open on his tennis future on Wednesday, although he made no commitment to returning at Wimbledon this …
Dream of becoming the Olympic tennis champion six days before his 39th birthday is what keeps the Swiss great goingRoger Federer did more than win his 100th Tour-level tournament when he handed the Greek prodigy Stefanos Tsitsipas (his conqueror in the…
Australian secures fifth ATP title with 6-3, 6,4 win23-year-old to rocket up rankings after top-10 runNick Kyrgios has earned himself half-a-million dollars, a handy rankings boost and a sombrero for crowning a glorious week in Acapulco with the fifth …
Australian records remarkable three-set winFormer world No 13 is booed by home crowdNick Kyrgios has returned serve at Rafael Nadal, saying he wouldn’t “listen at all” to the world No 2 after the Spaniard said he needed to show more respect to himself,…
Australian wins high-quality match 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6) Kyrgios saves three match points to reach quarter-finalNick Kyrgios enjoyed his biggest win in two years, saving three match points to down world No 2 Rafael Nadal at the Mexican Open. In a m…
Herald Sun newspaper’s depiction of player ‘spitting the dummy’ at US Open had been widely condemnedA Herald Sun cartoon that depicted Serena Williams jumping in the air and “spitting the dummy” after losing a match to Naomi Osaka was not racist, the P…
• 18-time grand slam winner no longer Athlete Ally ambassador• Navratilova also loses place on advisory boardMartina Navratilova has been removed as an ambassador by Athlete Ally, an organisation that supports LGBT athletes, following her comments on t…
• 20-times grand slam winner hasn’t played on clay for two years• Federer will be in draw for tournament in MayRoger Federer confirmed his participation for this year’s Madrid Open on Wednesday, marking his return to the European clay court season afte…
• Osaka beaten 6-3, 6-3 at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships• Australian Open winner parted with Sascha Bajin this monthThe world No 1, Naomi Osaka, crashed out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after losing in straight sets against France…
• Two-time slam champion parted with Sascha Bajin this month• World No 1 said rumours of money issues are ‘hurtful’Naomi Osaka is adamant that her surprise split with the coach Sascha Bajin had nothing to do with money but was because she refused to pu…
Former tennis player says trans athletes competing in women’s tournaments is ‘insane’The former Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova has been criticised for “disturbing, upsetting, and deeply transphobic” comments after she argued that allowing trans…
Few saw the parting coming but it demonstrates the impermanence of the player-coach relationship at the top of world tennisNaomi Osaka splitting with her coach, Sascha Bajin, after little more than a year and two grand slam triumphs together shocked ma…
