Defending champion, Angelique Kerber has crashed out of the US Open after losing to Japanese youngster Naomi Osaka. Sixth seed Kerber, who was also beaten in the first round of the French Open earlier this year, lost to 19-year-old Osaka 6-3 6-1 to...

Rafael Nadal has returned to the summit of world tennis, returning to world number one for the first time in three years after the latest ATP rankings released Monday morning. The Spaniard failed to go beyond the quarterfinal at the...

Incoming world number one, Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Cincinnati Masters by Australian, Nick Kyrgios. 22-year-old Kyrgios, who is currently world number 23, defeated Nadal in straight sets, 6-2 7-5 in the quarter finals on Friday to perfectly position himself for a...

The world number nine Kei Nishikori has quit tennis for the rest of 2017 due to a recurring wrist injury. 27-year-old Nishikori, who withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters this week with the hopes of getting ready for the US Open, will no longer...

Five-time Grand Slam champion, Maria Sharapova, has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open scheduled for next week, due to a forearm injury. 30-year-old Sharapova, who will need a wildcard to play in the US Open main draw, has declared that missing the...

2012 French open finalist, Sara Errani has received a two month ban from tennis after testing positive to banned substance - letrozole in February. The ban was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation on Monday. The 98th ranked player has...

World number 4, Stan Wawrinka has quit tennis for the rest of 2017 due to surgery on his injured knee and will not defend his US Open title. The 32-year-old Swiss struggled with the knee injury when he was knocked...

Serbia's Novak Djokovic has dropped out of the ATP ranking top four, for the first time since July 2007. 30-year-old Djokovic moved down one place into the fifth spot, paving way for Swiss Stan Wawrinka to go up into 4th position. The...

Caroline Wozniacki on Sunday lost 6-3, 6-4 to 56th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in the Swedish Open final. The Dane was in pursuit of winning a first title of the year having previously reached finals in Miami, Eastbourne, Dubai and Doha where...

Young Nigerian tennis sensation Gabriel Inyang continued his rich vein of form during his summer training tour of the United States (US) after he retained the Feinberg 12 and Under 12 tournament which took place at the Brant Lake...