Tennis

Reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina advanced to the fourth round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto on Friday while French Open winner Mirra Andreeva was eliminated by Canada's Leylah Fernandez. World number two Rybakina from Kazakhstan defeated American 28th seed Ann Li 6-2, 7-5 in 90 minutes, winning five of six break chances while saving two of four against her. Rybakina, who also won the 2022 Wimbledon title, advanced to a last-16 meeting with the winner of a later match be

Serena Williams and Venus Williams ⁠are set to make their Cincinnati Open ‌doubles debut this month after being ‌awarded a wild ‌card on Monday, marking their ‌return to doubles action for ‌the first time since 2022. The Williams sisters have ‌won 14 major doubles ⁠titles, ‌including six at Wimbledon, plus three Olympic gold medals. They last played doubles together at the 2022 US Open, where they lost ⁠to Czechs  Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. Venus. Serena. Back in Cincy. 👊 The William

Coco Gauff fought back from a ⁠set down to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time after ‌beating friend and former doubles partner Jessica ‌Pegula 4-6 6-3 6-3 in ‌an all-American Centre Court clash on Tuesday. The ‌seventh seed and two-time Grand Slam ‌winner, now the highest-ranked player left in the women's singles draw, was ‌on the back foot from ⁠the start ‌against a fourth-seeded opponent who broke her in the opening game. In truth, Gauff was fighting herself almost as much as

Seventh seed Coco Gauff reached the fourth round and matched her ⁠best Wimbledon display with a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 victory over fellow American Claire Liu on Thursday to keep her ‌bid for a third Grand Slam title alive. The 22-year-old former US Open and ‌French Open champion, who crashed in her opener at the ‌All England Club 12 months ago, arrived under pressure to improve ‌her modest grasscourt record and appeared to be in cruise ‌control early on against Liu. She eased through the opening se

No. 7 seed Coco Gauff ended a four-match losing streak on grass in emphatic fashion in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday by beating Germany's Tamara Korpatsch in under an hour. Gauff hadn't won a grass-court match of any kind since beating Sonay Kartal in the third round of the 2024 Championships. She proceeded to lose in the Round of 16 that year to compatriot Emma Navarro -- a result which began a four-match skid on the surface. That included an 0-2 record in 2025 after winning Roland Ga

World number seven Coco Gauff says she has yet to find her confidence on grass ⁠as she prepares for next week's Wimbledon tournament. The two-time Grand Slam champion is seeking her first deep run at the ‌All England Club, with Wimbledon being the only major where she has not progressed ‌beyond the fourth round in six appearances. Her 2025 campaign ended ‌in a shock first-round defeat to Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, while she also ‌exited early at the Berlin Open grasscourt event this month, ‌

Serena Williams will return to singles tennis at Wimbledon after being given the Grand Slam's final wildcard for the women's draw. 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams came out of retirement at the start of June, initially just playing doubles on her return to the court. She competed alongside Victoria Mboko at Queen's and played with Karolina Muchova in Berlin, and also announced that she'd partner up with sister Venus for Wimbledon. However, it seemed as if she'd opted against making her re

US tennis great Serena Williams, on the comeback trail nearly four years after retiring, will partner Czech Karolina Muchova in the doubles at next week's Berlin Open grass court tournament. "We're going to play doubles. I'm pretty excited about it. "It doesn't happen every day that such an amazing athlete, not only in tennis but overall in sports, asks you to play tennis with her. I hope it's going to be fun," Muchova told a press conference in Berlin on Saturday. Williams, a 23-time Grand S

Alexander Zverev won a gruelling five-setter of a 2026 French Open final with Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 to finally become a Grand Slam champion While producing top tennis at times, both players struggled to cope with the pressure as they looked to claim a maiden major, making numerous errors in a match that consisted of 115 unforced errors. It looked that would cost Zverev, as it has in his previous Grand Slam finals, when Cobolli fought back from behind multiple times in the four

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva produced a hugely convincing performance on Court Philippe-Chatrier to sweep aside Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in a one-sided women's singles final. Seeded eighth at Roland Garros, Andreeva had dropped just a single set en route to the showpiece event, and the 19-year-old continued her imperious form on Saturday afternoon, ending the fairytale run of Chwalinska at the final hurdle. Andreeva fired down 25 winners while converting seven of 12 break-p

Jannik Sinner's 30-match winning run came to an abrupt halt at the French Open on Thursday as the world number one succumbed to sweltering conditions in a five-set, second-round loss to Juan Manuel Cerundolo. Sinner, the red-hot favourite at Roland Garros, appeared to be cruising to victory, holding a two-set lead and a commanding 5–1 advantage in the third, before suddenly taking a turn for the worse. The Italian complained of dehydration and dizziness, saying he felt as though he might vomit

Coco Gauff became the latest victim of the stomach virus that has been sweeping through the draw at the Madrid Open, but the ailing American still found a way to beat Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday and reach the round of 16. Several players have been struggling with illness in the Spanish capital this week, including Iga Swiatek, who was forced to retire from her match against Ann Li on Saturday, and Marin Cilic, who had to withdraw ahead of his second-round meeting with Joao Fonseca on

American Coco Gauff cruised past Karolina Muchova in straight sets to reach her first Miami Open final, where she will face world number one Aryna Sabalenka. Florida-born 22-year-old Gauff dropped only two games to triumph 6-1 6-1 in one hour and 30 minutes. FINAL SECURED 🔐@CocoGauff | #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/4t9nj4dEmn — wta (@WTA) March 26, 2026 The world number four will meet defending champion Sabalenka for the title on Saturday after the Belarusian overcame Elena Rybakina in straig

Coco Gauff battled past Belinda Bencic to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open for the first time on Tuesday with a gruelling 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 victory. Fourth seed Gauff had considered skipping Miami after being forced to pull out during the fourth round at Indian Wells with a left-arm injury. But the 22-year-old from Florida, who lives in nearby Delray Beach, was determined to play in what she considers to be her hometown tournament where she had never previously gone further than the last 16

World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz completed a career Grand Slam - winning all four major singles title - at the age of 22 with a four-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. Alcaraz was four years old when Djokovic first reached the final here in 2008, and in the clash of the generations it was the Spaniard who came out on top with a 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 victory on Rod Laver Arena. With two trophies at each at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, Alcaraz became the youngest man

The US reached the semi-finals of the United Cup mixed team tournament after beating Greece 2-1 in Perth on Wednesday, as Coco Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari before returning to clinch victory for the defending champions in the doubles. Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion, beat Sakkari ‌6-3, 6-2 in an hour and 26 minutes to ‌put the US in front. The 21-year-old had lost in three sets to world number 42 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro when the US took on Spain in Group A ⁠on Monday, but she shot out of