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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…

The Czech Republic, with the towering presence of their Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, won the Fed Cup this year for a remarkable third time in…

In the world of elite tennis, six years can seem an eternity. And there have been times when it looked as though the tall, fresh-faced…

It was already a headlining week for Agnieszka Radwanska. For the fourth year in a row, the ever-popular young woman from Poland walked away with…

When the elite eight in women’s tennis take centre stage next week for the WTA Championships—held for the first time in Singapore—they will be joined…

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…

The tall, popular Czech, Petra Kvitova, may have got off to a slow start in 2014, but she has more than made up for it…

Serena Williams: where does one begin in summing up the career of one of the most successful athletes in the world, one of the most…

The Wuhan Open may have hoped for greater good fortune in its debut on the WTA calendar. As the biggest of the three newcomers to…

With Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Simona Halep the only players already sure of their places at the WTA Championships in Singapore, which begins on…

When Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki saw that they were on opposite sides of the draw for the last Grand Slam of the year, they…

As it if were not enough that Serena Williams, who will be 33 in a fortnight’s time, is the oldest women’s No1 since WTA rankings…

The top seeds in the women’s draw may have fallen like leaves in autumn throughout the first week of action at the US Open, but…

It’s been a rare Grand Slam indeed in recent years that has not featured two Swiss among its seeds. Roger Federer is playing in a…

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 early afternoon schedule at Flushing Meadows illustrated the point perfectly. Age has been no barrier to making an impression at the final Grand Slam…

On paper, Heather Watson’s first match at this year’s US Open was a winnable one for the 22-year-old woman newly back inside the top 50.…

World No1 Serena Williams and No6 in the men’s rankings, Milos Raonic, have earned the chance to win the biggest ever payout at the US…

It was certainly the best that the Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal could have wished for, that Williams sisters Serena and Venus should set up…