'I was trying to play every match like it was my last one. Trying to play best all the time' 'For me it is easy to practise and stay in this life but sometimes it is hard to compete'
Her last Grand Slam triumph came in 2017 and she has not won a WTA title since lifting the ASB Classic in Auckland at the start of the 2020 season.
Bhambri, ranked 200th, recovered from a set down and registered what turned to be an emphatic 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 win over Pella in a match that lasted for two hours and 10 minutes.
Djokovic left little doubt that he would also be there trying to win major number 23.
John McEnroe believes outside of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios elevates the game like few others.
The Australian Open will lose one of its giant killers when South Korean Chung Hyeon meets American Tennys Sandgren in an unlikely quarter-final showdown at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday.
Britain's Andy Murray has said he wants American tennis guru Brad Gilbert to be the coach to take him to the next level.
A list of high-profile tennis players and other sportspeople who called time on their careers at a young age.
Nick Kyrgios needs to improve his fitness to have a chance of winning Grand Slams, former world number one Jim Courier said on Wednesday.
Eager to witness what many felt would be Serena Williams's final competitive match, thousands of fans poured into the Arthur Ashe stadium.
Coric, who had failed to win a match in his last two appearances in Beijing and Shenzhen, saved two break points at 3-3 in the second set and clinched the first four games of the decider to record his 32nd match win of the season.
Watching a grey-haired, smart-suited 56-year-old John McEnroe speak with mature insight about all-things tennis it seems odd to think that many feel that what the sport needs is a dose of the "superbrat" attitude of the brash New Yorker's youth.
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
Ramkumar Ramanathan partnered with American Hunter Reese won his first main draw win at a Grand Slam at Rolland Garros on Wednesday
John Isner delved deep into his energy tank to outlast Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 and claim the biggest title of his career at the Miami Open.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic said Carlos Alcaraz is the man to beat on clay and is one of the top title contenders for the French Open.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
Obviously there is a void that will never be filled, McEnroe told reporters
Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell's dream run to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen's Club Championships with a straight sets victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Djokovic had named Agassi as his new coach on Sunday, following his defeat to Alexander Zverev in the Italian Open final.
Ashley Harkleroad accounted for the scalp of Hantuchova while Kafelnikov lost to Flavio Saretta at the French Open.\n\n
Karen Khachanov reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Tuesday after ailing American Sebastian Korda retired while trailing 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0.
After Nick Kyrgios, another Aussie involved in verbal volley as tempers flare in Ohio.
How sweet it is: Eubanks's climb up the ranks is 'icing on the cake'
The charismatic 18-year-old Canadian has infatuated the New York crowds with his skill and on court panache that has made him the youngest man to make it into the fourth round of the US Open since American Michael Chang in 1989.
Sania, the country's finest woman doubles player, who began the year with the number one ranking, closed it at number 9.
The American stands a few points behind Juan Carlos Ferrero in the ATP entry ranking system.
Novak Djokovic stayed on course as he entered the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday.
Serena Williams will return to the court for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic when she competes at the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky beginning August 10, the WTA said on Thursday.
Serena Williams appeared to suggest last month that she would end her playing career at the U.S. Ope
Tournament officials\n\nwere concerned about American tennis star Jennifer Capriati's\n\nmusic selection as she walked on the court before her match at\n\nthe WTA Masters Series event on Monday.
American teenage sensation Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win a WTA title in 15 years as she beat former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the Linz Open final on Sunday.
Eighth-seeded Madison Keys was forced to stay up late before overcoming fellow American Alison Riske to close out Monday's play at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a busy opening day for the home contingent at the US Open.
The players have been allowed out to practise for five hours a day during their quarantine but Djokovic said he had headed to a local park on his first morning in Australia without restrictions.
News of all that's transpired on and off the tennis courts
Naomi Osaka eased into the second round of the Italian Open on Monday with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over former world number one Victoria Azarenka, on a day in which local favourite Roberta Vinci called time on her career.
The Danish World No 3 ended 2017 with the biggest title of her career in Singapore and returned a day after thrashing Madison Brengle in her season opener to hit 21 winners against eight unforced errors in the 53-minute win over Martic.
The World No 1 tennis star has revealed that she desperately wants to settle down in life and have a family of her own.
