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The No1 ranking for both men and women is up for grabs at the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia. Roger Federer could…

Even putting to one side the fortunes of the top two seeds, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, the women’s draw for this year’s Australian Open…

Among the three simultaneous WTA finals taking place on this busy tennis weekend—just a week before 2015’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open—the one in…

Three of last year’s Grand Slam champions begin their preparations for the first Major of 2015 in earnest this week as the cream of women’s…

Women’s tennis in 2014 ended, as it has done so often before, at the feet of Serena Williams. She won a sixth US Open title…

Tennis fever is taking over corners of the globe that have rarely had the good fortune to see stars such as Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray,…

Serena Williams is enjoying her longest continuous spell as world No1, a current run of 87 weeks, and has now overtaken Martina Hingis in the…

Setting the scene Holiday Sunday, and the weather reflected it for New Yorkers keen to make the most of their very own Grand Slam on…

The mighty Serena Williams may have lifted the US Open trophy five times, may have 17 Grand Slams to her name, may be the oldest…

It happened to be one of those days that this tennis fan will remember for a very long time. It was 2004, and a young,…

Serena Williams, top seed, world No1, 17-time Grand Slam champion and five times Wimbledon champion, has been working hard on the All England Club’s pristine…

There’s no doubt about it: The unfolding of the women’s draw at this year’s French Open has been one of the most enthralling for a…

Maria Sharapova may have missed slipping out of the top 10 by a hair’s breadth a couple of weeks back, but her prowess on clay—now…

Less than two years ago, one of the most successful women in world sport, Maria Sharapova, was about to claim the elusive French Open title…

The semi-finals of one of the four prestigious Premier Mandatory tournaments in women’s tennis, in Miami Florida, ignited two high-profile rivalries. The bottom half brought…

One of the four elite WTA events of the year follows hot on the heels of the first as the Sony Open Premier Mandatory in…

The stars conspired against the defending champions at Indian Wells in an afternoon of shocks on the glorious Centre Court in California’s desert oasis. Both…

There is no denying that Indian Wells is special. It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s star-studded, and it is the first stage of one of the…

Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Australian Open following a surprise fourth-round defeat by Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova. The Russian 26-year-old lost 3-6 6-4 6-1 in…

Maria Sharapova admitted that she needs to raise her game after the Russian battled past France’s Alize Cornet to book her place in the fourth…

Maria Sharapova was made to work hard for her place in the third round of the Australian Open after battling to a 6-3 4-6 10-8…