Great Britain venue picked for Davis Cup group stage March 14, 2024 Manchester will host the Davis Cup again this year after 37,000 fans attended last year. The final day of last year’s tennis event set an all-time single-day GB Davis Cup attendance record of 13,000. It will see a number of nations, including Great Britain, battle in September at the AO Arena for a spot at [...]
Saudi Arabia bid $1bn to combine men’s and women’s tennis tours March 12, 2024 Tennis could be the next sport to fall into the arms of Saudi Arabia after discussions at Indian Wells this week reportedly included a $1bn take-it-or-leave-it offer from the state backed Public Investment Fund which would see the men’s and women’s tours merged. The reports, in the Telegraph, suggest that ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi asked [...]
Halep back on tennis court after four-year doping ban slashed to nine months March 5, 2024 Former Grand Slam tennis champion Simona Halep has seen her four-year doping ban slashed to just nine months. The new, backdated ban means the Romanian is able to resume competition immediately. The 32-year-old appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after she was banned for testing positive for roxadustat, an anti-anaemia drug. Her appeal [...]
Boulter climbs WTA ranking with San Diego Open win March 4, 2024 Her new WTA ranking is a career high.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF beefs up tennis presence with major ATP partnership February 28, 2024 PIF will sponsor the ATP rankings and five tournaments.
Andy Murray reveals Paris 2024 Olympic ambition and retirement thinking February 28, 2024 The Briton is eyeing one more outing for Team GB later this year.
Murray calls for unity amid Saudi-backed tennis ‘super tour’ rumours February 26, 2024 The British tennis player said the conflicting organisers are only “looking out for their best interests”.
Ed Warner: On bad actors and their pernicious influence on so many sports February 22, 2024 Our columnist on rogues who taint sport, plus FA Cup maths, Rwanda, Tracey Crouch MP and Jilly Cooper.
Federer documentary will capture ‘deeply personal journey’ February 19, 2024 The final two weeks of Roger Federer’s tennis career will become a documentary after the 20-time Grand Slam winner worked with British filmmaker Asif Kapadia on the new Amazon Prime project. Federer, considered one of the greatest players to grace the tennis courts, retired in 2022 and became the first of the Big Three – [...]
Raducanu blames schedule, day match and outdoors tie after loss February 12, 2024 Emma Raducanu cited a lack of preparation for her 6-0 7-6 defeat to unseeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina at the WTA Qatar Open. The 2021 US Open winner blamed a lack of practice outdoors and cited her match as her first in the day in a year. Raducanu made 48 unforced errors in a match that [...]