There could be no place more appropriate for Djokovic to finally break free of his tie with Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam singles titles than in her own backyard at Melbourne Park, where he has won the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup 10 times.
'If you have an IQ higher than room temperature you should stop (using it). There is a test for it and you'll be bounced' 'The monitoring of substances is undertaken by WADA, and so tennis was not aware of the prevalence of meldonium use in 2015 (or before), prior to its addition to the Prohibited List'
An angry Lleyton Hewitt labelled the ITF's actions a disgrace after the tennis governing body fined Australia $10,000 over their decision to boycott a Davis Cup zonal tie in India because of security concerns. Tennis Australia had asked the International Tennis Federation to move the May 8-10 Asia/Oceania tie out of the southern Indian city of Chennai but the request was rejected and the 28-times champions forfeited the contest.
Chris Evert said on Monday she was stunned to hear that Maria Sharapova failed a doping test, but not by the fact that there is doping in tennis, claiming that she knew players who doped during her career.
Tennis Australia will appeal the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) decision to confirm Chennai as the venue for next month's Davis Cup tie between India and Australia, citing security concerns, local media reported. Security worries have grown around sporting events in south Asia following the ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team bus in Lahore, Pakistan, by armed gunmen last month.
The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports event off the calendar on Wednesday.
An independent tribunal of the ITF will now deliberate upon the appeal and make a final decision by November 18.
The ITF, in a statement on the Davis Cup website (www.daviscup.com), said, 'By virtue of its decision not to send a team to compete against India, Australia has forfeited the tie. India is declared the winner.'
Australia will not send its Davis Cup team to India for next month's tie because of security concerns, Tennis Australia said on Saturday, knowing the country could now face a year-long ban and substantial fine.TA had appealed against the International Tennis Federation's decision to keep the May 8-10 Asia/Oceania group I tie in Chennai, citing security concerns.The ITF on Friday, however, rejected the appeal and upheld the decision of the Davis Cup committee.
Milos Raonic, the finalist at Wimbledon this year, and women's world number five Simona Halep of Romania have pulled out from next month's Rio Olympics due to fears over the Zika virus.
Roger Federer was made to work hard by Fernando Verdasco before beating the Spanish veteran 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
France's Richard Gasquet has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Monday. Gasquet confirmed on Sunday he had failed the test at last month's Miami tournament but has denied any wrongdoing.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray to the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) annual men's World Champion award with American Serena Williams taking the women's prize for a third time.
Veteran Sharath Kamal and world no. 24 Manika Batra will lead the Indian men's and women's squads respectively at the Paris Games, where the country will make its Olympic debut in team events.
Professional tennis has been suspended until the end of July, at the earliest, and Rafael Nadal said that serious problems stand in the way of a resumption. Nadal, 33, said that even when tennis does resume the players will need to recover their fitness levels.
Federer may never glide across it as only he can, or any other Grand Slam court for that matter, again. But his legacy will never fade.
Roger Federer said he trusts the anti-doping procedures in tennis despite rival Novak Djokovic's claim that fellow Serb's Victor Troicki's one-year ban was the result of negligence by the authorities.
The Indian tennis ace objected to singles specialist players being seeded at the Olympics doubles competition, saying it will keep them safe while some good teams will face-off against each other in the first round and get eliminated because of the unusual seedings.
In a moral victory for the All India Tennis Association, the International Tennis Federation has given the AITA the right to host its next Davis Cup tie against Australia, which had forfeited its previous rubber on security grounds in May.
France's Richard Gasquet has been cleared to return to the tour after testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday.
Embattled French tennis player Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine in March, said on Friday he had never knowingly used the banned substance.
'The league will begin as a city-based franchise setup, starting with six cities.'
Yeoh, former Malaysian junior squash champion, made her Hollywood breakthrough when she was cast as the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies opposite Pierce Brosnan.
The organisers of the US Open said they could have better communicated with wheelchair athletes before announcing they would not be part of this year's scaled-down event in New York and are now rethinking their decision.
The All India Tennis Association ruled out shifting the May 8-10 Davis Cup match between India and Australia from Chennai, saying proper security arrangements will be in place to hold trouble-free matches.
The International Tennis Federation reacted with dismay after German Rainer Schuettler was told he could compete in the Beijing Olympics following a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing.
40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.
Seven-time Wimbledon champion and 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer got a taste of India when he feasted on a giant naan (bread), served with the usual non-vegetarian and vegetarian accompaniments at a signature restaurant during his second trip to the country.
Rafael Nadal to play against Ram Kumar Ramanathan on the first day of their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie in New Delhi on Friday.
Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the grasscourt Grand Slam as 'neutrals' this year.
The ITF said its independent Anti-Doping Tribunal ruled that 27-year-old Argentine tested positive for the banned stimulant etilefrine after his French Open final defeat by Spain's Rafael Nadal in June.
India's medal prospects took a hit with the exclusion of hockey, shooting, cricket, badminton and wrestling from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
The world No. 1 faces a possible fine for not attending the team news conference ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Britain.
Hockey India League will return after seven long years in a new avatar, where both the men's and women's teams will participate in the event, starting on December 28.
In an email to the ITF on Monday, AITA chief Hironmoy Chatterjee said India had full confidence the ITF and Pakistan Tennis Federation would organise an "excellent" Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie but said more security checks might be in order.
The courts for the April 7-9 match are to be laid at the northern end of the hallowed cricket ground.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has expressed its disappointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to clear French player Richard Gasquet of doping after he tested positive for cocaine.
How will Russian athletes be cleared to compete at Paris 2024?
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