Denis Shapovalov has become the first Canadian to reach the quarter-finals in men’s singles at the U.S. Open following a four-set triumph over No. 7 seed David Goffin of Belgium on Sunday. The 12th-seeded Shapovalov…
Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over American qualifier Sebastian Korda on Monday. Shapovalov, the 12th seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., had to…
Riding high earlier this year after upset wins over some big-name WTA Tour stars, Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez appeared primed to take her game to the next level. However, the COVID-19 pandemic put Tour…
Bianca Andreescu’s season debut has been delayed again after the Canadian tennis star withdrew from this week’s Credit One Bank Invitational. The tournament is arranged to start Tuesday in Charleston, S.C. She was replaced in the draw by…
Tennis star Roger Federer is the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic knocked footballer Lionel Messi off top spot, according to the annual Forbes list announced on Saturday (NZ time). The Swiss tennis…
Fabio Fognini has been using his time at home in Italy to bond with his three-year-old son, Federico, and play backyard tennis with his wife, former US Open champion Flavia Pennetta. But when he recently…
New Zealand will stage a team-based tennis tournament for local-based men’s players from June 3, organizers stated on Monday (May 25), an event marking the southern hemisphere’s first pro competition since the Covid-19 pandemic brought global…
Novak Djokovic marked his return to Serbia, after being stranded in the Spain for two months due to the coronavirus lockdown, with news he has organized a tennis event to be contested across the Balkans.…
Canada’s National Bank is offering cash grants to each of 23 tennis players from the country who are facing financial issues because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tennis Canada revealed the grants of $10,000 to $20,000 in…
The French Open, which was postponed to September from May due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, could be held without fans, the organizers of the clay court Grand Slam have stated. Roland Garros had been…
Canada’s Vasek Pospisil has hit back at Nick Kyrgios for opposing the proposal to merge the men’s ATP and women’s WTA tennis tours, stating the Australian did not have enough information to comment on the…
Craig Tiley has told the Australian Associated Press (AAOP) that several options are being looked at regarding the grand slam, which is planned to take place in January. All tennis tournaments have come to a…
Spanish star Rafael Nadal and lately retired Caroline Wozniacki are among the 32 players who will compete in the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro, which started yesterday. The four-day event includes 16 ATP players and…
Tennis Canada stays “optimistic” the Rogers Cup will be played as scheduled following comments from Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley on Tuesday that the season could be lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Tennis was hurled into the coronavirus maelstrom on Monday after the overnight cancellation of the Indian Wells Masters, the biggest event outside the four majors. It also looks likely that the similarly important Miami Open,…
Maria Sharapova, the five-time Grand Slam champion and former No.1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has called it quits. The 32-year-old made the announcement not at a press conference, but in an essay she wrote for Vanity…
Felix Auger-Aliassime will have to wait for his first ATP Tour title. The 19-year-old Montreal native lost in consecutive sets to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Open 13 Provence on Sunday, extending…
Top seed Dominic Thiem held off an inspired effort from Brazilian wild card Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves at the Rio Open presented by Claro, finishing strongly in his 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 victory to reach the second round on Tuesday. The…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime returned to the top 20 in the world rankings Monday after reaching the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The 19-year-old from Montreal, who dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to…
Three years after making his tour-level debut at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied from a set down to record his first triumph at the ATP 500 event on Tuesday. From a…
Novak Djokovic made it 10 victories from 10 matches versus Milos Raonic on Tuesday night, defeating the Canadian 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(1) to book a semi-final clash against Roger Federer at the Australian Open. With Rod Laver watching from the stands, the second seed…
Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada lost a tight semi-final against a glowing opponent in the Adelaide International on Friday. The number 2 seed from Montreal fell 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 6-4 to number 3 seed Andrey…
Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., needed some medical support during her first qualifying match before beating You Xiaodi 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Tuesday at the Australian Open. Smoke haze and poor…
Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard has been ousted in the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic for the second year in a row. Bouchard, ranked 262nd in the world after a 2019 season in which she tumbled down…
Denis Shapovalov went 2-0 for Canada on Tuesday, earning his second Top 10 victory of the season in singles and teaming up with countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime in doubles to clinch a 2-1 ATP Cup tie victory versus Germany. Auger-Aliassime/Shapovalov defeat…
Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount kicked off 2020 with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday. It was Bouchard’s first win above a 125K…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime won the first-ever ATP Cup match on Thursday. The 19-year-old beat Greece’s Michail Pervolarakis 6-1, 6-3 to open the tournament’s inaugural edition in Australia. The 21st-ranked Montreal native fired five aces while winning 85…
Rafael Nadal has been selected as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Award the most sporty tennis player of the 2019 season that delivers the ATP, an award that joins the number one he already received during the…
The Swiss government says it will produce a 20 franc silver coin with Roger Federer’s image on it.The government says it’s the first time it has dedicated a commemorative coin to a living person. A…
Canada has advanced to the semifinals at the Davis Cup Finals. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver defeated Australia’s John Peers and Jordan Thompson 6-4, 6-4 in the winner-take-all doubles…
