Major Talk #5 – Venus Williams

Major Talk: a series of interviews conducted by French player Alizé Lim with some of the tour’s brightest stars. Her latest guest is Venus Williams, the seven-time major singles champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist.

All the highlights from UTS1 Day 2 action

Here’s all the greatest points from the second day of Ultimate Tennis Showdown, from sudden-death thriller between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Richard Gasquet to Matteo Berrettini’s demonstration against David Goffin.

Tsitsipas and Popyrin prevailing at home in thrillers – Highlights from UTS Day 2 Night Session

Follow Monday’s night session of Ultimate Tennis Showdown live! Matches begin at 9:00 PM CET. Enjoy the show!

Popyrin edges Lopez in UTS classic as The Sniper notches second win

Patrick Mouratoglou Academy player Alexei Popyrin notched up his second win of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown by edging out veteran Feliciano Lopez in one of the matches of the tournament so far.

The show has begun in great fashion – Highlights from UTS Day 1 Day Session

Follow Sunday’s day session of Ultimate Tennis Showdown live! Matches begin at 4:00 PM CET. Enjoy the show!

UTS: Quarters, UTS cards, coaching timeouts… Discover all the rules!

During a video press conference organised on “Zoom”, Patrick Mouratoglou officially unveiled the rules of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, which starts this Saturday.

Venus Williams not ready to retire: “I Still Enjoy Winning”

Retirement can wait. In a candid interview with Alizé Lim, American legend Venus Williams says she still dreams about making big waves on the WTA Tour.

Rafael Nadal: Tennis Tours should not begin again until it is 100% safe and fair

Rafael Nadal believes that the ATP and WTA Tours should not begin again until it’s 100 percent safe and 100 percent fair, with all players, from all countries, able to play.

“I’d rather cancel them” – Kvitova against Grand Slams without fans

World number 12 Petra Kvitova would rather see grand slams cancelled than be played behind closed doors.

The Dunlop Maxply – Legendary Racquets #2

Some tennis racquets are memorable, some stick in the mind for even longer. Only a few are truly iconic.

Roger Federer: “I can’t imagine seeing an empty stadium”

Roger Federer says he can’t imagine seeing an empty stadium if and when the Tour resumes and has offered a solution to assist with the requirements of social distancing.

Is this a wined up? Nick Kyrgios tells Andy Murray: You’re better than Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has 17 grand slams to Andy Murray’s three, but Nick Kyrgios says the Scot is a better player.

Battle of the Sexes: When Bobby Riggs crushed Margaret Court in a Mother’s Day Massacre

Margaret Court had won 22 of her 24 grand slam titles when she took on Bobby Riggs in the Californian desert, 47 years ago this week.

Ibbou pleads with Thiem and is hailed a hero by Venus Williams

Algeria’s only world-ranked female tennis player has urged Dominic Thiem to show “respect” to struggling players after recent comments.

ATP hasn’t given up playing in 2020 (Gaudenzi)

Rafa Nadal and others might have voiced their doubts about a return of the tennis tours in 2020 but Andrea Gaudenzi says final decisions might only be taken six to eight weeks in advance. When will the tennis season restart? Here is what the ATP boss had to say about it.

Lucas Pouille and Dustin Brown join the Ultimate Tennis Showdown!

Organizers announced Lucas Pouille, ATP #58, and Dustin Brown, ATP #239 would take part in Ultimate Tennis Showdown. They join Goffin, Paire, Fognini and Popyrin.

Row over player relief funds exposes a divided Tour

Not even the Big 3 has, for now, succeeded in convincing ATP players to give money to their lower-ranked colleagues who are struggling through the Covid-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus: Premier League, NBA, F1 – when are suspended competitions aiming to return?

Elite-level sport has come to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic. We look at when the Premier League, NBA and others are hoping to return.

Svitolina, Konta into Monterrey quarter-finals

Elina Svitolina and Johanna Konta, the top two seeds at the Monterrey Open, reached the last eight.

How Djokovic happened to play tennis… in a street in Belgrade

Novak Djokovic surprised his neighbors in Belgrade on Monday by joining them in a street tennis match.

How to try hard to stay on track

Gael Monfils showed in Montpellier that he was still committed in 2020 to get the last steps he’s been chasing all his career.