Nick Kyrgios is backing his big-stage spirit to lift him out of the doldrums and back into French Open title contention.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Wondering Nick Kyrgios' chances of running deep at the French Open? Better check the weather.

• Darren Walton

Tennis aces Samantha Stosur and Daria Gavrilova will clash for the Australian No.1 ranking on French Open eve after setting up a high-stakes final in Strasbourg.

• Aisha Dow and Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

Tennis great hits back against calls to rebadge the stadium named in her honour, accusing the gay community of bullying, while apparently attacking the Safe Schools program.

• Bhakthi Puvanenthiran

The arena named after the tennis great has rejected her stance on same-sex marriage.

• Darren Walton

Nick Kyrgios and Samantha Stosur will have their work cut out making an impact at the French Open.

• Linda Pearce

First published in The Age on November 28, 2002

• COMMENT
• Peter FitzSimons

Margaret Court's boycott of Qantas should result in her name being stripped from the Australian Open venue.

Australian player Casey Dellacqua is fed up with Margaret Court's anti-gay marriage stance after her family was targeted for criticism by the tennis great.

Nick Kyrgios' untimely injury setback has cost the Australian No.1 an all- important top-16 seeding for the French Open, starting on Sunday.

Samantha Stosur is celebrating an extraordinary milestone that is fuelling the veteran's hopes of embarking on another big French Open charge.

Australia's top-ranked player Samantha Stosur has easily accounted for Madison Brengle to reach the last eight at the WTA's Strasbourg International.

Nine double-faults, 16 aces, erratic behaviour, a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct and a loss to Argentina's world No.94 Nicolas Kicker, all coming one week before the French Open.

• Ben Rothenberg

Asked Sunday if she believed, as the oddsmakers do, that she is the French Open favourite, Simona Halep dissented.

Novak Djokovic has announced that Andre Agassi will coach him at the French Open.

Austria's Dominic Thiem dumped seven-times champion Rafael Nadal out of the Italian Open 6-4 6-3 on Friday to reach the semi-finals, but will have to wait to find out his opponent at the Foro Italico.

• Ben Rothenberg

Three days after being denied entry to the French Open by the French Tennis Federation, Maria Sharapova said that she would not ask for a wildcard into the main draw at Wimbledon.

Clearly Australia's biggest French Open hope, Gavrilova upsets former Roland Garros champion to storm into quarter-finals.

• COMMENT
• Oliver Brown

Sharapova thinks she should get everything her own way on her return from a doping ban, but her French Open snub is a refreshing sign that will not happen.

Maria Sharapova is vowing to "rise up again", a day after she was denied a wildcard entry for the French Open.

• COMMENT
• Simon Briggs

Unlike Roger Federer, Murray does not play tennis for the sheer joy of the experience. He plays to compete, and finds inspiration in some dark places.

Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Italian Open with a hip injury, raising questions about his participation at the French Open in a fortnight's time.

• Danielle Rendina

The ATP's flagship Next Gen ATP Finals for top-ranked tennis players aged 21 or under will feature pioneering new rules including short sets, shot clocks and no lets this November.

Defending champion Andy Murray has been eliminated by local favourite Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-4 before a raucous crowd in his opening match at the Italian Open.

• ​Christopher Clarey

Maria Sharapova will not play at this year's French Open, after organisers opted to not grant the Russian player a wild-card entry into the tournament.

• Simon Briggs in Rome

Roger Federer has dropped a bombshell and announced he will not contest the French Open at Roland Garros this year.

The clock is ticking on Bernard Tomic's French Open preparations after the Australian squandered a strong start to lose in the first round of the Italian Open.

Sam Stosur has been sent packing in the opening round of the Rome WTA tournament at the hands of big-hitting Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Nick Kyrgios might finally have a coach again, on a part-time basis at least, in the form of former world No.4 Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean.