Mixed team-based tennis tournament begins 29 December Sydney and Perth to host 18 countries in round-robin format Home nation Australia, Great Britain and defending champions the United States have caught Read more

Shelton beats Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 to win first tour-level title American, 21, will climb to career-high No 15 in rankings American rising star Ben Shelton won his first ATP Tour Read more

Deal is first high-profile role since German’s time in prison ‘Holger is a rough diamond that needs polishing,’ says Becker Boris Becker has announced he is returning to the tennis Read more

The tennis champion has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House, saying it will be the first time she has paused and reflected on her remarkable career Serena Williams Read more

Heavy investment in the game’s infrastructure has led to stars rising while attention is diverted from human rights abuses A year ago this month, the 26-year-old Shanghai native Zhang Zhizhen, Read more

The Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets this week unveiled a new trophy featuring a piece of highway infrastructure. It ranks up there with the strangest gongs ever held aloft Read more

Nicolás Jarry’s son joined his father on court during his fourth-round match against Diego Schwartzman at the Shanghai Masters. The match was taking place on Jarry’s birthday and his wife, Read more

37-year-old has been not played since defeat in Melbourne Inactivity has seen Spaniard’s world ranking slide to No 240 Rafael Nadal is set to return to grand slam tennis at Read more

After a pandemic, late finishes and fluffy balls, next year’s event is counting on Rafael Nadal, Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios to bring in the fans Almost two decades after Read more

The cross between tennis, ping-pong and badminton is growing in popularity but faces a shortage of courts and a problem with nimbys Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free Read more