Ashleigh Barty crowned her comeback to tennis with a first grand slam singles title by beating Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova at the French Open.

Precisely a year ago at this venue it was Tipperary who sleepwalked into an ambush and a ravenous Limerick who pounced upon them.

Kiki Bertens defeated defending champion Simona Halep 6-4 6-4 in the Madrid Open final to climb to number four in the world rankings.

Wimbledon tennis singles champions will win £2.35m (€2.72m) this year, which is an increase of £100,000 (€115,000) on the event in 2018.

New Zealand’s Ryan Fox won his first European Tour title with victory in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 in Perth.

Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance.

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Novak Djokovic found himself mired in the muddy waters of tennis politics a day before the start of the Australian Open this morning.

Andy Murray is still hoping to make it to one more Wimbledon tournament before his problematic hip forces him into retirement.

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Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will meet in the Wimbledon final tomorrow in a rematch of the 2016 showpiece.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic made their entrances at Roland Garros yesterday but both found themselves upstaged by a lucky loser and his 88-year-old grandmother.

Former world number one Novak Djokovic's bid for a third Madrid Open title began with a 7-5 6-4 first-round win over Kei Nishikori.

The injury-troubled star has dropped to 13th in the world rankings.

Emotions spilled out of Roger Federer after he quelled Marin Cilic’s fightback to win his 20th grand slam title at the Australian Open.

It took just over an hour for Roger Federer to fix one anomalous statistic in his extraordinary career.

Defending champion Roger Federer was given a simple passage through to his 30th grand slam final when Chung Hyeon unexpectedly retired in the second set of their semi-final at the Australian Open.

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Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki will do battle in the Australian Open final on Saturday with a first grand slam title and the world number one ranking at stake.

Defending champion Roger Federer was embroiled in a heated situation with Irish umpire Fergus Murphy at the Australian Open yesterday.

Federer is happy to see players make their breakthroughs at the Australian Open to bring fresh blood to the sport.

The pre-prepared monologue followed his Australian Open quarter-final defeat.

Simona Halep won nine games in a row to breeze past Karolina Pliskova and set up a mouthwatering Australian Open semi-final against former champion Angelique Kerber.

Caroline Wozniacki is two matches away from a first grand slam title after defeating Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0 6-7 (3/7) 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

Rafael Nadal called for the tennis authorities to think about players’ long-term health after retiring from his quarter-final against Marin Cilic at the Australian Open because of a leg injury.

Novak Djokovic must go back to the drawing board after suffering a recurrence of his elbow problems in a fourth-round loss to Chung Hyeon at the Australian Open.

Djokovic played down his latest injury worry after making it through to the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Sharapova wanted to test her level against the leading players but found the answer a rather brutal one.

Novak Djokovic overcame Gael Monfils in brutal conditions at the Australian Open.

The Australian Open commenced this week. In advance of the first morning session, Tennis Australia held a workshop on match-fixing at which Jack Anderson presented and got an insight into the efforts taken by a major sporting organisation to protect the integrity of a global sporting event against gambling scams.

Novak Djokovic marked his grand slam return with a thoroughly convincing win over Donald Young in the opening round of the Australian Open.

Ahead of next week’s Australian Open, Canadian tennis superstar Eugenie Bouchard lifts the lid on her recent trip to Ireland — and her attempts to enjoy Guinness.

The Australian Open always throws up plenty of intrigue as the new tennis season kicks into gear.

Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Australian Open because of an ongoing hip problem.

Andy Murray will make a decision on his Australian Open prospects at the weekend as he tries to avoid surgery to treat his long-term hip problem.

Cliodhna Sargent is set to return to action for the first time since January following the birth of her first son, Dylan, in August with a World Cup spot very much the long-term aim.

Rafael Nadal extended his winning run to 10 matches by beating John Isner in the quarter-finals of the China Open.

Rafael Nadal put the seal on a throwback year for men's tennis by winning his 16th grand slam title at the US Open.

Sloane Stephens will face Madison Keys in the US Open final as the next generation of American talent took centre stage at Flushing Meadows.

Roger Federer conceded he was not in the right shape to challenge for another grand slam title as the elusive US Open clash with Rafael Nadal slipped away again.

Venus Williams seized her moment to win a thrilling clash with Petra Kvitova and reach her first US Open semi-final in seven years.

Roger Federer booked his place in the second round of the US Open but serious doubts remain about his fitness after he needed five sets to defeat American teenager Frances Tiafoe.

Novak Djokovic has admitted he had no choice but to take the rest of 2017 off as he tries to recover from an elbow injury.