Category: Tennis

One of the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournaments on the planet begins this weekend, with the world’s leading male tennis players gearing up for the 117th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters. Played near-annually since 1896 at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, an area just on the French side of their border with Monaco, it’s one of just...

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Criticism of the long-anticipated move to Saudi Arabia has been led by Navratilova and Evert, who wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post in January. “Taking a tournament there would represent a significant step backward, to the detriment not just of women’s sport, but women,” the pair wrote. Human Rights Watch told the BBC...

Home  »  Latest News   »   West Beach tennis courts set for £56,000 makeover Work has begun on a £56,000 investment to renovate five public tennis courts at West Beach in Whitstable. It’s a joint project between the LTA (formerly known as the Lawn Tennis Association) and Canterbury City Council and will see all the courts resurfaced and...

“So it’s better if we read the decision from Cas that it was a contaminated supplement, it wasn’t doping. “I never had something to do with doping. I never doped, so I’m not a cheater. “Only one person being negative about me is not that important because I have hundreds of people that giving me...

The 39th edition of the Miami Open gets underway on Tuesday, March 19, as one of the global tennis calendar’s most prestigious events begins in Florida. The 2024 ATP and WTA Tours have taken plenty of twists and turns so far this year, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek currently leading the way in each....

World number two Carlos Alcaraz defended his Indian Wells title with a straight-set win over Daniil Medvedev in a repeat of last year’s final. Alcaraz, 20, beat the Russian world number four 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to claim his first title since Wimbledon in July. The Spaniard was returning from an ankle injury which forced him...

Poland’s Iga Swiatek claimed another dominant win over Maria Sakkari to clinch her second Indian Wells title. In a repeat of the 2022 final, the world number one produced an almost identical score, beating Greece’s Sakkari 6-4 6-0 in 69 minutes. That secured a 19th career title for Swiatek, 22, and a second of the...

Carlos Alcaraz ended Jannik Sinner’s 19-match unbeaten run to set up a final against Daniil Medvedev at Indian Wells. Australian Open winner Sinner was 2-1 up in the first set when the match was interrupted by a three-hour rain delay. The Italian won the opener when they resumed before Spaniard Alcaraz fought back to claim...

Here’s everything you need to know about Indian Wells, including the draw, who’s playing and the schedule. You can watch all the drama unfold live on Sky Sports. Live coverage the BNP Paribas Open continues on Sunday from 5.30pm UK time, with Iga Swiatek taking on Maria Sakkari before Carlos Alcaraz meets Daniil Medvedev on...

Claiming the first break of the match in the eighth game, Navarro saved a break point before serving out the opening set, but Sabalenka fought back to win the second. After exchanging breaks early in the decider, Navarro struck again for a 3-1 lead as Sabalenka’s serve faltered and, after saving the first match point,...