Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
World number two Simona Halep beat Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open third round on Wednesday for her first win over the Russian in eight attempts.
Widening its net, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has, for the first time ever, collected samples from close to 20 tennis players competing at the National Tennis Championships at DLTA Complex, in New Delhi.
Italian seventh seed Jannik Sinner beat Tommy Paul to set up a Canadian Open final clash with Australia's Alex De Minaur
The positive cases were recorded after the charter flight from Los Angeles landed in Melbourne for the tennis Grand Slam, according to online posts from players.
Nadal said he needs to stop playing for the foreseeable future to make a full recovery and return for what he anticipates will be his farewell season.
Stosur recently announced this month that her partner Liz Astling gave birth to daughter Evie in June.
Bernard Tomic will play at next week's French Open despite his off-court troubles if only to keep some momentum going for the grasscourt season ahead, Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge said on Wednesday.
Enrico Piperno, who was also India's Fed Cup coach says, lack of funding, support and infrastructure will cease creation of a top-50 player
After a brief interruption when the players were locked at 5-5 in the opening set, Federer saved two set points in the tiebreak and held firm to gain the upper hand in the contest.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a 6-2, 6-4 defeat at the hands of unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova in the second round of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham on Thursday.
The loss to England in the rugby World Cup final has shaken Australia's sporting pride and turned the attention to the Davis Cup.
Bopanna has empathy for the organisers but can't hide his own frustration either.
The 2011 Australian Open will offer a record A$25 million ($24.2 million) prize money, up 3.8 per cent on the previous year, with the men's and women's winners to each pocket A$2.2 million.
Bernard Tomic's on-court commitment has come under renewed scrutiny after the Australian played match point holding his racquet backwards in defeat to Fabio Fognini at the Madrid Open.
'It's disappointing. It's disrespectful. I'm not sure ... I'm going to want to play tennis'
Roger Federer claimed the 100th ATP title of his career by beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen's Club Championships with a straight sets victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Cricket legend A B de Villiers is set to pick up a set of golf clubs and tee off with former tennis World No 1 Ashleigh Barty at the Icons Series golf event in the US.
'I would just be kind to all my players and if there were ever mistakes, I would find a way to hide it.'
Novak Djokovic said an approach had been made offering him $200,000 to throw a match at the St Petersburg Open.
Naresh Kumar, who famously mentored a young Leander Paes as India's Davis Cup captain, has passed away.
The company is developing a peptide, which inhibits the coronavirus from infecting the human cell, expects to launch clinical trials in Britain this summer, he added.
While the announcement prompted outcry in Australia, pot-shots were taken at Djokovic on the internet as the saga fuelled a string of memes. Here are some that brought on more than a few chuckles...
Australia's tennis federation have requested their Davis Cup tie against India be moved out of the country due to security concerns. The Indian hosts, however, remain confident of staging the May event.
Bernard Tomic was sent packing early at the US Open and his minimal earnings were offset by a $10,000 fine levied on him for a crude on-court outburst he directed at a heckler during his first-round loss.
Andrews said lifting Djokovic's ban would be a "slap in the face for those people in Australia who did the right thing (and) got vaccinated."
The Australian Open has hiked total prizemoney by 15 percent to a record A$30 million with an eye on satisfying player demands for a better share of grand slam revenues, Tennis Australia CEO Steve Wood told Reuters on Tuesday.
Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Saville, whose parents live in Moscow, represented Russia in tennis until emigrating to Australia seven years ago.
IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
Indian doubles pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni put up a valiant fight before going down to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain and Adrian Mannarino of France in a three-setter.
The claycourt Grand Slam at Roland Garros would now take place from Sept. 20-Oct. 4, dates that clash with several other events. With players already counting the cost of the tennis shutdown, the decision did not go down well.
Players in the men's draw at the Australian Open will be allowed 10-minute breaks during matches as part of an updated extreme heat policy at the year's first Grand Slam.
The Scottish broadcaster said Murray was self-isolating and still had hopes of competing in the Australian Open next month.
Police were called in to investigate a report of a five-year-old boy who was indecently assaulted at the Aus Open earlier this week.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
The Australian is still suffering the effects of an injury he picked up during the US Open and had been rested as a precaution.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.'
The Australian government cancelled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time on Friday, saying the World No 1, unvaccinated for COVID-19, may pose a risk to the community.
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