Lleyton Hewitt recorded a comeback 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) win over Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic in the opening round of the San Jose ATP Open in California. Former world No.1 Hewitt …

Juan Martin del Potro spent just over an hour in reaching the second round of the Rotterdam World Tennis tournament as he dispatched France’s Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 on Tuesday. …

Serena Williams has moved to within two wins of becoming world number one for the first time in two-and-a-half years after reaching the third round of the Qatar Open in …

French tennis star Marion Bartoli has admitted it was “tough” to split from her father who had been coaching her for 20 years. The former Wimbledon finalist recovered from 2-5 …

Dutch wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer announced her retirement on Tuesday after an astonishing unbroken run of 470 wins spanning more than 10 years. “A special day: officially stopping tennis,” …

Bernard Tomic suffered defeat at the hands of a key rival in his return to the ATP Tour after a break following his brilliant Australian summer. The 20-year-old Australian lost …

Bernard Tomic has crashed out of the Rotterdam World Tennis event in three sets. Tomic suffered a 6-3 3-6 6-3 first-round loss to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who ended a four-match …

Former No.1-ranked players Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic eased into the second round of the WTA’s Qatar Open with straight-set victories on Monday. Australian Anastasia Rodionova also progressed, beating China’s …

Rafael Nadal’s presence at the Brazil Open this week is a welcome boost to the minnow ATP event, part of the latin American clay court circuit he is using to …

Roger Federer welcomed the return of Rafael Nadal, but will not spend much time worrying about his rival’s progress as he concentrates on his own game with a Wednesday start …

Serena Williams’ downbeat attitude to her recovery from injuries has raised doubts about her ability to regain the world No.1 one ranking after a two-and-a-half year interval during the Qatar …

India’s top tennis stars joined hands on Monday to start a players’ association following the dispute with the national federation that made them skip their last Davis Cup tie. The …

Richard Gasquet defeated fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2 6-3 to win the ATP Sud de France Open in Montpellier on Sunday. It was Gasquet’s second tournament win of the year, …

Horacio Zeballos denied Rafael Nadal a fairytale finish to his comeback tournament on Sunday, rallying to hand the Spaniard a rare clay court defeat in the ATP event in Chile. …

Alicia Molik is confident her Australian Fed Cup team can retain a top-eight position in the women’s international tournament despite a first round defeat. With a Cup treble in their …

Three-time winners Italy edged a weakened United States 3-2 on Sunday to reach the Fed Cup semi-finals and an April date with double defending champions, the Czech Republic. Italy, the …

Home favourite Marin Cilic defeated Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3 6-1 on Sunday to win his third Zagreb Indoors ATP title. The top-seeded Croat cruised to his ninth career title, …

World number one Victoria Azarenka’s tennis-playing stock has never been higher, but further repairs to her image may be appropriate during her title defence at the Qatar Open, which has …