2017 Tennis Results and ATP News

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga serves the ball to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas during their first round tennis match at the Rotterdam World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on February 14, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Koen SUYK / Netherlands OUT

Tsonga to play Goffin in Rotterdam final

FRENCHMAN Jo-Wilfried Tsonga chalked up his 400th career victory in beating Czech Tomas Berdych to reach the final of the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

Door is open for Bernie: Masur

INCOMING Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur will attempt to bring the Tomic family back into the fold after their relationship soured under his predecessor Pat Rafter.

‘I told our driver, but not Rafa’

Chris Chase, FOXsports.com RAFAEL Nadal’s uncle Toni has coached the Spaniard for his entire life, making one aspect of their split simply remarkable.

Cibulkova’s strange tennis ball ritual

AFP WORLD number five Dominika Cibulkova brought some much-needed fun to a sodden Qatar Open giving details of her strange ritual with tennis balls before serving.

Tomic’s shock loss to ATP rookie

Paul Malone BERNARD Tomic has followed his Davis Cup non-appearance with his worst tennis loss by ranking at an ATP tournament for more than 18 months.

Teen Zverev beats Gasquet in French final

TEENAGER Alexander Zverev beat two-time defending champion Richard Gasquet 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to win the Open Sud de France on Sunday and clinch his second career title.

Nadal camp reveals shock split

ONE of tennis’s most successful partnerships is set to come to an end following a surprise revelation from Rafael Nadal’s camp.

Umpire hit in eye by ball undergoes surgery

AAP FRENCH umpire Arnaud Gabas has had surgery to repair a fractured eye socket after being hit by a ball from Canada’s Denis Shapovalov during a Davis Cup tie.

How Reddit mogul won Serena’s heart

Dana Schuster AFTER failed romances with rappers, an NBA player and a movie director — wooing Serena Williams wasn’t going to be easy.

US sorry for Nazi-era German anthem

AFP THE US finally managed to deliver the correct German national anthem at their Fed Cup tie, but a first-day gaffe involving the hymn continued to haunt the competition.

Dasha fails to fire as Aussies lose Fed Cup tie

AAP AUSTRALIA’S women remain in the Fed Cup wilderness for another year after Ukraine secured a clean sweep of the singles rubbers to win their tie in Kharkiv.

‘Epitome of ignorance’: USA’s shameful Nazi gaffe

TENNIS star Andrea Petkovic was filthy after an embarrassing national anthem gaffe by the Americans harked back to Germany’s Nazi era.

Singles defeats leave Aussies in big trouble

AAP AUSTRALIA’S hopes of returning to the head table of women’s tennis are hanging by a thread after both Daria Gavrilova and Ashleigh Barty lost in Ukraine.

The 30 most marketable athletes in the world

Alex Dowd FROM soccer, to tennis, to basketball to cricket and everything in between, athletes are cashing in on their likenesses on a global scale.

Kyrgios’ puzzling NBA All-Star omission

Staff writers NICK Kyrgios caused a stir when he pulled out of a tournament to accept a spot in the NBA’s Celebrity Game. But it looks like it was all for nothing.

Aussie Open junior champ suspended

Staff writers OLIVER Anderson, a former Australian Open junior champion who has been charged with match fixing, has been provisionally suspended.

Dasha ready to bring Aussies in from cold

AAP AUSTRALIA’S Fed Cup team are battling the bitter cold and the absence of Samantha Stosur as they look to win a place back at the top table of women’s tennis.

Sharapova due for Madrid return in May

FORMER champion Maria Sharapova will celebrate the end of a 15-month doping ban with a return to the Madrid Masters in the first week of May.

Weird and wonderful world of Davis Cup

PAUL MALONE TENNIS Queensland’s enthusiasm to host April’s Davis Cup tie between Australia and the United States rekindles memories of some colourful events.

Brisbane chasing Davis Cup tie

Paul Malone, @ <span id="U621922003236t0G" style="text-transform:none;">pmalone_cmail</span> TENNIS Queensland will press its claims to host Australia’s Davis Cup tie against the US in April at Pat Rafter Arena.

Aussie Open junior champ suspended

Staff writers OLIVER Anderson, a former Australian Open junior champion who has been charged with match fixing, has been provisionally suspended.

Dasha ready to bring Aussies in from cold

AAP AUSTRALIA’S Fed Cup team are battling the bitter cold and the absence of Samantha Stosur as they look to win a place back at the top table of women’s tennis.

Sharapova due for Madrid return in May

FORMER champion Maria Sharapova will celebrate the end of a 15-month doping ban with a return to the Madrid Masters in the first week of May.

Weird and wonderful world of Davis Cup

PAUL MALONE TENNIS Queensland’s enthusiasm to host April’s Davis Cup tie between Australia and the United States rekindles memories of some colourful events.

