Karolina Pliskova: “Wimbledon run gave me confidence”

The 2016 US Open runner-up looked in good form as she beat Caty McNally in round one on Tuesday

Top seeds advance to second round of Tokyo Paralympics tennis event

Joachim Gerard, Shingo Kunieda, Gordon Reid, Diede De Groot, Yui Kamiji and Dylan Alcott were among those who are through to the second round of the Tokyo Paralympics tennis event

Andy Murray: Players have a responsibility to get vaccinated

The former world No 1 called on more players to get vaccinated, adding that they will be given greater freedom from tournaments in future

Djokovic inspired, not overwhelmed by thoughts of winning Grand Slam

The world No 1 says he’s not feeling any additional pressure as he tries to win the coveted calendar-year Grand Slam

Osaka on Roland-Garros: “There are a lot of things I learned to do better”

The defending champion seemed relaxed as she discussed the lessons learned from her French Open withdrawal

Daniil Medvedev: “I’m going to try to keep it at 20 for all of them”

The Russian, runner-up in 2019, says he is determined to do everything he can do derail Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam hopes and win his first major at the US Open

Carreno Busta, Tiafoe, Gasquet upset at Winston-Salem but Alcaraz moves into semis

Ivashka to take on Ruusuvuori while Alcaraz will meet Ymer in the semi-finals of the Winston-Salem Open

Osaka drops NFT on Tom Brady co-founded Autograph, says NFL superstar inspires her as an athlete and entrepreneur

As Osaka gets set to defend her US Open title over the next two weeks, the four-time Grand Slam champion has dropped her NFT and talked about why Tom Brady inspires her

Has Naomi Osaka’s career gone off the rails? – Match Points #31

In episode 31 of Match Points, Marion Bartoli, Carole Bouchard and Simon Cambers discuss what the Japanese can do to get her career back on track

Brilliant Barty brushes aside Teichmann to win Cincy title

The world No 1 got her 40th match win of the year in style to lift the Cincinnati title

Injured Rafael Nadal ends 2021 season but says: “There remain a couple of beautiful years”

The 35-year-old will miss the rest of the year because of a niggling foot injury which he first suffered from in 200

Berrettini stretched all the way in first match since Wimbledon final

The world No 8 needed two hours and 20 minutes to overcome a spirited challenge from Albert Ramos-Vinolas to advance to the third round in Cincinnati

Gauff v Osaka, episode III: Four things to know ahead of their highly anticipated third meeting

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka both command the spotlight on their own, but when they come together for a third career meeting on Wednesday in Cincinnati it will be even brighter.

“Going to go full power at Cincinnati” – Toronto champion Medvedev hoping to begin another hardcourt run

The Russian heads into the Cincinnati Masters as the heavy favourite after winning the National Bank Open on Sunday

Olympic bronze medalist Svitolina upset in Montreal as top seed Sabalenka survives

Svitolina goes down to former top 5 player Konta while Sabalenka comes from behind to beat Stephens

Dozen in a row: Collins upsets Halep to extend winning streak

The American player won her 12th match in a row to upset the two-time champion Halep in Montreal

Andreescu on a knife-edge as she seeks to regain bearings, confidence and titles

Bianca Andreescu will compete for titles in Canada, the US Open and Indian Wells in the coming weeks, all of which she won in 2019. She is only 21 years old and has only one real season under her belt, but already faces a lot of pressure

Cincinnati loses more star power as Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Sofia Kenin pull out

The three Americans join Djokovic, Federer, Thiem, and Wawrinka among those who will not play the Western & Southern Open next week

40 years, 40 tweets: Twitter celebrates Roger Federer’s 40th birthday in style

Twitter celebrates the 40th birthday of the man, the myth, the legend – Roger Federer.

Andrea Petkovic claims first title in over six years at Cluj-Napoca

Andrea Petkovic capped a brilliant week by defeating Egypt’s Mayar Sherif for her seventh career title at Cluj-Napoca. The triumph marks her first title since 2015.

10 tennis stories that matter you might have missed while watching the Tokyo Olympics

As the medals were handed out in Tokyo, the tennis world created another subset of storylines across the globe over the past two weeks. Here’s what you missed while you were keyed in on the matches in Tokyo.