Former champion given tough draw against world No 3Email Tom, tweet or comment below the line 7.24pm BST And we have a tiebreak! Sloane Stephens makes an unforced error to send the match to a decider. Keys was the slightly better player in the final tw…
Andy Murray given tough Stefanos Tsitsipas draw in US Open first round
• Novak Djokovic, chasing grand slam, will play a qualifier• Champion Naomi Osaka could face Kerber in third roundAndy Murray may be hoping to build some rhythm and establish a run of matches at the US Open this year, but he will start with one of the …
Ted Dexter, Liverpool v Chelsea classics, Federer flashbacks | Classic YouTube
This week’s roundup also features Tour Championship magic, Paralympic power and Kelly Holmes among sporting doubles1) Ted Dexter, the former England cricket captain, has died at the age of 86. “Lord Ted” was inducted into the ICC hall of fame earlier t…
Serena Williams withdraws from US Open with hamstring not healed
• American not played since picking up injury at Wimbledon• Raducanu makes smooth progress to second qualifying roundSerena Williams has withdrawn from the US Open, marking another major setback in an extremely difficult season.Williams, who turns 40 n…
My children have had their first taste of competitive sport – and they love it | Emma Brockes
At school in New York, any whiff of competition is firmly avoided. Not so at my six-year-olds’ summer tennis campThere’s a game I play with my children that we never tire of, in which I share details – outlandish, unimaginable – of how things were in t…
Ruthless Ash Barty turns focus to US Open after winning fifth title of year
World No 1 wins Cincinnati Open final against Jil TeichmannAustralian in ‘really good stead’ after not dropping a set all week Ash Barty has annexed yet another trophy on her triumphant world tour, taking the prestigious Cincinnati Open title with a ru…
Daniil Medvedev crashes into TV camera and kicks it in loss to Rublev
Top seed out of Western & Southern Open after accident‘I could have broken my hand,’ complains MedvedevDaniil Medvedev had an angry run-in with a courtside TV camera as he missed out on a place in the final of the Western & Southern Open in Cin…
Ash Barty holds off Kerber fightback to book her place in Cincinnati final
World No 1 prevails 6-2, 7-5 in repeat of Wimbledon semi-finalBarty will face Karolina Pliskova or Jil Teichmann in the finalAsh Barty is again looking every inch the world No 1 after repelling a familiar battling effort from Angelique Kerber to power …
How to win at life: what sports psychologists can teach us all
The lessons top athletes are learning about stress and mental health can help us handle pressure in our own livesIt was going to be the Pandemic Olympics; the cheerless games that would inspire ambivalence at best. And then sport did its thing. Despite…
Naomi Osaka says she was ‘ungrateful’ in attitude to tennis over the past year
World No 2 speaks after victory over Coco Gauff in CincinnatiAndy Murray loses to Hubert Hurkacz in second roundNaomi Osaka admitted that at times over the last year she felt ungrateful about her view that playing tennis on the world stage was not enou…