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Britains Andy Murray at a post match news conference at the Wimbledon Championships. AFP Photo

Many top male players support ATP-WTA merger: Andy Murray

20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer renewed the call for merger of the men's and women's governing bodies

2 May 2020 10:41 AM IST

HANDS IN GLOVES: Ball-boys and girls do stretching exercises at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. AP Photo

Covid-19 effect: No shaking, no sharing, no showering in tennis

ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the...

2 May 2020 9:31 AM IST

Serbias Novak Djokovic gestures as he holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Austrias Dominic Thiem in the final of the Australian Open. AP Photo

Regional events will kickstart tennis season, predicts Novak Djokovic

With quarantine models different in countries, it will be difficult for the Tour to start as it hops from one country to...

22 April 2020 9:24 AM IST

ONE SANE VOICE: John Millman of Australia. AP Photo

'They needed a pandemic to realise lower-ranked players should have...

World number 43 John Millman said the unfairness of the lower tours meant he had always been uncomfortable with the top...

20 April 2020 1:03 PM IST

Novak Djokovic. AP Photo

Djokovic opposes compulsory coronavirus vaccination before getting...

Experts say that vaccines against the virus would not be ready until next year, raising doubts whether tennis can resume...

20 April 2020 12:33 PM IST

Former tennis player and current ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi.

ATP chief hoping for Roland Garros and clay-court season in September

ATP has made 50 versions of the calendar that keeps changing with every passing day

9 April 2020 6:47 PM IST

Yannick Hanfmann of Germany returns a shot to Fabio Fognini of Italy. AP Photo

Hanfmann, Brown head cast as live tennis action resumes

Each event will last four days and feature an eight-man round-robin format with each player contesting two matches per...

30 April 2020 6:40 PM IST

Rafael Nadal poses with ball girls and boys as he celebrates his record 12th French Open title. AP Photo

King of Clay Rafael Nadal 'very pessimstic' about return of tennis

Even if players start without an audience, it is difficult to organise events as it involves a lot of people, he says

27 April 2020 8:49 AM IST

Andy Murray with the first of his three Grand Slam trophies, the US Open he won in 2012. AFP Photo

Andy Murray will find it tough to win another Slam, says Greg Rusedski

The former British number one thinks Murray could win a Tour event but a Grand Slam win is going to be very difficult

26 April 2020 8:18 PM IST

Renowned Australian tennis coach Darren Cahill. DC File Photo

Tennis coach Darren Cahill rallies behind ATP/WTA merger idea

The former coach of Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt said uniformity in rules and rankings will help all stakeholders

26 April 2020 6:12 PM IST

Noah Rubin of the U.S. kisses the Wimbledon boys singles trophy in 2014. He beat Stefan Kozlov of the U.S. in the final. AP Photo

Noah Rubin says hitting 'rock bottom' will force change in tennis

Tennis bodies must take radical steps to sustain the depth of the Tour, rather than just apply band-aids that will have...

23 April 2020 7:33 PM IST

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios. AFP Photo

Players back Federer over tennis merger even as Kyrgios questions

Top players agreed that a merger could help tennis recover from the coronavirus shutdown, which has seen Wimbledon...

23 April 2020 2:00 PM IST