Tried my best so I can sleep at night: Osaka

An error-prone Naomi Osaka was stunned 3-6 6-3 6-3 by Jil Teichmann in the Western & Southern Open third round in Cincinnati on Thursday but the world number two said she had tried her best and would not lose any sleep over the defeat.
20 August 2021, 07:42 AM

Osaka regrets taking her spotlight for granted

Naomi Osaka said she had felt "ungrateful" at times over the last year for not fully appreciating her life as one of the world's top tennis players.
19 August 2021, 09:48 AM

Vaccinated Halep says she is no longer afraid of Covid-19

Former world number one Simona Halep says she is no longer afraid of COVID-19 after getting vaccinated and has called on others within the sport to get the vaccine to allow tennis to ease health and safety restrictions.
18 August 2021, 12:29 PM

Federer to have knee surgery, out of action for 'many months'

Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery after injuring it during the grasscourt season and will miss the U.S. Open given the rehabilitation process will rule him out of the sport for many months, he said on Sunday.
16 August 2021, 06:54 AM

Djokovic books Olympics quarter-final clash with Nishikori

Novak Djokovic will play Japan's Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics after the world number one breezed past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets on Wednesday.
28 July 2021, 08:59 AM

Osaka strolls into third round at Games

Japan's Naomi Osaka sent out an ominous message to competitors at the Tokyo Games on Monday, sweeping past 50th-ranked Viktorija Golubic 6-3 6-2 to book a place in the third round.
26 July 2021, 06:39 AM

Djokovic clinical but players struggle in Tokyo heat

Novak Djokovic launched his bid to stay on course for a Golden Slam with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on Saturday, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Prospect of making history will outweigh empty seats, says Djokovic

The prospect of winning an Olympic gold medal for Serbia outweighs the disappointment of playing in an empty venue at the Tokyo games, the men's world tennis number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday.
19 July 2021, 15:11 PM

Ninety-seven and still in the game

For 97-year-old Leonid Stanislavskyi, a Ukrainian who has been playing amateur tennis for over half a century, it is next to impossible to find a worthy adversary in his age group.
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM

‘I believe I’m the best’

Novak Djokovic said Sunday he considers himself the “best player” after winning a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title but refuses to anoint himself as the “greatest of all time”.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM

I believe I'm the best, says Djokovic after matching Federer and Nadal

The debate will rage on but Novak Djokovic believes he is the best player in the modern era after claiming a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title by beating Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.
12 July 2021, 07:34 AM

‘She’s a great Australian’

Australian great Evonne Goolagong said Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win on Saturday made her more emotional than her own triumph at the grasscourt major 50 years ago.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Wimbledon: Djokovic wins 20th Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic won a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title and sixth Wimbledon on Sunday with a four-set victory over battling Matteo Berrettini of Italy.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Djokovic wins sixth Wimbledon title

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Italian seventh seed Matteo Berrettini 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3 on Sunday to win his sixth title at Wimbledon.
11 July 2021, 16:47 PM

Australia hails Barty's Wimbledon triumph

Ash Barty's close friend Casey Dellacqua led the way in typically Australian style as a proud sporting nation woke up to hail its first women's Wimbledon singles champion in 41 years on Sunday.
11 July 2021, 05:40 AM

‘Anything is possible in the finals’

Novak Djokovic said he expects a “great battle” against Italian powerhouse Matteo Berrettini in Sunday’s Wimbledon final when victory will earn the Serb a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Ashleigh Barty wins first Wimbledon title

Ashleigh Barty won her first Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley's maiden crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 on Saturday.
10 July 2021, 15:08 PM

Djokovic tames Shapovalov to reach Wimbledon final

Defending champion Novak Djokovic absorbed a barrage of powerful hitting from Canadian Denis Shapovalov to reach his seventh Wimbledon final on Friday with a 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5 victory that kept the indefatigable Serb on course to write history.
9 July 2021, 19:32 PM

Wimbledon set for a new queen

Ashleigh Barty is one victory away from realising her dream of winning the Wimbledon title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first triumph.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Berrettini becomes first Italian to reach Wimbledon singles final

Matteo Berrettini became the first Italian to reach a Wimbledon singles final on Friday with a four-sets victory against Hubert Hurkacz.
9 July 2021, 15:36 PM