Tennis

Top seeds, Stella Udokwelu and Ikechukwu IIloputa recently on Monday advanced to the second round of the 4th VEMP National Open Tennis Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament which…

Defending champion Rafa Nadal bowed out of the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday after suffering an injury during his 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat by American Mackenzie McDonald. Nadal’s elimination shakes up the men’s draw and puts…

Quadri Aruna is through to the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Tennis Tennis (WTT) Contender championship in Durban following a narrow 3-2 victory over France’s Felix Lebrun on Friday afternoon. Aruna had qualified for the round of 16…

Novak Djokovic beat Norway’s Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday. Djokovic, as a result, earned the biggest paycheck ever in tennis – 4,740,300 dollars – for completing the season-ending…

Novak Djokovic on Monday said he was bothered by a wrist problem during the Laver Cup in London, and his lengthy absence from the Tour recently could be the reason. “I have been struggling with my right wrist for the last four, five…

Rafael Nadal says an important part of him was also leaving the men’s Tour with the retirement of the Swiss tennis star Roger Federer. Sitting courtside Nadal cried as his great rival, Federer, bid an emotional farewell to tennis at the…

Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi has paid an emotional tribute to tennis legend, Roger Federer, praising him for his incredible career. Federer had on Thursday announced his retirement from competitive tennis in a heartfelt…

Tennis legend Roger Federer on Thursday announced that he would retire from the ATP Tour after the upcoming Laver Cup in London. The 20-time Grand Slam winner has been battling with a bad knee for the last three years and has decided to…

Following Serena Williams’ defeat at the US Open on Friday, several of her prominent supporters and fellow sportsperson have come out to shower praises on the tennis champion. Billionaire and TV host, Oprah Winfrey shared a throwback…

Serena Williams will play doubles with sister Venus at the U.S. Open after the pair were awarded a wild card. The U.S. Open is set to be the final tournament of Serena’s career, and she is giving herself two shots at success. The…