Unseeded American Jamie Hampton knows she will have to lift her game when she makes her first appearance in a WTA singles semi-final. Hampton, 22, has the imposing task of …

Nikolay Davydenko stormed into the Qatar Open semi-finals on Thursday with an express train performance which gave him a chance of earning a first final for 20 months. The former …

Top seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and number three Marin Cilic of Croatia entered the quarter-finals of the ATP Chennai Open with contrasting wins on Thursday. The 15th …

Daniel Brands, a little-known German qualifier ranked outside the world’s top 150, produced his second upset of the week on Thursday to reach the first ATP World Tour semi-final of …

Gael Monfils’ comeback from injury took a hit on Thursday when he lost to German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-1 7-5 in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open in Doha. The …

It was a tennis lesson Brisbane battler John Millman would have gladly handed over his $7550 second round losers’ cheque to buy. Qualifier Millman gave world No.3 Andy Murray a …

Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty claimed the biggest scalp of her fledgling career with a 6-0 6-3 demolition of 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone at the Hopman Cup on Thursday …

Serena Williams handed out compliments like she sent down aces on Thursday after setting up the semi-final showdown everyone wants with world No.1 Victoria Azarenka in the Brisbane International. The …

Australian Bernard Tomic continued his winning run at the Hopman Cup with a 6-3 7-5 triumph on Thursday night over world No.23 Andreas Seppi at Perth Arena. Tomic, who stunned …

Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska completed the safe passage of the remaining three seeds through to the semi-finals on a rain-affected day at the Auckland Classic on Thursday. World No.4 Radwanska, the …

Lleyton Hewitt bowed out of the Brisbane International after falling in straight sets to Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in the second round on Thursday. World No.83 Hewitt missed out on a …

A tournament-ending knee injury to American John Isner on Thursday handed Spain a berth in this weekend’s final of the Hopman Cup mixed-teams tennis event in Perth. The US pairing …

Lleyton Hewitt has bowed out of the Brisbane International tennis tournament after falling in straight sets to Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in the second round on Thursday. World No.83 Hewitt missed …

Normal service finally resumed at the Brisbane International tennis tournament on Thursday when world No.1 Victoria Azarenka cruised through her quarter-final. The reigning Australian Open champion booked a potential semi-final …

The giant-killing spree continued at the Brisbane International on Thursday when world No.5 Angelique Kerber became the latest casualty. The fourth-seeded German went down in straight sets 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 …

Rising Australian tennis players Luke Saville and Olivia Rogowska have been handed wildcards to play in the main draw at this month’s Australian Open. Saville, 18, won the boys title …

American John Isner became the second international tennis star to quit the Hopman Cup with a knee injury on Thursday, casting doubt on his Australian Open prospects. World No.14 Isner’s …

An elbow injury is threatening Heather Watson’s Australian Open campaign after the British No.1 was forced to withdraw from next week’s Hobart International. Watson suffered the injury during her three-set …