Australian No.1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out in the first round of the Italian Open by three-time champion Maria Sharapova. Making her debut in the main draw in Rome, …

Novak Djokovic was not looking too far ahead after a routine straight-sets win over Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Italian Open. The 11th-seeded Serbian cruised to a …

Daria Gavrilova has advanced to the second round of the Italian Open with hard-fought win over Natalia Vikhlyantseva. The world No.24 fought back from a set down to win 5-7 …

Novak Djokovic was not looking too far ahead after beating Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open. Having failed to reach the quarter-finals in six …

Germany’s Alexander Zverev looked every bit a serious French Open title contender as he crushed Dominic Thiem in straight-sets the Madrid Open final. The 6-4 6-4 victory sealed a third …

Former world No.3 Stan Wawrinka’s French Open preparation suffered a setback after the Swiss was beaten 6-4 6-4 by American Steve Johnson in the opening round of the Italian Open. …

Germany’s Alexander Zverev produced a clinical display to crush Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-4 in the Madrid Open final. The second-seeded world No. 3 broke a nervy-looking Thiem in the opening …

An in-form John Millman has continued his impressive clay court form by brushing aside fellow Australian Bernard Tomic to win the Open du Pays d’Aix Challenger event in Provence. Top-seeded …

Dominic Thiem beat Kevin Anderson for the first time in seven attempts to reach the Madrid Open final for the second successive year. Later on Saturday, Germany’s Alexander Zverev defeated …

When Petra Kvitova thought she couldn’t go on she hit the critical shots to finally edge Kiki Bertens and claim a record third Madrid Open title. World No.10 Kvitova outlasted …

Dominic Thiem beat Kevin Anderson for the first time in seven attempts to reach the Madrid Open final for the second successive year. The Austrian fifth seed won 6-4 6-2 …

The resurgent Bernard Tomic has won four consecutive clay-court matches for the first time to set up an all-Australian title showdown with John Millman in France. Tomic battled from a …

The Spanish Tennis Federation has held meetings with the Barcelona and national soccer team player Gerard Pique about holding the planned revamped Davis Cup in France or Madrid next year, …

Kiki Bertens has continued her sparkling week with an emphatic 6-2 6-2 victory over Caroline Garcia to reach the Madrid Open final, where she will meet Petra Kvitova who came …

Rafael Nadal has suffered a shock 7-5 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals, a result that means the Spaniard will lose the world No.1 ranking. …

Rafael Nadal has suffered a shock 7-5 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals, a result that means the Spaniard will lose the world No.1 ranking. …

World No.1 Simona Halep’s Madrid Open hat-trick hopes ended as she was overpowered 6-4 6-3 in the quarter-finals by inspired Czech Karolina Pliskova on Thursday. Halep, who has won the …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal has set a new record of winning 50 consecutive sets on a single surface by beating Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-4 to reach the Madrid Open …