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Davis Cup singles to remain best-of-five sets

Tennis racquet and ball

Davis Cup singles matches will continue to be decided over the best-of-five sets after a proposal to shorten the contests failed to achieve the required mandate, the International Tennis Federation announced.

Kokkinakis into Los Cabos semis

Thanasi Kokkinakis has reached his maiden ATP World Tour semifinal in Los Cabos

Thanasi Kokkinakis is into the final-four of the Los Cabos Open after a straight-sets quarter-final victory over Taylor Fritz in Mexico.

Serena Williams: I suffered racism on court

Serena Williams has won 23 grand slam singles titles.

Tennis star Serena Williams has revealed how she was a victim of racism, both on and off the court, and was told she could never accomplish her dreams because of the colour of her skin.

Rafter regrets how he dealt with Tomic

Bernard Tomic and Pat Rafter of Australia at a Davis Cup tie against Germany in 2012.

​Pat Rafter has expressed a number of regrets about his dealings with Bernard Tomic and conceded that his four-year tenure as Davis Cup captain was largely unenjoyable.

Federer, the Time Lord of tennis

Graphic illustration: Roger Federer, the Time Lord of Tennis. By Stephen Kiprillis.

As the BBC trailed the announcement of the new Dr Who, it was tempting to suggest that the real Time Lord on their screens on Sunday was not Jodie Whittaker but Roger Federer.