Tennis

Of the six British singles players who began the year in the top 100, Cameron Norrie is the only one to have avoided injury or illness, and he has returned impressively to the world’s top 20 in recent weeks. Raducanu, 23, had been due to return at the Italian Open …

Poland’s Swiatek said she would prefer continued discussions and negotiations with the majors instead of a boycott. “I think the most important thing is to have proper communication and discussions with the governing bodies so we have some space to talk and maybe negotiate,” the Wimbledon champion said. “Hopefully before …

Raducanu missed March’s Miami Open because of a viral illness and opted out of clay court events in Linz and Madrid to recover fully. It means her last appearance was in Indian Wells at the beginning of March. Raducanu has been relying on Alexis Canter for regular support since parting …

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Meanwhile, in the men’s tournament, world number one Sinner is through to the Madrid semi-finals for the first time. The Italian beat 19-year-old home favourite Rafael Jodar 6-2 7-6 (7-0) in just shy of two hours. He is bidding for his fifth ATP Masters 1000 title in a row, having …

Briton Katie Boulter said it was a privilege to play alongside “absolute icon” Venus Williams as they reached round two of the women’s doubles at the Madrid Open. Boulter, who was knocked out of the singles draw on Friday, and Williams, 45, had never played together before, but defeated China’s …

Norrie set the tone when breaking in the opening game of the match before wrapping up the set in 36 minutes. But the rest of the clay contest unfolded in dramatically contrasting circumstances. Machac steadied the ship in the second and drew level after saving match point in the tie-break. …

Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz says he will miss next month’s French Open because of an ongoing wrist injury. The world number two withdrew from last week’s Barcelona Open after sustaining an injury to his right wrist in his first-round victory. Alcaraz, 22, had tests to determine the severity of …

Former world number one Venus Williams lost her 10th singles match in a row as she was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Kaitlin Quevedo at the Madrid Open. Williams, 45, is the first former number one to lose 10 matches in a row since the rankings were first published in 1975. …

Raducanu had a very promising debut clay court season in 2022 – the year after she won the US Open in New York as a teenager – but hurt her back in Madrid and had to retire from her first match in Rome a week later. Much of 2023 was …

Vondrousova, who is 46th in the women’s rankings, can continue playing as the offence does not incur an immediate ban and she has opted not to take a provisional suspension. However, she has not played since withdrawing from the Adelaide International in January with shoulder pain. She went on to …

Britain’s Cameron Norrie has been knocked out of the Barcelona Open with a straight-sets quarter-final defeat by Rafael Jodar. Jodar wrapped up a 6-3 6-2 victory over seventh seed Norrie in 69 minutes with an impressive display on clay at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. The 19-year-old Spaniard, who …

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has promised there will be no expansion of cameras in player areas at Roland Garros this year. Iga Swiatek said players were being watched “like animals in the zoo” at January’s Australian Open. Coco Gauff called for more privacy after being caught on camera smashing her …

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Barcelona Open with a wrist injury. The 22-year-old Spaniard beat Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen in straight sets in his first-round match on Tuesday but suffered from discomfort during the contest. Alcaraz had been due to play Tomas Machac of the Czech …

Britain’s Jack Draper had to retire in the third set of his first-round match against Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Barcelona Open because of a knee injury. Draper, playing his first match of the clay-court season, won the first set against Argentina’s Etcheverry 6-3 but began to have difficulty with …

Jannik Sinner returned to top spot in the world for the first time since early November after a 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 Monte Carlo Masters final victory over defending champion and world number one Carlos Alcaraz. The Monaco decider was the first meeting of the top two in the world since …

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will face Jannik Sinner in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters, with the winner taking the world number one spot. The pair both came through Saturday’s semi-finals in straight sets, with Sinner defeating third seed Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-4 and Alcaraz ending the run of …

Great Britain, the 2025 semi-finalists, had been the underdogs heading into the tie, as they were without four players ranked inside the singles top 100 – Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Fran Jones, and Sonay Kartal. But they overcame the disparity in ranking and experience to reach the finals for the …

Teenager Mika Stojsavljevic stunned Talia Gibson, ranked more than 200 places above her, in straight sets to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead over Australia in the Billie Jean King Cup. The world number 275, making her debut in the competition, clinched the first set in the tie-break after letting …

17-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic will make her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Great Britain this week in a qualifying tie against Australia. BBC News