Category: Tennis

Katie Boulter was brought back down to earth with a straight-sets loss to Camila Giorgi in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Boulter arrived at the tournament riding a crest of a wave after she secured a maiden WTA 500 title at the San Diego Open to continue her excellent...

Halep tested positive for roxadustat, an anti-anaemia drug which stimulates the production of red blood cells in the body. In May 2023, Halep was handed a second charge by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), this time for irregularities in her athlete biological passport (ABP). An independent report, instigated by the ITIA, ruled Halep had...

Halep tested positive for roxadustat – an anti-anaemia drug which stimulates the production of red blood cells in the body – at the US Open in August 2022. An investigation by the ITIA concluded the contamination was likely to have come from a collagen supplement called Keto MCT. In a ruling announced on Tuesday, Cas...

Britain’s Jack Draper was forced to retire in the third set of his Mexican Open semi-final in Acapulco. The 22-year-old had treatment from the physiotherapist and tournament doctor in the second set against Australian defending champion Alex de Minaur. De Minaur had taken the opening set 6-3 before the British number three came back to...

Britain’s Emma Raducanu has been given a wildcard for Indian Wells next week. The 21-year-old is ranked 252nd in the world as she continues her comeback from an eight-month injury lay-off. American seven-time major champion Venus Williams, 43, and Danish former world number one Caroline Wozniacki have also been handed wildcards for the WTA 1000...

Raducanu, who shot to prominence with a stunning triumph at the 2021 US Open as a teenage qualifier, is ranked too low for direct entry into the top WTA tournaments. A protected injury ranking of 103rd helped the former British number one enter last month’s Australian Open without needing to go through qualifying. But the...

British tennis star Andy Murray has hinted he could retire this year. Speaking in Dubai after his 500th win on hardcourt, the 36-year-old said: “I still love competing, I still love the game. It gets harder and harder the older you get to compete with the young guys. “It’s not easy, I probably don’t have...

Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after disrupting Wimbledon tennis matches by throwing confetti and puzzle pieces. Deborah Wilde, 69, Simon Milner-Edwards, 67, and William Ward, 66, were convicted at City of London Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Wilde, a retired teacher, and Ward, a retired civil engineer, were each...

Andy Murray may have snapped his six-match losing streak but his future has come under further scrutiny after he lost in the second round of the Qatar Open last week. Murray has repeatedly said he is not about to retire after a horror run of form, but the fierce competitor inside him will not be...