Category: Tennis

After being broken in his first service game of the match and going on to lose the first set, Norrie went a break up early in the second. However, Ruud hit back to make it 3-3 and then broke to love to clinch the victory. Italian top seed Jannik Sinner remains on course for his...

Human Rights Watch told the BBC in December that Saudi courts had convicted people for promoting homosexuality online and added “LGBT people in Saudi Arabia have to practise extreme self-censorship to survive their daily lives”. In response, Arij Almutabagani – the president of the Saudi Tennis Federation – said gay players would not need to...

Earlier on Friday, Rybakina booked her last-four spot by defeating Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 6-3 5-7 6-3. On the other side of the draw, Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova knocked out world number two Aryna Sabalenka with a 3-6 6-3 7-5 win. Sabalenka has failed to go beyond the quarter-finals of a tournament since her Australian Open...

Emma Raducanu feels she is playing the “best tennis of her life” after sending Great Britain into the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with victory over France at the weekend. Raducanu produced another dazzling comeback win to help Britain qualify for the BJK Cup Finals in stunning fashion with a 3-1 win over France on...

CNN  —  Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu said she is playing the “best tennis” of her life, after inspiring Great Britain to victory over France in the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday. With Britain leading the tie 2-1, Raducanu came back from a set down to defeat France’s Diane Parry 4-6 6-1 7-6...

Emma Raducanu believes she is playing some of the best tennis of her career and wants to build on the momentum from her leading role in Great Britain’s qualification for the Billie Jean King Cup finals to re-establish herself at the top of the sport. “My last [BJK] Cup tie was in the Czech Republic...

Neither Raducanu nor Boulter can point to huge experience on clay courts, particularly when compared with the French players who learn their craft on the red dirt. However, both players, marshalled well by captain Anne Keothavong, showed the savvy and big-hitting needed to turn this tie around. As she did against Garcia, Raducanu grew into...

This was, by some distance, Raducanu’s best performance on clay – and arguably one of her best of the year against a high-quality opponent. Garcia, an experienced BJK Cup campaigner, was on top in the opening stages, often producing big, brave shots whenever Raducanu looked to be working her way into her service game. The...

Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong says her side are the “heavy underdogs” in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifying tie against France – but they are happy to put “all the pressure” on their opponents. The winner will secure a place in November’s finals in Spain. British number one Katie Boulter will open Friday’s tie...