Venus Williams has vowed to savour every moment she has left in tennis - beginning at a sun-drenched Wimbledon on Wednesday.

Rafael Nadal has vowed to be ready for a Wimbledon showdown with a dreadlocked German who has already taught him a lesson on grass.

Maria Sharapova will face fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the last four of the Australian Open after the pair enjoyed surprisingly one-sided quarter-final victories on Tuesday.

THE up-side and down-side of rancid sexism are hard to distinguish from each other, these days.

Eugenie Bouchard said she was not offended by being asked to "give a twirl" in an on-court interview - as long as male players were asked to flex their muscles.

Serena Williams was reluctant to discuss suggestions of sexism at the Australian Open after a male on-court interviewer sparked outrage by asking some female players to “give a twirl”.

Serena Williams was reluctant to discuss suggestions of sexism at the Australian Open after a male on-court interviewer sparked outrage by asking some female players to ’give a twirl’.

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.

Serena Williams bounced back from her embarrassing loss to Simona Halep by beating Eugenie Bouchard in comprehensive fashion at the WTA Finals.

Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova reached the first grand slam singles semi-final of her career with victory over two-time US Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka yesterday.

After years grinding on the junior circuit, 20-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard is poised to be one of the sport’s next big stars. Now she just needs that breakthrough win

Petra Kvitova is thrilled to have proved she is no one-hit wonder after her stunning performance in the Wimbledon final to defeat Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-0 on Saturday.

Petra Kvitova produced a stunning display of hard-hitting tennis to defeat Eugenie Bouchard and win her second Wimbledon title.

Princess Eugenie of York made a “last minute” decision to go to Wimbledon and is there to support her namesake Eugenie Bouchard in today’s final.

Eugenie Bouchard stands on the brink of Wimbledon glory but her "boring" lifestyle includes no time for cultivating friendships on tour and no time for Laura Robson either.

Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard has made a light-hearted plea for shamed pop star Justin Bieber to be invited to the Royal Box.

There were only muted celebrations from ice-cool Canadian Eugenie Bouchard on reaching her first grand slam final at Wimbledon yesterday.

Eugenie Bouchard continued her relentless march to the top of the women’s game by defeating Simona Halep to reach her first grand slam final at Wimbledon.

Eugenie Bouchard is convinced she can win Wimbledon in just her second full year on tour.

Andy Murray vowed to work harder than ever after a chastening loss to Grigor Dimitrov ended his Wimbledon title defence in the quarter-finals yesterday.

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.

Brilliant German Angelique Kerber scored an inspired Wimbledon victory over Maria Sharapova to extinguish the Russian’s hope of winning back-to-back grand slam titles.

Sabine Lisicki moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon as last year’s runner-up again showed her liking for the grass in south-west London.

Maria Sharapova said she is proud of the fighting spirit that has carried her to a third successive French Open final.

Eugenie Bouchard used to idolise Maria Sharapova, now she will face her in the semi-finals of the French Open.

Serena Williams’ demise yesterday turned the ripples into shockwaves at a French Open full of surprises as Maria Sharapova assumed the mantle of title favourite.

The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, tucked away down a nondescript laneway just off the M50, is a quaint kind of building for a place only turning 21 this year.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first Grand Slam decider at the expense of Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open yesterday, the 28-year-old following up his stunning upset of defending champion Novak Djokovic by beating the Czech 6-3 6-7 7-6 7-6.

Dominika Cibulkova knows anything is possible after watching best friend Marion Bartoli win Wimbledon.

The Australian Open will have a new women’s champion after Victoria Azarenka joined the purge of the favourites in Melbourne.

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.

Ana Ivanovic 'broke a spell' to post a magical win over Serena Williams in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

World number seven Angelique Kerber became the latest seed to exit Wimbledon as she fell to a shock defeat to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi on another rain-affected day.

Second seed Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of Wimbledon through injury, tournament officials have confirmed.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic was thrashed 6-0 6-0 by Italian Roberta Vinci in the second round of the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday.

Kim Clijsters suffered a worrying injury setback as the second seed abandoned her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto last night.