As the Davis Cup quarter-final in Rouen took a farcical turn, Leon Smith admitted the "conveyor belt" of talent that helped France to victory shows no sign of being replicated in Britain.
Great Britain are hoping experience counts in their favour after France captain Yannick Noah took a risk in his team selection for their Davis Cup quarter-final in Rouen. Noah dropped Gilles Simon in favour of French number nine Jeremy Chardy, who will play his first Davis Cup...
Peter Bothwell puts his education at SotoTennis Academy on hold this week for another test - gaining Irish promotion to group II of the Davis Cup.
Roger Federer assured Rafael Nadal he will win the Miami Open one day after the Swiss beat the Spaniard to claim his third title of 2017.
Johanna Konta's stranglehold over Venus Williams continued as she became the first British woman to reach the Miami Open final.
Johanna Konta's stranglehold over Venus Williams continues as she became the first British woman to reach the Miami Open final.
Rafael Nadal’s dreams of winning the Miami Open remain intact after a straight sets win over Jack Sock sent him to the semi-finals.
British number one Johanna Konta fought back from a set down to beat Simona Halep 3-6 7-6 (9/7) 6-2 and reach the Miami Open semi-finals. Halep, the tournament's third seed, broke early on in the match in the fourth game to take the opening set, despite Konta saving set points...
Great Britain's hopes of reaching the Davis Cup semi-finals has suffered a major blow with confirmation that Andy Murray is ruled out of next month's last-eight clash with France through injury.
The latest instalment of Roger Federer's "fairytale" return to the top of the game - victory in the BNP Paribas Open - has left him reassessing his goals.
Beaten Andy Murray was at a loss to explain his Indian Wells woes after a shock second-round defeat against Canada's Vasek Pospisil.
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki thinks Maria Sharapova's wildcard for the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart next month is "disrespectful".
Despite winning his first Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title on Saturday night, Andy Murray said he was not sure if he could end his Indian Wells drought.
Andy Murray believes he cannot allow Fernando Verdasco to dictate play when the pair meet in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships.
Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is out of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after suffering a second-round loss to Russia's Evgeny Donskoy yesterday.
World No.1 Andy Murray eased into the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships yesterday on his return after suffering a shock Australian Open exit five weeks ago.
Top seed Milos Raonic enjoyed safe passage to the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open in Florida.
Great Britain have drawn Romania in the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs. Anne Keothavong's team will play the tricky away fixture on April 22 and 23 as they bid to reach the competition's second tier for the first time in almost a quarter of a century.
Great Britain will face Croatia in a Fed Cup promotion play-off after wins for Johanna Konta and Heather Watson secured victory over Turkey in Tallinn.
Andy Murray will have one crucial piece of advice for Roger Federer when the 18-times Grand Slam champion plays in Scotland for the first time in his life later this year.
Denis Shapovalov has admitted he would never have been able to forgive himself if Davis Cup umpire Arnaud Gabas had been seriously injured by his ball-blasting antics on Sunday.
Denis Shapovalov has been fined $7,000 (£5,623) for his reckless actions in Great Britain's Davis Cup victory over Canada, the International Tennis Federation have announced.
Great Britain won their Davis Cup tie against Canada in dramatic fashion last night after teenager Denis Shapovalov was defaulted for hitting a ball into the face of umpire Arnaud Gabas.
Dan Evans must try to quell the fearlessness of youth after Canada put their faith in 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov for this weekend's Davis Cup match.
Traditionally the tennis landscape can look very different at the end of an Australian Open. The year's first Grand Slam event is a place where new talents can emerge and where results can regularly surprise as players struggle to find their feet so soon after the beginning of a...
Serena Williams believes she is playing the best tennis of her entire career after her Australian Open womens singles win on Saturday morning.
Serena Williams has won an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam in Melbourne, beating her older sister Venus in the Australian Open final.
Rafael Nadal admitted his exhausting five-set win over Grigor Dimitrov will put him at a disadvantage against Roger Federer in the Australian Open final.
Roger Federer insists his bid to win an 18th grand slam title in Sunday's Australian Open final will not be hampered by injury.
Johanna Konta admitted she broke down in tears after her Australian Open ended at the hands of Serena Williams. Konta looked set to test the American following her superb run of form but the British No.1 was outclassed on Rod Laver Arena and beaten 6-2 6-3.
Rafael Nadal is back in a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in three years after beating third seed Milos Raonic at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer did what Andy Murray could not and beat Mischa Zverev to reach his 41st grand slam semi-final at the Australian Open.
Venus Williams posted another triumph for the old guard at the Australian Open by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach her 21st Grand Slam semi-final.
Jonas Bjorkman has a simple explanation for the remarkable defeats suffered here at the Australian Open by Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, the world's top two players.
Patrick Mouratoglou, the hugely successful coach of Serena Williams, expects the 22-times Grand Slam champion to beat Johanna Konta here tomorrow morning in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open but predicts the brightest of futures for her British opponent.
Who would have thought it? The talk in tennis in the last year or two has been of Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic dominating the game for the foreseeable future, but the Scot followed the Serb out of the Australian Open in extraordinary fashion.
Defending champion Angelique Kerber bowed out in the Australian Open fourth round after being blown away by American Coco Vandeweghe.
Andy Murray won impressively in straight sets for the second round in a row here at the Australian Open only to find himself upstaged once again by Dan Evans, his fellow countryman.
Kevin Pietersen has apologised to Great Britain's Australian Open giant-killer Dan Evans after he failed to recognise him in a Melbourne casino this week.
Seven months ago, Novak Djokovic's domination of men's tennis could hardly have been more complete. By winning the French Open, which had eluded him for so long, the 29-year-old Serb became the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time...
Johanna Konta expects former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki to be a true test of her credentials of winning the Australian Open.
Like every other British player of the last decade, Dan Evans has grown used to living in the shadow of Andy Murray, but for once the 26-year-old from Birmingham upstaged his Davis Cup colleague.
Angelique Kerber revelled as the Rod Laver Arena sang her happy birthday but it was not all smiles for the top seed against Carina Witthoeft in the Australian Open second round.
Nick Kyrgios has responded angrily to John McEnroe's claim that he "stopped trying" during his shock Australian Open second round defeat to Italian Andreas Seppi.
Heather Watson finds peak motivation at the start of the season and she may have scored her best win of 2017 already after dumping Samantha Stosur out of the Australian Open.
Kyle Edmund made it three British men into the Australian Open second round by sailing past Colombian Santiago Giraldo in straight sets.
Johanna Konta could not deliver the same brilliance that won her the title in Sydney last week but still proved too strong for Kirsten Flipkens in the Australian Open first round.
Roger Federer admits his Australian Open comeback was more difficult than he expected after the 17-time Grand Slam champion battled past Jurgen Melzer to reach the second round.
There were times when the standard of tennis was well below what we have come to expect from Andy Murray but the World No.1 cleared his first hurdle on the opening day of the Australian Open by beating Illya Marchenko in straight sets.
Sir Andy Murray admitted he had to dig deep as the below-par World No.1 beat Illya Marchenko to reach the Australian Open second round.
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