• Daniel Cherny

Andy Murray may be very adept at holding a tennis racquet, but his skills with a flagpole require considerable improvement.

Australian Olympic officials are scrambling to contact tennis hope John Millman after his injury-enforced withdrawal from a Canadian tournament.

South African Kevin Anderson stands between Australian Bernard Tomic and the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

Australian Sam Stosur has been bounced out in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, beaten in straight sets by unseeded Russian Daria Kasatkina.

• Linda Pearce

Just six days after Roger Federer confirmed he would be starting 2017 at Perth's Hopman Cup, the Swiss great announced that his current season is over, almost four months early. At almost 35, is it also the end?

Roger Federer has pulled out of the Rio Olympics and will miss the rest of the season, including the US Open, because he needs "more extensive rehabilitation" to prolong his career after knee surgery earlier this year.

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• Kyle Mackey-Laws

It's the calm before the 'Sharknado' for the Canberra Raiders as they prepare for matches against the Sharks and Storm.

Nick Kyrgios' US Open build up is off to a rocky start.

Samantha Stosur will join fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova in the second round of the Montreal Cup after defeating Brit Heather Watson.

The Hopman Cup will welcome a blast from the past when world No.3 and tennis superstar Roger Federer makes his long-awaited return to the mixed-teams event in Perth this summer.

• James Mooney

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.

• Tony Moore

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.

• Linda Pearce

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.

• Chris Dutton

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.

• Andrew Webster

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".

• Kieran Gair

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.

• Frank Pingue

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.

• Peter FitzSimons

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.

• Andrew Webster

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.

• Andrew Das

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.

• Linda Pearce

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.

• Linda Pearce

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.

• Linda Pearce

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.

• Linda Pearce

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.