Roger Federer says 'time was ticking' in his battle to recover form and fitness for the French Open after losing to rising Austrian Dominic Thiem 7-6 (2) 6-4 in the third round of the Italian Open.

17-time Swiss Major winner Roger Federer, fighting for full fitness, suffers a straight-sets defeat to rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem in the third round of the Rome Masters.

Novak Djokovic heads for Rome this week crediting an unscheduled pause in his claycourt season with helping him clinch a record 29th Masters title.

Defending champion Andy Murray continues his serene passage into the Madrid Masters semifinals by sweeping past eighth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2 on Friday.

World number one Novak Djokovic racks up his 30th win of a dominant season with a 6-2, 6-1 destruction of Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the Madrid Masters quarter-finals on Thursday.

Sources say the French Tennis Federation's offices and the home of its president Jean Gachassin were raided on Tuesday in an investigation into alleged corruption and embezzlement.

Four years after announcing her retirement from singles competitions, India’s top tennis star Sania Mirza is all set to come out with her autobiography.

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer was honoured by a street which leads to his childhood training facilities being named 'Allee Roger Federer' in the Swiss city of Biel.

Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the Laureus World Sports Awards at a gala in Berlin on Monday.

A below-strength United States book a place in the Federation Cup World Group in 2017 when Coco Vandeweghe came from a set down to beat Australia's Samantha Stosur.

World number one Novak Djokovic has questioned equal prize money in tennis, suggesting men should get better awards as they have more spectators.

Nike suspends its relationship with Maria Sharapova after the five-time Grand Slam tennis champion admitted failing a drug test.

Former world number one Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.

Tennis star Andy Murray's wife Kim Sears gives birth to a girl, who is thought to have arrived on Sunday night.

Angelique Kerber upsets world number one Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open and becomes the first German to win a grand slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999.

World number one and defending champion Serena Williams will face Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open quarter-final.

Novak Djokovic has denied "absurd" allegations in an Italian newspaper that he "wanted to lose" a match at the Paris Masters in 2007.

More players reveal match-fixing approaches on Tuesday as the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament came under close scrutiny following claims that corruption in tennis was widespread.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are poised to become the first $100 million men in tennis in 2016, in a gripping sub-plot to the new Grand Slam season.

Barcelona star Leo Messi races against speedster Usain Bolt and American Pharoah, the first horse to win the Grand Slam of American horse racing, for the Sports Illustrated's annual prize.