Serena Williams’ return to the US Open for the first time since becoming a mother will be an emotional experience, partly because her daughter Alexis-Olympia’s first birthday is right in …

Ashleigh Barty will spearhead Australia’s 12-strong US Open challenge after overcoming a virus that threatened to derail her impress American hard-court campaign. Barty’s only two defeats since Wimbledon have come …

Carla Suarez Navarro will play for the Connecticut Open championship, despite completing just one full match this week and playing less than four sets. The 29-year-old Spaniard advanced on Friday …

The new crop of young players are poised for a grand slam breakthrough and New York’s bright lights could provide the inspiration that finally gets one of them over the …

The US Open offers South African Kevin Anderson a shot at redemption as he bids to claim his first Grand Slam title after twice coming heartbreakingly close in the last …

Rafael Nadal is full of confidence and ready to defend his US Open title, having enjoyed a blockbuster 2017 by claiming the French and US majors after a three-year Grand …

MEN TO WATCH AT THE US OPEN RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) Age: 32 Ranking: 1 Plays: left-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $US102,326,975 ($A139.41 million) Career titles: 80 Grand slam titles: …

WOMEN TO WATCH AT THE US OPEN SIMONA HALEP (ROM) Age: 26 Ranking: 1 Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $US27,003,715 ($A36.79 million) Career titles: 18 Grand slam titles: …

Australia’s tennis stars have copped the worst of the US Open draw in New York. Seeded big guns Nick Kyrgios, Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will need to pull out …

Serena and Venus Williams could be headed toward their earliest grand slam meeting in 20 years, facing a potential third-round match-up at the US Open. If the sisters do play …

Daria Gavrilova’s reign as Connecticut Open champion has come to an end with a hard-fought three-set defeat to Aryna Sabalenka. The Australian world no.24 saved two match points before she …

Nick Kyrgios has a level of talent perhaps never seen before, former champion Chris Evert says of the Australian player who will start next week’s US Open a relatively lowly …

Six-times champion Serena Williams has been seeded 17th in her US Open return after missing last year’s event while pregnant. Williams has been elevated from her world ranking of 26th …

Thanasi Kokkinakis has rallied from a set down to beat Bernard Tomic in the all-Australian US Open qualifier to move one step closer to a place in the main draw. …

Roger Federer and Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will headline the Europe team in next months’ Laver Cup. The rosters for the exhibition matches in Chicago were announced Tuesday. A six-player …

Ashleigh Barty will be the top seeded Australian at this year’s US Open if she wins her battle with a viral illness that forced her out of the Connecticut Open …

Serena Williams has been seeded 17th at this year’s US Open one place below her sister Venus. Serena, who finished runner-up at Wimbledon this year after losing to Germany’s Angelique …

Samantha Stosur has failed to make the most of a lucky loser entry at the Connecticut Open, losing in straight sets to Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in their first-round encounter. The …