Tennis

Sumit Nagal secured his place in the main draw of the men’s singles thanks to his career-high world ranking of 80.

Novak Djokovic took a wild card to play in Geneva in a bid to rescue an alarming dip in form ahead of his French Open title defence next week.

The 37-year-old Spaniard went down to Hurkacz in tame fashion as he lost 6-1, 6-3 to the 27-year-old Pole in the second round of the clay court event.

Novak Djokovic was led from the arena on foot by security staff who covered the 24-time Grand Slam winner while he made his way into the bowels of the stands.

Organisers have scrapped the group stage for the finals, scheduled for November 12 until November 20 this year. The top four seeded nations will receive byes into the quarter-finals at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, with the other eight teams to play in r...

Djokovic has now pulled out of the Madrid Open three times in four years, but he could still appear in Rome at the Italian Open before defending his French Open title from May 26.

Top seed Swiatek, the 2022 and 2023 champion at the German clay-court tournament, saw off former US Open champion Raducanu 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.

Antonio Casa was also fined $8,000 and given a suspended penalty of $17,001 for breaching the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.

Djokovic has had a poor start to the year by his standards, losing to eventual champion Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semi-finals.

Collins denied this week that her great run to the last four was a result of her playing with freedom after announcing her intention to retire at the end of this year.

Novak Djokovic has announced that he has part ways with the coach and former Croatian World Number One Goran Ivanisevic after five years which yielded 12 Grand Slams.

The 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 win for the 36th ranked Kalinina prompted Sabalenka, who had kept her emotions in check through both of her games at Hard Rock Stadium, to smash her racket violently into the court.

The 19-year-old Sonal from Kolhapur brushed aside the challenge from local wildcard entrant Maithili Mothe 6-0, 6-1. While, Soha bounced back to get the better of former national champion Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2,

Rublev's fine of $36,400 for the code violation remains in place after the appeal, which took into consideration testimonies from players and officials and a review of video and audio material.

The 29-year-old Australian showed no sign of fatigue from Friday's marathon three-hour, 40-minute battle with Zverev as he took control of Saturday's final with the three-time Grand Slam finalist from Norway.

Sumit Nagal defeated Chinese Taipei's Yu Hsiou Hsu 7(6)-6, 6-4 at the centre court at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.