Iga Swiatek joked that she hoped it would rain on her practise days so that she could get an extra day off to explore Paris.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic, 13-time winner Rafael Nadal and new teenage star Carlos Alcaraz were ALL drawn in the same half of the French Open on Thursday.

Holger Rune had to dig deep to defeat Manuel Guinard 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 finishing the match barely able to walk.

Rafael Nadal tested out his injured foot in his first practice at the French Open on Wednesday without any obvious discomfort.

Daniil Medvedev insists he is ready to play at Wimbledon if the All England Club reverses its ban on Russian players.

World No 1 Iga Swiatek now owns the joint-fifth longest streak this century after beating Bianca Andreescu at the Italian Open.

Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Italian Open in the third round with the record 10-time Rome winner complaining of a recurring foot problem.

Denis Shapovalov has apologised after losing his cool with the chair umpire during his victory over Lorenzo Sonego at the Rome Masters.

Boris Becker will be spending the next 15 months (or so) behind bars just a serve-and-volley away from Wimbledon centre court.

Novak Djokovic has hailed Carlos Alcaraz as the “best player” of the season and said the teenager is among the “favourites” for Roland Garros.

Disgraced tennis star Boris Becker has moaned about the food in prison after being served corned beef as one of his first meals behind bars.

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz raced to the Madrid Open title on Sunday, brushing aside German Alexander Zverev in just 62 minutes.

Home hope Carlos Garcia has claimed the Madrid Open after beating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday at the Manolo Santana Stadium.

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has become the first African woman to win a WTA 1000 event toppling Jessica Pegula in the Madrid Open final.

Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest-ever Madrid Open finalist after winning an thrilling semi-final against Novak Djokovic.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz has beaten world No 1 Novak Djokovic in a classic semi-final to reach the Madrid Open final.

Carlos Alcaraz overcame an injury scare on his way to victory over Rafael Nadal to set up a semi-final against Novak Djokovic in Madrid.

The ATP Tour announced the launch of a new real-time rankings tracker alongside a partnership with online trading platform Pepperstone.

Former world No 1 Andy Murray has been forced to pull out of his match against Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Masters.

The winners of this year’s singles events at the French Open stand to earn €2.2 million (R36.6 million) each, organisers have announced. 

Kevin Anderson, who once climbed as high as No 5 in the ATP rankings and reached two Grand Slam finals, has announced his retirement.

Novak Djokovic described his win over Gael Monfils in Madrid as his “best performance of the year” as he set up a showdown with Andy Murray.

Kevin Anderson, who climbed to No 5 in the ATP rankings and reached two Grand Slam finals, has announced his retirement from tennis.

Proteas great AB de Villiers will team up in a new golf event with recently-retired former world No 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty.

Andy Murray has beaten Dominic Thiem in their Madrid Open first round match to claim his first win on a clay court in five years.