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While many former Grand Slam champions feature in the draw of the All England Club this year, it is a select few who have stepped…

There were, in the end, few surprises about the last four standing in the women’s French Open semi-finals. Each match contained a former Roland Garros…

Victoria Azarenka admitted she “left her serve at home” after the third seed struggled to a 4-6 6-3 6-1 victory over home favourite Alize Cornet…

Roland Garros may boast only two previous champions in the men’s draw—dominated by the favourite for this year’s title Rafael Nadal—but of the many French…

Many rued the departure of the glamorous, popular defending champion, Maria Sharapova from the Foro Italico—unbeaten in the tournament but beaten by illness. But it…

The men’s tour has grown used to the ‘big four’ leading the way at almost every big tournament: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and…

Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of the Sony Open in Miami with an ankle injury. The world No3 had been due to take on Madison…

Beyond the Grand Slams, the pair of Premier tournaments that fill March are the biggest, most demanding but most rewarding events in the women’s calendar.…

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…

Victoria Azarenka admits that she is constantly striving for perfection as she prepares to get her Indian Wells campaign under way. The 23-year-old Australian Open…

It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s rich, and it’s star-studded. This is Indian Wells, an indigo and green oasis set far from the madding crowds in…

One of the biggest women’s titles of the year outside the Grand Slams and the WTA Championships, the Qatar Open Premier in Doha, saw a…

Both the women who took to court for the final of the 2013 Australian Open had been here before. In 2011, Na Li reached her…

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…

As the first Grand Slam builds a head of steam towards its start on the second Monday of 2013, tennis can depend on some familiar…

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…

The last women’s Grand Slam match of the year may have had to sit out the New York storms, but this particular Flushing Meadows cloud…

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…

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…