Tennis News

Andy Murray believes his chances of reprising his historic 2013 Wimbledon triumph may have been helped by long awaited changes in the grass court calendar..

Australia's top-ranked player Nick Kyrgios Thursday said he was withdrawing from next week's Davis Cup World Group showdown against the Czech Republic with a back problem..

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame some uncharacteristic nerves to surge into the quarter-finals of the ATP Argentina Open on Wednesday with an efficient 6-4, 6-0 victory over Argentine qualifier Facundo Arguello..

Victoria Azarenka will face another former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in an intriguing Qatar Open quarter-final after seeing off WTA rising star Elina Svitolina in three sets in Doha on Wednesday..

Roger Federer escaped from trouble with a remarkable 20-point winning sequence which helped him into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open in search of his seventh title on Wednesday..

Andy Murray scored his most one-sided victory for eight months and his easiest win over a top 50 player for nearly six years when he trounced Joao Sousa, the Portuguese number one, 6-0, 6-2..

Novak Djokovic returned to the tour after his historic triumph in Melbourne by beginning a bid for his 50th title with a surprisingly testing 6-4, 6-4 win over Canadian Vacek Pospisil..

Kei Nishikori, last year's US Open runner-up, and Milos Raonic, a semi-finalist last year at Wimbledon, will provide star power to next week's Japan-Canada first-round Davis Cup tie at Vancouver..

US Open champion Marin Cilic, who has yet to play this season due to injury, was named Tuesday in the Croatia Davis Cup team for next month's match against Serbia which will be led by world number one Novak Djokovic..