Djokovic broke the record for oldest player to be ranked at No. 1 in the ATP rankings at 36 years and 321 days old. He surpassed Roger Federer who was 36 years and 320 days old in 2018 when he moved into… Read More ›
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jannik Sinner’s strong 2024 continued as he won the Miami Open with 6-3, 6-1 victory over 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. In a flawless display on a 79-degree afternoon, Sinner, the 2024 Australian Open… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic fell to his first defeat at the Australian Open in a staggering 2,195 days as he was defeated by Jannik Sinner on Friday, 6-1 6-2 6-7(6-8) 6-3. The 22-year-old Sinner will now contest the first grand slam final of his career having ended… Read More ›
NEW DELHI: India’s seasoned tennis player, Rohan Bopanna, is on the verge of making tennis hi .. Bopanna, is on the verge of making tennis history as he is set to become the oldest player to achieve the World No. 1 ranking in men’s doubles. The… Read More ›
Denis Shapovalov has been missing from the ATP Tour since July – the longest absence of his tennis career – because of an ongoing knee issue. Aggravated by knee pain since October of 2022, the Canadian finally reached a breaking… Read More ›
Rafa Nadal marked his singles comeback after being out injured for nearly a year with a convincing 7-5 6-1 victory over Austrian former world number three Dominic Thiem in the Brisbane International first round on Tuesday. The 22-times Grand Slam… Read More ›
When Canada won the Davis Cup last year, it felt like catching lightning in a bottle. That unexpected victory was, in many ways, the product of an incredible hot streak by one player. Felix Auger-Aliassime, who’d recently won three consecutive… Read More ›
SEVILLE, Spain, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Canada’s Leylah Fernandez steered her country to their maiden Billie Jean King Cup title as she delivered the decisive point in a 2-0 defeat of Italy in Seville on Sunday. The former U.S. Open runner-up maintained… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic will head to the ATP Finals oozing with confidence. The top-ranked Serb will take on his rivals at the year-end event starting next weekend on an 18-match winning streak, fresh from a 40th Masters 1000 tournament win. Djokovic,… Read More ›
The Canadian Davis Cup team is turning to a familiar face as it aims to defend its title at next month’s Final 8 stage in Malaga, Spain. Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., was named to the five-man roster Monday for… Read More ›
Leylah Fernandez rallied from a set down to defeat Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and win the Hong Kong Open for her first tennis title in 19 months. It is the third title of the 21-year-old Canadian’s career and first… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic’s U.S. Open championship gives him 24 career Grand Slam singles titles, adding to the record he already held for the most by a man in tennis history. Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic extended his lead in the ‘Big Titles’ race on Sunday when he rallied from a set and a break down and saved championship point against Carlos Alcaraz to win the Western & Southern Open. The Serbian extended his ATP Masters 1000… Read More ›
Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion and one of the greatest athletes in the history of sport, Roger Federer will be celebrated at this year’s Laver Cup, to be held at Rogers Arena in Vancouver from September 22-24, 2023. Federer, co-founder… Read More ›
Jannik Sinner was crowned the 2023 National Bank Open presented by Rogers singles champion after defeating Alex de Minaur on Sunday. The 21-year-old Italian won 6-4, 6-1 to capture the first ATP Masters 1000 title of his career. This marked… Read More ›
Andy Murray fought hard to overcome Australian qualifier Max Purcell to reach the last 16 at the Canadian Open. The 36-year-old Briton beat Purcell 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 7-5 in two hours and 47 minutes in Toronto. Murray will face Italian… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic says it is not down to him to decide if he is the greatest player of all time after he won a men’s record 23rd Grand Slam title. Serbia’s Djokovic won the French Open on Sunday, moving him… Read More ›
May 25 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic enters the French Open amid a run of indifferent claycourt form but few would be surprised to the see Serbian great hoist the Musketeers’ Trophy for a third time. With Rafa Nadal sidelined with… Read More ›
ROME, May 18 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said the long awaited “shift of generations” has finally come to men’s tennis after the world number one lost to 20-year-old Dane Holger Rune in the Italian Open quarter-finals. The ‘Big Three’ of… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic was not able to play in last year’s U.S. Open due to COVID-19 policy, but that seems to have changed in 2023. Djokovic will be making his return to Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, this summer, as the… Read More ›
A French Open ball girl has revealed Roger Federer’s extraordinary act of kindness during one of the toughest moments of his career. Federer endured a lean year by his standards in 2011 and did not hold any of the four… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic is the greatest tennis player of all-time after winning his 22nd grand slam title, according to vanquished Australian Open final opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Serbian returned to the world No.1 ranking with his straight sets win over Tsitsipas,… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic has delivered a classy tribute to former rival Roger Federer after the world No.4’s barnstorming quarterfinal win over Andrey Rublev. In his post-match interview with Jim Courier, Djokovic was asked about his first major semi-final, which he won… Read More ›
Andy Murray has been tipped to “have a great Wimbledon” this summer by the man who helped convince the Scot to undergo his career-saving hip surgery. Former world doubles number one Bob Bryan underwent the same operation a year before… Read More ›
