Australia Open

Australia Open warm-up events cancelled for Thursday after COVID-19 case

Australian Open organisers didn’t immediately provide details of how many players would have to isolate. But all competition at six tune-up events for the year's first Grand Slam scheduled for Thursday was called off.

Tennis stars set to emerge from hard quarantine in Australia, eye freedom ahead of bumper week

Seventy-two players have been confined to their Melbourne rooms 24 hours a day, forced to strike balls against mattresses and exercise as best they can, sparking complaints about the tough conditions.

Dubai Open tennis: Sania Mirza confirms participation in tournament after recovering from calf injury

Sania will pair up with her French partner Caroline Garcia and they face Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva and Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik in the opening round of the women's doubles event on Wednesday.

Australian Open 2020: Elliot Benchetrit denies disrespect shown to ball girl after banana request

Elliot Benchetrit said, 'The bananas are very hard to peel here because they don’t have a stem. I asked the ball kid nicely because she had already peeled one for me at the beginning of the match'

US Open 2019: Serena Williams says she is 'ready' to face Maria Sharapova in blockbuster first round as she chases 24th Grand Slam

The blockbuster matchup at Arthur Ashe Stadium will mark the first time Williams has played Sharapova at the US Open, which the Russian won in 2006

Serena Williams set for Australian Open return; injury-prone Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal to compete at showpiece event

Serena Williams will make her return to the Australian Open for the first time since winning in 2017 when eight-weeks pregnant, it was confirmed Wednesday, with virtually all the world's top 100 players due at Melbourne Park.

Asian Games 2018: Indian paddler G Sathiyan feels podium finish possible despite tough competition

"Even though the CWG was really good for us, the Asian Games will be much tougher as teams who are ranked top in the world will be competing," Sathiyan told PTI.

Australian Open 2018: Record-chasing Roger Federer sees no scope for improvement in final against Marin Cilic

Roger Federer says he has nothing to improve in his stellar game as he closes in on a 20th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.

Fully-fit Kidambi Srikanth feels winning Dubai Superseries Finals is more important than rankings

"If I can really do well or win the tournament, I can become the World No 1," added Srikanth who was a quarter finalist at last year's Rio Olympic Games.

French Open Superseries: Kidambi Srikanth says badminton moved on from domination of Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei

Kidambi Srikanth said, "They (Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei) definitely are tough every time you play them. But, we need to believe in ourselves that we can do well."