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‘I will be on crutches for many weeks and then also out of the game for many months’ Roger Federer is going to miss the U.S. Open and be sidelined for months because he needs a third operation on his right knee, a procedure he said will…

Rohan Bopanna is back home after Wimbledon to be with his family before he gets a possible call for the Olympics in Tokyo.The suspense about the Olympic doubles entry for the Asian Games gold medallists Bopanna and Divij Sharan continues,…

It was a dogged 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4 third round win for Federer on Saturday against Cameron Norrie Apparently if there was a perfect time to topple Roger Federer early at Wimbledon, this was the year -- so believed Cameron Norrie and his…

It is the first time at least one of the American sisters has failed to reach the third round at Wimbledon since Serena made her debut at the tournament in 1998. A day after sister Serena endured a heart-breaking Wimbledon exit after…

Federer eyes his ninth title here; ball in Serena's court with rivals' fitness doubts Novak Djokovic targets a record-equalling 20th Major and sixth Wimbledon title from Monday which will edge him tantalisingly closer to becoming only…

Japanese star targets gold at Tokyo Games. Japanese star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon, her agent confirmed on Thursday, weeks after the World No. 2 pulled out of the French Open citing her struggle with depression and…

Krejcikova becomes the first woman since Mary Pierce in 2000 to lift both trophies at Roland-Garros French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova completed a rare sweep of titles at Roland-Garros as she won a third women's doubles major…

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova held a steady course to beat a wildly erratic Tamara Zidansek and reach the final at Roland-Garros, showing all her experience to win 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday.Slovenian World No. 85 Zidansek made a flying start…

Before the French Open, Tamara Zidansek had never advanced past the second round at any Grand Slam.The former snowboarder has now become the first woman from Slovenia to reach the semifinals at a Major tournament.Spurred on by the vocal…

The eighth-seeded Pole won 7-64, 6-0 to stretch her record of straight-sets victories here to 10 matches. Defending champion Iga Swiatek overcame an early break to defeat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit and reach the last 16 at Roland Garros…