Tennis legend Roger Federer will be the major draw card for the Hopman Cup in 2017, returning to Perth for the first time in 15 years.

Footage has emerged of Bernard Tomic and fellow tennis star Viktor Troicki being forced off a court by a police officer.

A life-size statue of tennis legend Rod Laver will finally be built at the old home of Queensland tennis – the former Milton Tennis Courts – by 2019, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and Tennis Queensland have confirmed.

For the first time since a young Roger Federer teamed with his then-girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec back in 2002, the Swiss champion will be returning to the Hopman Cup.

The Rio Olympic Games' loss is set to be Canberra's gain as the capital launches a bid to host Australia's Davis Cup tie in September to give Nick Kyrgios a chance to play in front of a home crowd.

Australia's Olympic hopes have received a double blow with cyclist Simon Gerrans officially ruled out of Rio with a broken collarbone and Lleyton Hewitt's withdrawal as coach of the men's tennis team for "personal reasons".

Nick Kyrgios has hit back at Australia's Chef de Mission for the 2016 Australian Olympic Team, Kitty Chiller, after she revealed in an interview with Fairfax Media the tweet that crossed the line.

Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic and World No.5 Simona Halep have decided to withdraw from next month's Rio Olympics due in part to fears over the Zika virus.

Yes, I had seen the yellow Ferrari outside the Palazzao Versace hotel last Saturday arvo, but still, nothing twigged, and I had no clue that it was the first crack of lightning on the horizon for what looked like a mid-level storm approaching.

She's the most visible Olympic team boss in memory – for a reason.

German soccer star Bastian Schweinsteiger has tied the knot with Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic.

Prize money at the U.S. Open tennis championships will rise to a record $46.3 million at this year's tournament, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Tuesday.

Canberra's Ros Balodis has enjoyed success over the past two weeks with victories in back-to-back ITF events, winning the 2016 ITF seniors world individual championships and the 2016 ITF seniors team championship.

Sam Groth has advanced to the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships as he attempts to repair his slumping tennis singles ranking.

Maria Sharapova will miss next month's Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided to defer its decision on the Russian's tennis star's appeal against a two-year doping ban.

Having just succeeded Novak Djokovic as the Wimbledon champion, Andy Murray was not about to follow the Serbian's 2015 lead by dancing with Serena Williams at the Champions' Ball.

Wimbledon has ended without an Australian winning a title, but Sydney-born Alex De Minaur hopes his achievement in reaching a first junior grand slam final will be the start of far bigger things.

Andy Murray turned in a vintage display to claim his second Wimbledon title on Sunday, beating Milos Raonic in straight sets at the All England Club.

Serena Williams knows quite a lot about Steffi Graf, whose 22-slam Open era singles record she equalled with a seventh Wimbledon title on Saturday, but only a little about Margaret Court, the Australian she met in Perth in January but is otherwise still chasing.

Canberra tennis star the target of another allegedly racist remark.

It was not the time to be asking Serena Williams about breaking Margaret Court's all-time grand slam singles record of 24, considering how much grief the soon-to-be-35-year-old had experienced just to reach Steffi Graf's Open-era benchmark of 22.

Australian teenager Alex De Minaur has the chance to join tennis greats and personal idols Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt on the Wimbledon honour roll.

Serena Williams put the icing on the cake of another magnificent Wimbledon campaign by teaming up with sister Venus for a sixth doubles crown at the All England Club.

Serena Williams' year-long, frustrating, emotional and at-times tormented wait for the 22nd grand slam singles title that would tie Steffi Graf's Open era record is over.

Andy Murray does not see Sunday's Wimbledon final as John McEnroe (Milos Raonic) versus Ivan Lendl (Murray).

Has Roger Federer played his last match at Wimbledon? It may be his left knee that decides.

Milos Raonic has shattered Roger Federer's dreams of an eighth Wimbledon crown with a drama-charged five-set semi-final comeback win over the Swiss master.

​ It took Britain 77 years to end its men's title drought at the All England Club through Andy Murray's historic triumph in 2013. The sequel may be imminent, just three years later.

Lleyton Hewitt was already winning ATP Tour titles at the same age that Spanish-based Sydneysider Alex De Minaur will on Sunday contest his maiden junior grand slam final at Wimbledon.