Tokyo: Australian tennis star Dylan Alcott was in no mood to sugar-coat a straight sets 6-4, 6-3 loss to Dutch duo Sam Schroder and Niels Tink in the men’s quad doubles gold medal match on Wednesday evening. Despite coming off a physically taxing three-set semi-final on Tuesday, which he later labelled the hardest match of his career, Alcott paid credit […]

Dominic Thiem defeats Alexander Zverev in US Open final We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas’ US Open feud has been branded […]

Novak Djokovic opened his bid to make tennis history with a shaky four-set victory over Danish teenager Holger Rune in the first round of the US Open. The world No 1, bidding for a fourth Flushing Meadows title and to become the first man to complete the calendar Grand Slam in 52 years, dropped the second set against the spirited […]

NEW YORK — For a moment on Tuesday night, it seemed as if the opening round of the US Open could be the site of Novak Djokovic’s latest implosion. Playing 18-year-old qualifier Holger Rune, who was making his major main draw debut, Djokovic dominated from the start and rolled to a 6-1 first-set victory. Then things got interesting. Rune found […]

British teenager Emma Raducanu celebrates victory over Stefanie Vogele Emma Raducanu’s rapid rise shows no sign of slowing after the Briton eased into the second round of the US Open with a straight-sets victory over Stefanie Vogele. The teenager produced another impressive display at only her second ever Grand Slam, winning 6-2 6-3 to set up a meeting with Zhang […]

Novak Djokovic survives US Open scare to keep chance of being the first man to complete the calendar Grand Slam in 52 years alive, after dropping second set to 18-year-old Danish qualifier Holger Rune in the first round Novak Djokovic’s bid for tennis history at the US Open got off to a bumpy start The world No 1 dropped the second […]

Ash Barty kickstarts her US Open return with straight sets victory over Vera Zvonareva as world No 1 aims to put shock Tokyo Olympics first-round defeat behind her World No 1 Ashleigh Barty was happy to be back at the US Open on Wednesday  She booked her spot in second round with a 6-1, 7-6 (7) win over Vera Zvonareva […]

A fight is looming between some of the world’s leading tennis players and authorities over the prospect of mandatory vaccination at this summer’s Australian Open. Three-time major winner Andy Murray, a supporter of COVID-19 vaccination “to look out for the wider public”, has indicated players who willingly get vaccinated would receive more freedom of movement in Australia, conceding that “a […]

Tennis grand slams: Who is the greatest of all time? We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Andy Murray was left fuming after his gruelling five-set loss […]

Andy Murray rolled back the years as he agonisingly lost out to third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on a sensational opening day at the US Open The former world number one pushed Tsitsipas all the way in a five-set marathon, but was left frustrated by the Greek’s lengthy bathroom breaks and made his feelings clear afterwards. It was a tough day […]