Tennis

Aussie tennis star who was going to throw herself off a bridge on Easter Sunday reveals how three strangers pulled her back from the brink – and how she won her battle with suicidal thoughts Destanee Aiava, 22, was brought back from the brink by three kind strangers  Tennis star was overcome with dark thoughts … Read more

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were handed their worst scenario in the French Open draw on Thursday after Nadal was drawn into Djokovic’s top quarter. As a result, the pair could face each other in the last eight. The extremely unbalanced top half of the men’s draw is further complicated by the presence of the … Read more

Emma Raducanu will face a qualifier in her first ever French Open outing as British teenager bids to hit the ground running at Roland Garros… while men’s singles stars Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans are drawn against Manuel Guinard and Francisco Cerundol Emma Raducanu has been drawn alongside a qualifier in her French Open debut  … Read more

Hailed as Australia’s “right-handed version of Rafael Nadal” before injuries derailed his career, Jason Kubler has fought back from match point down to move just one match away from making it into the main draw of the French Open for the first time. Turning 29-years-old on match day, the former junior world number one Kubler … Read more

Australian tennis star opens up on how she almost threw herself off a bridge before she was saved by three heroic passersby Aussie tennis star Destanee Aiava didn’t want to live to see her 22nd birthday Three strangers stopped the Melburnian from taking her own life at Easter Has opened up on harrowing attempt on … Read more

Wimbledon set to be stripped of ranking points for women after banning Russian and Belarussian players… and Britain could also miss out on staging a top-tier event in the run-up to the Championships WTA Chief Executive Steve Simon held a conference call with leading players Rest of the circuit are allowing the likes of Russia’s Daniil … Read more

The WTA has released an updated tournament calendar for the 2022 season, with no events taking place in China and the venue for the season-ending WTA Finals yet to be disclosed. The Tour said last month it was still working to find a resolution to the stand-off with China over the Peng Shuai issue and … Read more

Despite being ranked just 76th in the world, controversial Aussie tennis player Nick Kyrgios still has the confidence to declare himself the best grass court player in the world. Kyrgios has elected to miss the French Open and his now focused on Wimbledon in late June, where he hopes to relive some of his best … Read more

Former junior Wimbledon champion and Olympic silver medallist, Laura Robson, has announced her retirement from tennis following three hip operations. The 28-year-old was thrust into the spotlight aged 14 when she won the girls’ title SW19 and she peaked in the top 30 while still a teenager but has been hampered by injury for most … Read more

Junior Wimbledon winner and British Olympic silver medalist Laura Robson retires from tennis at just 28, after a two-year gap since her last match and three rounds of major hip surgery Laura Robson has officially announced she is retiring from tennis at the age of 28 Robson won the junior Wimbledon competition at 14 and … Read more