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It was a weekend of new names and heart-warming stories across the ATP tour. The Rio Open, one of the prestigious chain of 500 tournaments…

Andy Murray was only 20 when he first played at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships but already he was a star on the rise,…

The semi-final line-up at the Dubai Duty Free Championships was perhaps not the one many had anticipated a week ago. The world No1 Andy Murray…

The tournament may be celebrating its 25th anniversary, but the tennis gods have not been entirely kind to the Dubai Duty Free Championships this week.…

It was a throw-away line from the 2009 US Open champion, Juan Martin del Potro, after he beat the No89 in the world, the fast-rising…

There were certainly bigger names on the start list at the Swiss Indoors come Wednesday. In a packed schedule, it was hard to know where…

There are not many tournaments aside from the Majors themselves that feature four Grand Slam champions on one opening-day schedule. But such was the line-up…

Amid the top-notch contests on display on yet another hot, humid day at the All England Club—World No1 Novak Djokovic continuing the defence of his…

At the start of Super Sunday at Crandon Park, Andy Murray’s half of the draw held multiple threats for the two-time former Miami champion. By…

It has been a long-running theme in men’s tennis: The Spanish armada is one of the tour’s most dominant forces. And at this year’s Australian…

It has been hard to avoid the news that Roger Federer is marching through his 30s, that talk of the ‘R’ word has come and…

Andy Murray may, at the age of 27, be the man with two Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal to his name, and…

For Andy Murray, his biggest Wimbledon worries ahead of a designated meeting with friend and foe Novak Djokovic in the final seemed to be out…

When it comes to the dramatic art that is Grand Slam tennis, Wimbledon still manages to capture the formality, the tradition, the awe of a…

Two of tennis’s pin-up boys were, conveniently, both given the big stages on one of the busiest days of the US Open fortnight: Labour Day…

It’s the opening scene from an English period film. Elegant groups, drinking champagne or Pimms, drift through luscious grounds from the backdrop of a white,…

One name has become synonymous with the Monte Carlo Masters – and it is a Spanish one. Rafael Nadal has not been defeated on the…

In a venue of deep indigo shadows and vibrant grassy highlights, the players have blended into their surroundings with their own variations of sky and…

Duo are locked in a battle for supremacy as they face the prospect of a 21st match at next week’s Dubai 500

What a difference a day makes. Before play began in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday morning, there were five men with…

The Paris Masters always finds itself holding in its hands the fortunes of some of the best players of the world