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The Grand Slam in tennis is also popular as Majors. It is compromised of four prestigious international tennis tournaments. A singles player or doubles team wins all these four annual events in the same year, it is said that they’ve ...

British tennis chiefs are set to abandon their controversial ban on Russian and Belarusian players ahead of this year’s Wimbledon championships, it was reported Friday. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the UK’s governing Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) came ...

Novak Djokovic climbed into the Rod Laver Arena stands to celebrate his 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title Sunday and, after jumping and pumping his fists with his team, he collapsed onto his back, crying. When ...

An emotional Aryna Sabalenka said it will take a “few more days” to sink in after battling from a set down to win a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Saturday. The hard-hitting Belarusian collapsed to the ...

Former doubles No.1 Sania Mirza has confirmed her plans to retire from professional tennis at Dubai Tennis Championships, a WTA 1000 event, which begins on February 19. The 36-year old Mirza initially intended to hang up her racquet at the ...

Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. In a statement released by her representative, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said ...

Former world number one Novak Djokovic will be granted a visa to play in the 2023 Australian Open, local media reports said Tuesday, despite his deportation from the country ahead of this year’s tournament in January. The Australian government had ...

World No.7 Novak Djokovic clinched the Astana Open men’s singles title after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in the final, here on Sunday. It was the ninth consecutive match victory for the fourth seed Djokovic, who won the title a ...

Serbian tennis ace and the winner of 21 singles Grand Slam titles, Novak Djokovic, has said he still had the “passion” and “hunger” to play at the highest level, even though he decided to skip two majors this year — ...

Tennis legend Roger Federer lost the final game of his career Saturday at the Laver Cup. For his “goodbye game”, the Swiss great partnered with his longtime Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in a doubles game against Frances Tiafoe and Jack ...

Roger Federer is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of ...