Former champion Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Thursday, citing fitness issues, as his record run of appearing at 65 consecutive grand slam tournaments came to an end. …

Challengers to Serena Williams’ throne have proved as fickle as a Paris spring and as the year’s second grand slam starts the veteran American is again seemingly in a league …

Andy Murray has been the standout performer on clay for the past 12 months, but world No.1 Novak Djokovic will be favourite to complete his set of grand slams at …

The French Open prospects of Australia’s top-ranked female are in doubt with Samantha Stosur forced to withdraw from her warm-up tournament with a wrist injury. The 32-year-old defending champion at …

HOW THE LEADING WOMEN SHAPE UP FOR THE 2016 FRENCH OPEN SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) Age: 34 Ranking: 1 Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money: $US76,467,915 ($A104.33 million) Career titles: …

KEY FINDINGS FROM STUDY INTO 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN PRIZE MONEY – Women’s champion Angelique Kerber earned $116,000 an hour more than men’s winner Novak Djokovic – The men spent a …

In the real world – and almost every corner of the sporting world – women get dudded on the pay front. But the roles are reversed at the tennis grand …

Maria Sharapova faces an anti-doping panel in London on Wednesday as she waits to discover if she will face a lengthy ban after testing positive to meldonium in January. The …

Samantha Stosur’s Strasbourg International title defence is off to the perfect with a straight sets win over American qualifier Lauren Davis. While top-seeded Sara Errani was dealt another setback in …

World No.2 Andy Murray has thrown his support behind Nick Kyrgios over his Rio Games selection row with Australian Olympic team boss Kitty Chiller. Chiller last week reiterated that Kyrgios …

Andy Murray continued his impressive build up to the French Open with a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic in the final of the Rome Masters. Just a week after Djokovic …

Serena Williams has ended a nine-month title drought with a 7-6 (5) 6-3 win over Madison Keys in an all-American Italian Open final on Sunday. Williams’ previous title came in …

Serena Williams has advanced to the Italian Open final with a 6-4 6-1 win over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu and will try to clinch her first title of the season when …

Backed by Tennis Australia, Nick Kyrgios has reignited a war of words with Kitty Chiller ahead of the Rio Olympics by launching a fresh social media attack. Instead of treading …

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has fended off a resurgent Rafael Nadal 7-5 7-6 (7-4) in a pulsating battle to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open. Nadal led 4-2 in …

French qualifier Lucas Pouille has reached the Italian Open semi-finals after Argentine opponent Juan Monaco’s withdrawal because of injury. Organisers on Friday said Monaco, who had upset fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka …

Tennis Australia is on a collision course with the AOC after backing Nick Kyrgios as the country’s brightest Olympic medal hope on court in Rio. Disappointed at Australia’s Olympic team …

Advantage, Kitty Chiller. The ball is back in Nick Kyrgios’ court if he wants to go to Rio in the wake of Bernard Tomic’s withdrawal, with Chiller claiming he doesn’t …