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By AFP MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal will return to Grand Slam action at the Australian Open in January, tournament director Craig Tiley said Wednesday, for what will almost certainly be the Spaniard's farewell to…

By Express News Service CHENNAI:  Indian shuttler HS Prannoy threw the kitchen sink on Sunday in a bid to capture his second title of the season. Employing his trademark smashes and some mind-bending returns, he was…

HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS — Rafael Nadal had arthroscopic surgery on Friday night for the injured left hip flexor that forced him to sit out the French Open for the first time…

By AFP SYDNEY: Former Australian tennis star, Mark Philippoussis said he is no longer helping to coach world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas, calling it the end of "a great ride". Philippoussis joined Tsitsipas's…

By Associated Press LONDON: Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban from last year. The players must sign…

Pegula was wearing a white screen-printed patch with Hamlin’s uniform number on her black skirt while she competed at the Australian Open, AP reported on January 18. America’s top-ranked female tennis player and ranked third in the world,…

By Express News Service CHENNAI:  2023 has not begun on a good note for India’s leading men’s singles tennis players. They have needed wildcards to even qualify for the main draw of a home Challenger. None of them…

By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic's Australian Open championship returned him to a rather familiar spot on Monday: No. 1 in the ATP rankings.His four-place rise…

By AFP PARIS: Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka climbed to second in the new WTA rankings released on Monday after claiming her first Grand Slam title as Poland's Iga Swiatek retained the top spot. The…

By AFP PARIS: Novak Djokovic reclaimed the top spot in the ATP rankings released on Monday after winning his 22nd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The 35-year-old Serbian rose four places to dislodge Spain's…