Ben Shelton produced the biggest win of his career by defeating Carlos Alcaraz in a dramatic US Open quarter-final. The eighth seed won 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-3 1-6 7-6 (10-7) in a match that recorded the latest finish in US Open history. The contest lasted four hours and 28 minutes. Regardless, a large crowd stayed…
Novak Djokovic was reduced to tears during and after a shock first-round exit at the US Open, losing 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to Argentina’s Mariano Navone. A match that could be described as physically gruelling. It was the first time Djokovic had been beaten in the opening round at Flushing Meadows in his…
Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite during a tournament in June. The Australian tennis player provided a sample at the Mallorca Open on 22 June. The test later detected benzoylecgonine, a metabolite produced when cocaine is broken down by the body. The International Tennis Integrity Agency…
Aryna Sabalenka’s preparations for her US Open title defence suffered a significant blow on Saturday as the world number one was knocked out in the last 16 of the Canadian Open by Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova in a match lasting nearly two and a half hours in Toronto. Sabalenka lost 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4 in a…
Alexandra Eala has become the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title after defeating top seed Jessica Pegula in the delayed final of the Washington Open. The championship match, originally scheduled for Sunday, was completed on Monday after heavy rain and lightning repeatedly interrupted play in the US capital. Pegula, ranked world number three,…
Serena Williams’ Wimbledon comeback has suffered another setback after a knee injury forced her out of the doubles competition. Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Wimbledon doubles event with her sister, Venus Williams, after injuring her knee during her first-round singles defeat to Australia’s Maya Joint. The 44-year-old was scheduled to return to Grand Slam…
Serena Williams was beaten by Australian teenager Maya Joint in her first Wimbledon singles match in four years. The 23-time Grand Slam champion lost 6-3, 6-7 (8-6), 6-3 after battling for more than two hours on Centre Court. Williams, 44, saved a match point in the second-set tie-break to force a deciding set and showed…
Serena and Venus Williams will reunite at Wimbledon after receiving a wildcard entry into the women’s doubles competition. The Williams sisters are set to make a much-anticipated return to Wimbledon after organisers awarded them a wildcard for the women’s doubles tournament. Serena Williams, a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, recently returned to competitive tennis at Queen’s…
Serena Williams’ return to competitive tennis has been cut short after doubles partner Victoria Mboko suffered a knee injury at Queen’s. Serena Williams and Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko have withdrawn from the Queen’s Club doubles tournament after Mboko sustained a left knee injury during her singles match. Mboko was forced to retire while trailing 6-2,…
Teenage star Mirra Andreeva captured her first Grand Slam trophy with a dominant victory in the French Open final. Mirra Andreeva won the 2026 French Open title after defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the women’s singles final at Roland Garros. The 19-year-old Russian overcame an early nervy start before taking control of…
