Rafael Nadal of Spain claimed his 20th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros on Sunday with a 6-0. 6-2, 7-5 victory over world number one Novak Djokovic.
Iga Swiatek defeated American fourth seed Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 to become the youngest women’s French Open champion since 1992
The 34-year-old former South African number one Kevin Anderson still has goals that he would like to achieve in the Grand Slams and on the ATP Tour.
It was a mixed bag of results for South Africans at the French Open, with only Kevin Anderson progressing past the second round.
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson will face 22nd seed Dušan Lajović in the second round of the French Open after beating Laslo Đere on Tuesday.
Lloyd Harris breezed past Australia’s Alexei Popyrin, winning 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 to progress to the second round at Roland Garros.
Organisers had hoped for as many as 5,000 to be allowed through the gates at Roland Garros but with virus cases surging in Paris authorities were not prepared to take that risk.
With Six US Open titles already to her name, another Flushing Meadows win for Serena Williams would also see her become the most decorated women at the tournament in the modern era.
Lloyd Harris defeated the Italian World No 108 Cecchinato in one hour and 54 minutes to book his place in the US Open second round for the first time.
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Western and Southern Open to stand in solidarity with the BlackLivesMatter movement
Kevin Anderson returned to ATP Tour action with a win over Brit Kyle Edmund in a three-set battle at the Western & Southern Open at Flushing Meadow. The pair contested a nearly three-hour slugfest in the first round of the first ATP Tour event held since March. Anderson winning the contest 7-6, 4-6 and 6-3 […]
Andy Murray is among the few European players to opt in for the ATP Tour restart at the Western & Southern Open and believes there could be plenty of upsets at the event. The first event on the ATP Tour in months will take place at Flushing Meadow and gets underway this weekend. Murray expects […]
Niether the men’s nor women’s singles defending champions will take part in a scaled back 2020 US Open Grand Slam.
Rafael Nadal will miss out on the opportunity of defending his US Open title after pulling out from the upcoming Grand Slam due to coronavirus concerns.
Australia’s number one men’s singles player Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the US Open slated to start on 31 August.
Serena Williams has made a desperate call to tournament organizers to hand female tennis players more opportunities to play in center court matches.
Kevin Anderson already has a pair of Grand Slam finals and a career-high ranking of number five to his name but when action resumes on the ATP Tour he is determined to push beyond those career highlights.
Wimbledon participants to receive share of £10million insurance payout to alleviate the financial impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on tennis.
World No 1 men’s tennis star Novak Djokovic is the latest of a slew of sports stars who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Novak Djokovic says he is extremely happy the US Open escaped the lockdown cull which claimed Wimbledon and much of the season.
Novak Djokovic warned US Open organisers that if they weren’t willing to compromise, most top players would stay away from the Grand Slam.
The ITF has published a first set of ‘Return to Tennis’ guidelines to assist national associations in restarting competition.
Kevin Anderson will take part in the Stay at Home Slam from Sunday which aims to raise funds for relief and reserach into solutions for the ongoing global health crisis.
The TSA board has accepted the recommendation that a special sub-committee be appointed to review the conduct of Gavin Crookes and Muditambi Ravele regarding the SASCOC nomination dispute.