Brisbane chasing Davis Cup tie

Davis Cup teen fined over umpire strike

AFP CANADA’S Denis Shapovalov has been fined for hitting the umpire with the ball during his country’s Davis Cup tie against Great Britain

This guy is the real Super Bowl winner

FORGET Tom Brady. The Patriots’ comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51 earned one fan a date with Canadian tennis star Genie Bouchard.

Aussie tennis stars rise up the rankings

LEO SCHLINK A DAY after completing a stunning Davis Cup debut, Jordan Thompson has risen to a new high ranking, heading a group of five young Aussies to set career marks.

Watch: Cup drama as umpire smashed in face

AFP CANADA has lost its Davis Cup tie to Great Britain 3-2 after Denis Shapovalov accidentally drilled the chair umpire in the face with a ball in reaction to losing a point.

Tennis star smashes umpire in the face

CANADIAN tennis player Denis Shapovalov was disqualified and cost his country a Davis Cup tie after hitting an umpire in the face.

Tomic and Hewitt feud spirals

A FRESH brouhaha between Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt threatens the Aussie No. 2’s future in the Australian team.

‘Roger Federer stole my shot’

Leo Schlink ROGER Federer is accustomed to having his playing style imitated. So it might come as a surprise to the Swiss Master that he “stole” a shot from Nick Kyrgios.

We can win Davis Cup without Bernie: Hewitt

Leo Schlink WITH or without Bernard Tomic, Lleyton Hewitt believes Australia has the depth and quality to make a strong push for its first Davis Cup since 2003.

Thompson win seals 4-1 win for Australia

Leo Schlink JORDAN Thompson has completed a memorable Davis Cup debut, leading Australia to a 4-1 thumping of under-manned Czech Republic at Kooyong.

John Tomic slams Hewitt for Bernie comments

Leo Schlink THE rift between Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt has widened after John Tomic voiced his opinion on the Davis Cup captain’s recent comments about his son.

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Tina Cahill charged with stabbing murder of her fiance in Padstow

JUST a month after getting engaged, young dad David Walsh is dead and his fiancee has been charged with his murder.

Parramatta stabbing: Woman dies after being knifed in chest

A WOMAN has died after being stabbed in the chest at a home in Sydney’s west.

Darwin bombing: a story that’s remained ‘in the shadows’

IT’S been 75 years since 188 Japanese planes bombed Darwin in the first of almost 100 air raids, drawing the top end of Australia into World War II.

Shocking image of Kim Jong-nam ‘unconscious in airport chair after being poisoned’

A SHOCKING photo has emerged of Kim Jong-nam, who was attacked at an airport with poison, just before he died.

Severe thunderstorm hammers Sydney suburbs

FORECASTERS are predicting flash flooding and destructive winds as powerful thunderstorms strike from Gosford to Wollongong.

Joyce: ‘No one gets ahead by being dopey’

Barnaby Joyce says he’s no fool and that even his critics have realised he is a good politician

THIS is Barnaby Joyce uncut. While he has a ‘warm’ relationship with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he stopped short of calling them mates.

Children as young as six-months-old are being encouraged to learn basic mathematics concepts

PARENTS are being encouraged to teach babies as young as six months old basic maths as Australia continues to slide in global numeracy rankings.

Deadly drug seized in Queensland mail

QUEENSLAND authorities have intercepted a package in the mail, of a substance 10,000 times as potent as morphine.

Pauline Hanson’s biggest test is coming

ANALYSIS: She’s had a strong run since sweeping back into the Senate. But is Australia really ready to embrace Pauline Hanson? We’re about to find out.

Teenagers ditch safe sex as HIV education clinic closes

AUSTRALIAN teenagers are putting themselves at considerable risk of contracting serious infections due to their lax safe sex practices.

Little-known loopholes are being used by consumers to get discounts on private health insurance

CLEVER consumers are exploiting little-known loopholes to get big discounts on private health insurance.

Murderer exploded with guilt after 13 years

James McGowan confessed to a Scottish murder after exploding with guilt, 13 years on

JAMES McGowan got away with a murder 15,000km from home, before a mistakenly recorded phone call provided the smoking gun police were looking for.

Samsung defacto head Lee Jae-Yong arrested on charges related to a political corruption scandal

SOUTH Korea has been shocked by the arrest of the defacto head of Samsung as the country’s political corruption scandal deepens.

‘If I’m such a liar, why haven’t they sued my ass?’

FORMER Scientologist Leah Remini has no plans to be silenced by her former religion. Not after it took her 30 years in the “cult” to find her voice.

Firefighter injured and six homes destroyed in NSW bushfire

A FIREFIGHTER has been hospitalised and six homes destroyed as bushfires tore through the southern part of NSW.

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Raptors

The first group of US air force F22s arrived at RAAF Tindal near Katherine ahead of the first Enhanced Air Cooperation activity in Australia under the US Force Posture Initiatives.

Australia Day in the Territory

Territorians turned out in force to celebrate Australia Day.

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