Serena Williams may pack a knockout punch and be the greatest player ever to grace women’s tennis, according to Victoria Azarenka, but the world number two insists she is steadily …

Latvia’s sixth seed Ernesto Gulbis will play veteran Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Sunday’s final of the ATP tournament in Saint Petersburg. The 25-year-old Gulbis, the last seeded player left in …

Chinese wildcard Zhang Shuai overpowered qualifier Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 to win the $US500,000 WTA Guangzhou Open on Saturday. Zhang, who had the home crowd …

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the finals of the Korea Open on Saturday with a 6-0 6-2 win over Lara Arruabarrena. Radwanska, making her debut in the Seoul tournament, hit …

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overpowered Russia’s Vera Dushevina 6-2 6-0 to secure a semi-final berth at the Korea Open on Friday. The world number four will meet Spain’s …

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stayed on course for his third straight Open de Moselle title by beating Germany’s Tobias Kamke 4-6 6-3 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals. Tsonga has …

Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the legendary tennis “Battle of the Sexes” exactly 40 years ago Friday, serving notice of a new era dawning. Before 30,472 people at …

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the semi-finals of the Korea Open tennis tournament on Friday with a 6-2 6-0 win over Vera Dushevina of Russia. Radwanska, making her debut in …

The name itself struck an antagonistic tone: “Battle of the Sexes.” From Bobby Riggs’ chauvinistic crowing to the entrances worthy of the Roman Colosseum, the imagery was conflict, war. Billie …

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is unlikely to play again this tennis season after pulling out of next week’s Thailand Open to undergo minor back surgery. Murray has been bothered by …

World No.1 Serena Williams has pulled out of next week’s Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo over fitness concerns. The 31-year-old American will skip the September 22-28 tournament because …

Approaching her 43rd birthday, Japanese tennis veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm stunned Russian second seed Maria Kirilenko on Thursday to reach the WTA Korea Open quarter-finals. Date-Krumm, who will turn 43 later …

Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone fought her way into the WTA Korea Open quarter-finals as tournament seeds tumbled on Wednesday. The unseeded Italian, 33, seeking her second title of …

Reigning Guangzhou Open champion Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan failed to make the quarter-finals at this year’s event, crashing out Wednesday to her unseeded opponent. But it was a successful night …

Australia have been dealt a daunting assignment for their return to the Davis Cup World Group after being drawn to face France away from home in the first round. Captain …

Top seed Sorana Cirstea crashed out of the Guangzhou Open in the first round on Tuesday, but British number one Laura Robson powered through as she looks to repeat last …

Polish top seed Agnieszka Radwanska breezed through her first round match in the Seoul WTA tournament on Tuesday, brushing aside Romania’s Alexandra Cadantu in straight sets. The 2012 Wimbledon finalist …

Defending champion and crowd favourite Lleyton Hewitt will headline the AAMI Classic tennis tournament at Melbourne’s Kooyong early next January. The Australian veteran was one of three of the eight-man …