Andy Murray produced yet another Herculean effort at the Australian Open, coming back from two sets and a break down against home favorite Thanasi Kokkinakis in a match that went on past 4 a.m. in Melbourne. At five hours and 45 minutes,… Read More ›
Andy Murray won an epic five-set battle with No. 13 Matteo Berrettini on Tuesday in the opening round of the 2023 Australian Open. The three-time grand slam winner had to save match point in the final set and rallied in the deciding tiebreak… Read More ›
Based on the past 12 months, there are some notable sports stars who might have been listening extra closely to McCoy’s experience of retirement – or indeed to anyone else who has spoken candidly about the difficulty of ending a… Read More ›
Roger Federer sent a fitting message to Lionel Messi as his fellow sporting icon ‘redefined greatness’ in leading Argentina to the most remarkable World Cup win. Messi scored twice and netted in the penalty shootout against France in perhaps the… Read More ›
Roger Federer admits he thought it was “impossible” to stay at the top as long as the likes of Michael Schumacher and Tiger Woods. The 20-time Grand Slam champion bowed out of professional tennis at the Laver Cup in September aged 41… Read More ›
Should Messi, Ronaldo, or both, reach the final, it will be an event like no other, as this is almost certainly their last World Cup and one that could define their legacies. That’s especially true for people who relentlessly debate… Read More ›
One winning Canada’s first Davis Cup since its more than a century-old origin, the other qualifying for football’s World Cup for the first time in 36 years. What is noticeable and remarkable is how many new and first-generation Canadians were… Read More ›
For the first time since 2014, the United States men’s team has advanced to the knockout stage at the World Cup, with a 1-0 victory over Iran. It is part of a special moment for North American soccer, because for… Read More ›
Rafael Nadal admitted that “a part of his life left” with Roger Federer when his great rival retired from tennis – with both players left an emotional wreck on court after the Swiss played his last ever competitive match in September at the Laver Cup…. Read More ›
Canada lifted the Davis Cup for the first time after beating Australia in consecutive matches in Malaga. Denis Shapovalov got things started for Canada, who made their Davis Cup debut in 1913, by beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-2, 6-4. The 23-year-old,… Read More ›
Denis Shapovalov overcame a loss in the opening singles match and teamed with Vasek Pospisil in a deciding doubles victory as Canada advanced to the semifinals of the Davis Cup with a 2-1 win over Germany on Thursday. Shapovalov, of… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic said winning a record-equalling sixth ATP Tour Finals title on Sunday was a “deeply satisfying” ending to his troubled and truncated year. The Serb beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 in Turin to match Roger Federer’s record of… Read More ›
Carlos Alcaraz is set to become the youngest year-end No. 1 in the history of men’s tennis after Rafael Nadal was knocked out of the ATP Finals. At the age of 19 years and 214 days, US Open champion Alcaraz surpasses Lleyton Hewitt’s… Read More ›
TURIN, Italy — Felix Auger-Aliassime’s dream of defeating his tennis idol came true on Tuesday. After a loss to Norway’s Casper Ruud to open his first career appearance at the season-ending ATP Finals, Auger-Aliassime regained his scorching end-of-season form with… Read More ›
Felix Auger-Aliassime is making his case for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals loud and clear. The Canadian won his second title in as many weeks on Sunday when he defeated Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 for the European Open trophy in Antwerp. “It’s another great week…. Read More ›
Former Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych believes Roger Federer will leave a bigger legacy in tennis than Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic even though he won’t be the best player of all time in terms of the number of Grand Slams… Read More ›
1. 1. 237 Consecutive Weeks At No. 1 2. Won 24 Consecutive Tour-Level Finals 3. Reached 23 Consecutive Grand Slam Semi-Finals 4. Won Two Different Slams, Five Consecutive Times 5. 65 Straight Wins On Grass 6. Won At Least One… Read More ›
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime added a singles victory over Novak Djokovic to an earlier doubles win Sunday to help Team World to victory over Team Europe in the Laver Cup. Auger-Aliassime, a 22-year-old from Montreal, beat the 21-time Grand Slam champion… Read More ›
Roger Federer said on social media last week that he was ready to retire, and now the fateful day is here: The 41-year-old tennis legend will take the court for the final time as a professional on Friday alongside Rafael Nadal in a doubles… Read More ›
Novak Djokovic hailed the retiring Roger Federer as one of the greatest athletes of all time and said he would leave a lasting legacy for the world of tennis. The 41-year-old Swiss great will play competitively for the last time… Read More ›
After numerous close battles against each other over the years, Roger Federer said it would be a “special moment” to be able to partner Rafael Nadal in the final match of his career. Federer, who will retire from tennis after this week’s Laver… Read More ›
When the moment arrived, when the inevitable occurred and Roger Federer announced his retirement, it felt to us Swiss almost as though he had died. On the front pages of the nation’s major newspapers, his face was printed in shades of… Read More ›
“You have to wonder if he’s from the same planet.” Over the past 20 years it was not only Novak Djokovic who wondered if Roger Federer had been crafted and dropped onto Centre Court by the tennis gods. The greats… Read More ›
Like a steam engine rumbling down the tracks, Carlos Alcaraz has been coming for the world’s top tennis prizes for some time now. With his unique combination of power, precision and speed, it has appeared virtually inevitable that Alcaraz would… Read More ›