Dubai 2017: Andy Murray gets quick win over Jaziri, Dan Evans an even quicker one over Brown
As 2017 got under way, Andy Murray was undoubtedly the form man of the tour. Last season, he won more matches, 78, and more titles…
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Dubai 2017: Stan Wawrinka, the quiet champion, falls to outsider Dzumhur
Stan Wawrinka is one of the most softly-spoken men on the tennis tour, and a man who never seems entirely comfortable with his fame and…
Dubai 2017: Roger Federer races past Benoit Paire to spearhead a day of golden oldies
To say Benoit Paire is unpredictable is an understatement. At times brilliant, he can also then turn in error-riddled matches. He can combine power and…
Motivated Andy Murray puts illness behind him in pursuit of strong summer run
By the time Roger Federer encountered Andy Murray in Dubai for the first time, the Swiss had got used to winning. Since his first title…
Roger Federer: Yin and yang and daring to dream
As casual as you like, this year’s Australian Open champion Roger Federer, rather more slender than he looks in match-play and rather more fun than…
Dubai WTA: Elina Svitolina wins first Premier, joins top 10 with win over Caroline Wozniacki
Elina Svitolina may not have leapt off the page as a likely Dubai Duty Free champion when the draw of 56 women was made a…
Dubai 2017 preview: No1 Murray, defending champ Wawrinka, seven-time winner Federer headline
Eleven of the last 14 titles at the prestigious Dubai Duty Free Championships have been won by just two men: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.…
Dubai Premier: Caroline Wozniacki goes for second title, but Kerber’s No1 dream dashed
The conditions remained difficult for the women who had so much to gain on the hard courts of the Arabian Gulf, just as they had…
Andy Murray and Roger Federer kick up a sand storm ahead of Dubai campaigns
World No1 Andy Murray and seven-time Dubai champion, No9 Roger Federer, arrived in the Emirates in plenty of time to prepare for the Dubai Duty…
Dubai Premier: Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki survive culling of seeds to reach QFs
With the 56 women in the prestigious Premier 5 in Dubai this week reduced to the final eight, just three of the original 16 seeds…
Juan Martin del Potro makes winning return at Delray Beach, but veteran returner Haas falls
It was a momentous day not just for Argentina but for one of the biggest men to pick up a tennis racket for that nation,…
Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych join forces in Prague to launch first Laver Cup
It is little wonder that a new event on the scale of the Laver Cup will take not a little preparation. For the tennis banquet…
Rotterdam 2017: Lucky 13 for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, unlucky sixth for David Goffin
The two hopefuls who came to court at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena to determine who would lift this year’s ABN AMRO trophy had much more in…
Dubai Duty Free WTA preview: Kerber eyes No1, but Konta joins injury withdrawals
Angelique Kerber may have slipped up in the early stages of her campaign to reclaim the No1 ranking from Serena Williams. She made a surprise…
Rotterdam 2017: Dimitrov and Thiem gear up for Cilic and Berdych in draw of two halves
There seems to be no holding the rising generation as three of the most promising of the ‘90s Generation’ continued their march to the quarter-finals…
Rotterdam 2017: Dimitrov, Goffin and Thiem bring fresh blood to evergreen draw
The two hoped-for stars of the year’s first ATP500 tournament in Rotterdam, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, may have been forced to withdraw after their…
Laureus Sports Awards: Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, win sporting ‘Oscars’
Usain Bolt and Simone Biles were named Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the sporting ‘Oscars’ in Monaco last night, where HSH Prince…
Angelique Kerber aims to reclaim No1 from Serena Williams in Doha and Dubai
A week in politics, they say, is a long time. And the same could be said of a fortnight in tennis. When the Australian Open…
Grigor Dimitrov does Sofia fans proud: beats David Goffin to continue hot 2017 run
The young ATP 250 tournament in Sofia must have been praying for just such a final during this cold, gloomy February as the tour moved…
Alexander Zverev up to No18 after denying three-time Montpellier champ Gasquet for second title—plus doubles
The rise and rise of 19-year-old Alexander Zverev has continued apace during 2017, beginning with a win over Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup, then…
Fed Cup 2017: Konta and Watson beat Croatia to take GB into World Group II play-offs
With a full-strength squad and a new Fed Cup captain—this was Anne Keothavong’s first tie since taking over from Judy Murray last spring—the GB quartet…