Wednesday evening, Naomi Osaka announced her withdrawal from the Cincinnati tournament to protest against police violence committed in the United States. Previously silent off the courts, the world number 10 has been ardently defending her convictions for a few months.
A wild Wednesday at the Western & Southern Open ended with Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the tournament — and a subsequent announcement that play will not be held on Thursday.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic shook off the ring-rust of his opening match at the Western and Southern Open on Tuesday, turning on the style with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Tennys Sandgren to book his place in the quarter-finals.
No fans, no problem. The 31st meeting of the Williams sisters was different than all the rest in some ways, but business as usual in others.
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Serena Williams and Venus Williams will be going head-to-head for the 31st time in their careers on Thursday. Venus looked great in her first-round match, so could an upset be in order?
Roger Federer is nearing the end of his tennis career and the Swiss will want to make an exit befitting his status as an all-time great.
After earning two top 30 wins and winning the Palermo title, France’s Fiona Ferro has cracked the WTA’s Top 50 for the first time. Here are 10 things that you might ask about the rising Frenchwoman.
Is there a way to turn this rough 2020 season into a positive moment in Osaka’s career? That’s what Wim Fissette is trying to do, as he tells Tennis Majors.
In an exclusive interview with Tennis Majors, Alexander Zverev explains how he reacted to the tennis hiatus and how he envisions the rest of the season.
Nicolas Mahut is one of the best doubles players in the world and will go down in history for his part in the longest ever match, against John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010. Here are the answers to 10 questions you would like to know about the 38-year-old Frenchman.
The deadline for the Western and Southern Open has passed without the registration of five of the WTA’s Top 10 players, including defending US Open champion Bianca Andreescu.
Torben Beltz helped Angelique Kerber to her first two major triumphs and will now aim to relaunch the German’s stuttering career.
The field for the men’s competition at UTS2 is complete. Sascha “The Lion” Zverev and Felix “The Panther” Auger-Aliassime are the two big names who will go straight into the semi-finals of the event, where they will take on the winners of the two four-man groups.
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day, July 23, 2006, Novak Djokovic won the first ATP Tour title of his career.
The Greek God is into the final of the UTS after Stefanos Tsitsipas beat David Goffin 3-0 to set up a clash with Matteo Berrettini later on Sunday.
Qualifying for the UTS semifinals on Sunday, Berrettini, like Stefanos Tsitsipas, is part of a promising generation of ATP tennis. But unlike the Greek, the rise of the world number 8 is only recent.
Benchetrit “The Underdog” came to Ultimate Tennis Showdown on tip-toe. He demonstrated that he was more than an underdog claiming three wins and displaying some strong weapons.
In a wide-ranging interview with German magazine Zeit, Roger Federer discusses retirement, his bad attitude as a junior and why the 2021 Olympics are his new goal.
Through the use of numbers and data, analyst Craig O’Shannessy is transforming tennis. He spoke to Stats Perform News.
Clash at the top of the UTS rankings, Richard Gasquet’s opportunity to come closer to the Final Four: here is the full UTS1 Day 7 schedule.