World No 1 announces shock news on social media Comes two months after winning Australian Open Ash Barty, the world No 1, has stunned the tennis world by announcing her Read more

Australian Open champion will miss big chunk of clay season ‘This is not good news and I did not expect this’ Rafael Nadal will miss a big chunk of the Read more

From Roger Federer to Emma Raducanu, players have long found the idea of paying someone to be your boss a tough task At the beginning of a bright new season Read more

Will Smith’s underdog movie about Serena and Venus Williams’ dad is his best performance to date and is as much a story about parenting as sporting achievement Let’s be honest, Read more

First Masters 1000 title propels American to world No 13 Iga Swiatek beats Maria Sakkari to win women’s singles As violent winds battered the Californian desert across the weekend, disturbing Read more

Spaniard sets sights on another of Novak Djokovic’s records Will play Taylor Fritz after American overcomes Andrey Rublev A defiant Rafael Nadal has won an all-Spanish clash of the generations, Read more

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev says he is thankful for the positive responses after he wrote ‘no war please’ on a television camera moments.  Rublev’s gesture came in the aftermath Read more

Nadal wins 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 6-4 to reach BNP Paribas Open semis Australian clashes with crowd and umpire during defeat Rafael Nadal quelled the challenge of a typically combustible Nick Read more

Move designed to remove excessively long fifth sets New scoring rules will begin at French Open in May The four grand slam tournaments will no longer feature extended final sets Read more

British No 2 beaten 6-1, 6-4 by American in fourth round 25-year-old Dart is now a top 100 player for the first time After the nine greatest days she has Read more