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With Serena Williams missing from Indian Wells, and the top of the women’s rankings in such a fluid state—Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, have…

With the shock exit of Serena Williams from the top half of the draw in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, the door seemed to…

Much is made of the dominance of the ‘Big Four’ in men’s tennis—and since only Juan Martin del Potro has troubled the waters on the…

With no fewer than 10 Grand Slam winners in the draw for this year’s Australian Open, one could be forgiven for thinking that the women’s…

On the surface, the seedings for this year’s Australian Open have a very familiar look. On both the men’s and women’s sides, they are topped…

As 2011 became 2012, one name seemed destined to dominate women’s tennis. Petra Kvitova had soared through the previous 12 months to reach No2 in…

While the men are still building towards their ‘Asian swing’ climax at the Shanghai Masters next week, the women know that theirs is right now…

With 11 of the top dozen women in the world making the long journey to the Far East for the final push to the WTA…

As surely as night followed day, so it had become a near certainty that the last four men standing at the sharp end of a…

The 128 men and 128 women have been whittled down to just 16 men and 12 women as Labor Day announces the second week of…

It’s the last Grand Slam of the year, the biggest and brightest one, packed with colour and music, fast food and cool cocktails, towered over…

One wonders whether anything could make Serena Williams’ summer of 2012 any better: a fifth Wimbledon title followed by Olympic gold sealed her ‘Golden Slam’,…

Despite her consecutive losses to Serena Williams in the semis of Wimbledon and the Olympics, Victoria Azarenka’s consistency since she opened 2012 with four straight…

Serena Williams had the look of the queen of the court even before the women’s final of the London 2012 Olympics had begun at the…

Laura Robson and Heather Watson both impressed as they claimed straight-sets victories in their first-round singles matches at Wimbledon on Monday. The 18-year-old Robson overcame…

It seems as though the tennis storyline for London 2012 was preordained. Perhaps it is only right that two of the greatest players of their…

When it came to predictions about who might win Wimbledon’s 2012 titles, there seemed to be one area of common ground. In the men’s draw,…

Serena Williams described her three-set victory over China’s Jie Zheng as a “gut check” after the American won the third set 9-7 to set up…

With exactly four weeks to go until Olympic tennis gets under way, the International Tennis Federation has announced one the strongest ever fields of competitors…

Serena Williams insisted she feels no pressure at Wimbledon, despite being one of the pre-tournament favourites, after the sixth seed eased to a 6-1 6-4…

Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova are two of the most popular women not just in tennis but in sport across the board. Both have been…