Australia’s return to the Davis Cup World Group threatens to be a brief one after Lleyton Hewitt and Nick Kyrgios suffered straight-sets defeats on day one against France. Exciting teenager …

Russian captain Anastasia Myskina has named a severely under-strength team to take on Australia in the upcoming Fed Cup tennis tie in Hobart. Russia have six players ranked in the …

When Lleyton Hewitt eventually decides to hang up his racquet, he’ll do so content Australia’s Davis Cup future is in good hands. Preparing for the World Group tie in France …

Rising teenager Nick Kyrgios is nervous but confident he’s up to the task of leading Australia into battle against Davis Cup heavyweights France. The 18-year-old faces the biggest challenge of …

Milos Raonic has pulled out of Canada’s Davis Cup World Group tie against Japan with of a left foot injury. Raonic, who withdrew on Thursday, will be replaced by Peter …

Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova has been named in the Slovakian team ahead of ahead of next month’s first round of the Fed Cup against Germany. Cibulkova lost to Li …

Stanislas Wawrinka, fresh from his Australian Open triumph, turns his mind to affairs of national importance this weekend as he leads Switzerland into battle against last season’s beaten finalists Serbia …

Beaten Australian Open finalist Rafael Nadal has been diagnosed with a back muscle strain but the injury isn’t expected to affect his playing schedule. World No.1 Nadal underwent tests at …

Australian captain Pat Rafter has instructed his unfancied Davis Cup side to throw caution to the wind in a bid to unsettle World Group heavyweights France. Australia’s long-awaited return to …

World No.1 Rafael Nadal doesn’t intend to make any changes to his schedule, despite being hampered by a back injury in losing the Australian Open final to Stanislas Wawrinka. The …

Chinese official media and web users poured scorn on local government officials on Wednesday after they gave multi-millionaire tennis star Li Na a $US132,000 (almost $A150,000) reward for winning the …

Australian captain Pat Rafter is hoping the pressure of favouritism could expose some mental frailties in French big guns Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during this week’s Davis Cup showdown. …

Sam Stosur has backed Li Na to reach top spot in the world rankings, after the Chinese sensation’s Australian Open victory. The 29-year-old Australian voiced her belief in Li ahead …

MOUILLERON-LE-CAPTIF, France, Jan 28 AFP – Veteran former world number one Lleyton Hewitt is relishing leading Australia back in the World Group for the first time since 2007 against France …

The Swiss press on Monday hailed the “impossible exploit” of newly-crowned Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka, who has finally come out of the shadows of more illustrious compatriot Roger Federer. …

Roger Federer has slipped to his lowest world tennis ranking in over a decade, losing his status as Switzerland’s No.1 player to Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the process. …

The WTA is moving its season-ending championships from Istanbul to Singapore and will revamp it into a 10-day event with music, entertainment and tennis-related symposiums. Speaking in Melbourne on Monday …

A humble Stanislas Wawrinka admits he’s struggling to comprehend the magnitude of his breakthrough Australian Open triumph. Wawrinka was still on cloud nine on Monday after becoming the first player …