Not much fazes Roberta Vinci after 16 years on Tour, but the maelstrom swirling around her opening match in Stuttgart, Germany, against Maria Sharapova today will test the Italian’s vast experience.

London-based Limerick lawyer Ian Lynam has been working hard to protect sport’s integrity from a range of threats, from match-fixing to Brexit. But he’s also occupied with where sport is going, and the widening role of analytics...

Dave Miley, an unsuccessful applicant for the role of Tennis Ireland chief executive, has broken his silence on the dispute with the governing body, stressing his disappointment with the recruitment process, which he claimed lacked transparency.

Serena Williams has vowed to cling to the world number one ranking but questions may be asked about her claim to that status if Angelique Kerber takes her scalp in today’s Wimbledon final.

World number one Novak Djokovic believes men should be awarded more prize money than women following a row sparked by comments from chief executive of Indian Wells Raymond Moore.

World number one Novak Djokovic has given his support to Maria Sharapova and said he hopes she “gets out of this stronger”.

Roger Federer will take on Novak Djokovic in the final of the Cincinnati Masters after he beat Andy Murray in straight sets 6-4 7-6 (8/6).

David Ferrer cruised past Rafael Nadal’s conqueror Fabio Fognini to win the Rio Open for the first time yesterday.

Rafael Nadal lost his first semi-final on clay for 12 years as Fabio Fognini booked a place in the final of the Rio Open at the world number three’s expense.

Eugenie Bouchard admits change can be “scary”, but also believes splitting from her long-time coach was necessary to build on her brilliant performances in 2014.

Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev has been forced to publicly apologise for his slur against the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.

Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been sharply criticised for his comments on a TV chat show where he referred to Grand Slam winning sisters Venus and Serena Williams as the “the Williams brothers”.

Serena Williams enjoyed an overdue taste of victory as she beat Karolina Pliskova in her opening match at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford last night.

Teenage sensation Nick Kyrgios yesterday sensationally dumped two-time champion and second seed Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon to reach his first grand slam quarter-final last night.

A clearly unwell Serena Williams and sister Venus pulled out of the Wimbledon women’s doubles on Tuesday as their tournament ended on a worrying note.

Tennis player Michaella Krajicek had a lot to celebrate yesterday. Not only did she win her first match at the Topshelf Open, she also got engaged - all on the same tennis court.

Tomas Berdych has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time with a four-set win over third seed David Ferrer.

It was the perfect end to a near-perfect year as Serena Williams retained her WTA Championships title in Istanbul.

The husband of former tennis champ Martina Hingis has accused his wife and mother-in-law of assaulting him and has left Switzerland fearing for his life, the Blick daily reported.

The WTA has confirmed Serena Williams will end 2013 as the number one player in the world.

Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic believes Marion Bartoli will regret her decision to retire from tennis.

Setanta Sports has announced a new deal with BT Sport which will add 38 live Premier League games to its TV package and bring to 71 the number of top-flight English matches on offer to Irish subscribers for the next three years.

Rafael Nadal continued his stunning run of form by crushing Roger Federer in little more than an hour to win the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome.

Missing the halfway cut in the defence of his UBS Hong Kong Open title has only reinforced Rory McIlroy’s goal to cut back on his playing schedule.

Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a WTA Tour singles title in 24 years by winning a marathon match against Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei in the final of the HP Open in Osaka.

Golf superstar Rory McIlroy has joined Danish girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki in a high profile Women’s Tennis Association advertising campaign.

Agnieszka Radwanska yesterday blamed the miserable British summer for the illness which threatens to turn her dream Wimbledon final against Serena Williams into an impossible mission.

Former finalist Marion Bartoli was the most prominent woman to lose on day four at Wimbledon as Mirjana Lucic reached the third round for the first time since 1999.

Eastbourne champion Tamira Paszek was the last woman standing after a marathon battle on Wimbledon’s Centre Court with seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki.

ONE of the paradoxes of a Grand Slam tennis championship is that while the action heats up as finals day approaches, the workload for tournament staff decreases round by round.

Kim Clijsters kept her Australian Open title defence on track today by moving into the semi-finals with victory over Caroline Wozniacki – stripping the Dane of her number one ranking in the process.

The seedings for this month’s Australian Open have been released, with Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki receiving top billing.

Henri Leconte believes Andy Murray should look at the example set by Roger Federer as he bids to break his grand slam duck in 2012.

ANDY MURRAY called for changes in the way tennis is run after finally coming through his rain-hit US Open fourth-round clash with Donald Young.

Andy Murray called for changes in the way tennis is run after finally coming through his rain-hit US Open fourth-round clash with Donald Young.

Serena Williams is unlikely to play again this year after failing to shake off a foot injury.

Jelena Jankovic was today officially confirmed as the world number one, dislodging Serena Williams from the top of the rankings.

Dominika Cibulkova continued her surprising play by upending 10th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 4-6 6-4 6-3 in a rain-delayed semi-final at the Rogers Cup on Saturday.

NEWLY-CROWNED French Open champion Ana Ivanovic revealed that Novak Djokovic’s victory in this year’s Australian Open was one of the driving forces behind her maiden grand slam crown.

ANA IVANOVIC vowed to learn from her French Open heartbreak of 12 months ago after booking a place in the Roland Garros final for the second year in succession.

Ana Ivanovic set up a French Open final clash with Dinara Safina after defeating Jelena Jankovic in three sets on Thursday.