• Michael Chammas

Australia have booked their passage back into the Davis Cup world group after continuing their unbeaten run against Slovakia in Sydney on Saturday.

• Michael Chammas

Nick Kyrgios has conceded Australia only has a small window to taste Davis Cup success with him at the helm after reiterating his intention to quit the sport in his mid-20s.

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• Michael Chammas

Nick Kyrgios is analysed for every outburst. Judged for every tantrum. And the intrigue around the 21-year-old has prompted a relentless desire to understand what it is that makes him tick.

• Michael Chammas

Bernard Tomic plans to take a leaf out of Nick Kyrgios' book and cut back on the number of tournaments he plays next year to ensure a better standard of tennis across the season.

Bernard Tomic plans on cutting back his 2017 playing schedule as he fights a head cold on the eve of Australia's Davis Cup World Group playoff with Slovakia.

• Scott Spits

Dylan Alcott has won a second gold in wheelchair tennis in Rio, backing up from his doubles win to secure the title he had set his heart on.

Nick Kyrgios will lead Australia into battle in this weekend's Davis Cup World Group playoff against Slovakia in Sydney.

• Scott Spits

Dylan Alcott has achieved his aim of winning gold medals in two Paralympic sports after partnering with Heath Davidson to win the men's wheelchair quad doubles title.

• Chris Dutton

Tennis ACT boss Ross Triffitt hopes securing a major sponsor for the Canberra International will ensure the event's long-term future and the capital's place in the Australian tennis calendar.

• Michael Chammas

Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic settled their differences over "a couple nights celebration" in California in March, resuming their bromance after a public spat earlier in the year.

US Open champion Angelique Kerber has officially became the oldest woman to debut at No.1 in the WTA rankings, ending Serena Williams' record-tying run of 186 consecutive weeks in the top spot.

South Africa's top court has dismissed an application by disgraced former grand slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt to challenge his conviction for rape and sexual assault, Independent Online service reported on Monday.

• Michael Chammas

Nick Kyrgios has been rated a 50-50 chance of recovering from the hip injury that ended his US Open in time for Friday's Davis Cup play-off tie against Slovakia in Sydney.

• Christopher Clarey

Stan Wawrinka has beaten world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the US Open final to win his third grand slam.

• Jeff Williams

Maybe it helped that he lost to a good friend. Maybe it helped that he put up a good fight while fighting his own body. And maybe after the long run to the US Open final, Novak Djokovic finally can get some rest.

• Caden Helmers

Wally Masur hit a career-high ranking of 15. Nick Kyrgios could soon match him

• Darren Walton

Lleyton Hewitt wants Nick Kyrgios on Davis Cup duty as much for the young talent's own interests as he does for Australia's cause.

• Lisa Dillman

Just like Karolina Pliskova, who lost in the women's final, Stan Wawrinka was one point away from exiting the US Open long before championship weekend.

Angelique Kerber has stormed home to win the US Open title with a 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory over Karolina Pliskova in the final.

Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares swept the Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3 to win the US Open doubles on Saturday for their second grand slam title of the year.

• Caden Helmers

Wally Masur headlines a trio of Canberra tennis legends inducted into Tennis ACT's Walk of Fame alongside Ken Willis and Keith Carnell.

• Larry Fine

Stan Wawrinka will meet Novak Djokvoic in the final of the US Open after outslugging Kei Nishikori.

• Larry Fine

Stan Wawrinka outslugged Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 in energy-sapping humidity at Flushing Meadows to set up a US Open final against world number one Novak Djokovic.

• Harvey Araton

Novak Djokovic has had more fluid days on the tennis court. But on a suffocating day when the body became desperate for fluids, he was grateful to take a victory any way he could get it.

Serena Williams' 186-week reign as world No.1 is over while the women who replaces her at the top, Angelique Kerber, is through to the US Open final.

Serena Williams' 186-week reign as world No.1 is over after Karolina Pliskova beat her 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in the semi-finals of the US Open.

• Simon Briggs

On Thursday, Andy Murray lost his chance to complete the full set of grand-slam finals in 2016. Instead, he added to his collection of zany meltdowns - this one prompted by a loud clang from the stadium's PA system that reprieved Kei Nishikori during a crucial break-point rally.

Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka has outlasted tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the US Open.