Tennis

US Open: Andy Murray romps into quarter-finals

Second seed and 2012 champion Andy Murray crushes Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to reach a sixth US Open quarter-final.
6 September 2016, 04:47 AM

Serena storms into quarters in record-smashing style

Serena Williams storms into the US Open quarter-finals in record-smashing style by easing past Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-3 to claim her record 308th grand slam match win,
6 September 2016, 00:06 AM

Pouille ousts Nadal in marathon thriller

14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal crashes out of the US Open, falling in a five-set thriller to 22-year-old Frenchman Lucas Pouille.
5 September 2016, 00:30 AM

Comeback women shine in New York

Caroline Wozniacki, derailed this year by an ankle injury which sent her career into a tailspin, and Anastasija Sevastova, who quit the sport three years ago, set up an unlikely US Open quarter-final face-off.
5 September 2016, 00:13 AM

US Open: Venus takes next step to possible sisters showdown

Venus Williams moves within two wins of a possible sisterly showdown with Serena in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open by beating German 26th seed Laura Siegemund.
4 September 2016, 07:18 AM

Nick Kyrgios ends US Open with hip injury

A tearful Nick Kyrgios, a dark horse to win the US Open, retires from his third-round match against Ukraine's Illya Marchenko with a hip injury.
4 September 2016, 04:56 AM

US Open: Wawrinka rolls into third round

Twice grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka rallies from 5-2 down in the second set to clinch victory over Italian Alessandro Giannessi and reach the third round of the U.S. Open.
2 September 2016, 08:09 AM

US Open: Djokovic, Nadal face Russian obstacles

Novak Djokovic, well rested after not playing since Monday, resumes his US Open title defence against fiery Russian Mikhail Youzhny, a two-time semi-finalist in New York.
2 September 2016, 07:49 AM

Andy Murray brushes past Granollers into third round

World number two Andy Murray made himself heard at the US Open on Thursday, downing tenacious Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets to reach the third round.
1 September 2016, 22:41 PM

US Open: Williams sister act through to second round

World number one Serena Williams opens her U.S. Open account with a tidy 6-3 6-3 win over Ekaterina Makarova.
31 August 2016, 05:40 AM

US Open: Andy Murray flourishes in new conditions

Second seed Andy Murray has always said he would quite like an indoor grand slam event and at the U.S. Open it seems he has found the next best thing.
31 August 2016, 05:23 AM

Kyrgios will quit if ...

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has threatened to quit his sport so many times the throw away declarations barely raise the eyebrows
30 August 2016, 18:00 PM

US Open: Zheng sends Rio gold medallist Puig packing

Monica Puig, whose Olympic tennis triumph in Rio de Janeiro gave Puerto Rico their first ever Games gold, is unceremoniously bundled out of the US Open.
30 August 2016, 09:36 AM

US Open: Novak Djokovic into second round

Novak Djokovic opens defence of his U.S. Open title with a laboured 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 win over Poland's Jerzy Janowicz that brings new concerns about the world number one's fitness.
30 August 2016, 05:02 AM

Nadal, Kerber breeze though

Rafael Nadal and Angelique Kerber shrug off sweltering temperatures to reach the US Open second round as Garbine Muguruza survives a worrying health scare.
30 August 2016, 00:05 AM

Serena's five-gold dream dashed

Serena Williams' hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal are crushed by Ukraine's Elina Svitolina as the battle for the women's title in Rio is blown wide open.
10 August 2016, 05:53 AM

Nadal and Murray sail through, Muguruza exits

Garbine Muguruza's post-French Open slump continued when she crashed out of the Olympics while Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal made the third round
9 August 2016, 22:31 PM

Del Potro sends Djokovic off in tears: Rio Olympics 2016

World number one Novak Djokovic is reduced to tears after suffering a shock first round 7-6(4) 7-6(2) loss to Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the men's Olympic tennis tournament.
8 August 2016, 05:55 AM

Ailing Venus exits Games

Four-time gold medallist Venus Williams, suffering with a virus, slumps to her first ever opening round loss at an Olympic Games
7 August 2016, 08:30 AM

Djokovic glad to see Russia

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic says he is happy that Russia avoided a blanket Olympic Games ban but admits the scandal was a dark episode for sport.
4 August 2016, 18:00 PM