Serena Williams reveals her daughter’s name is nod to Australia
The first-born's initials are a reference to Williams' Australian Open win while pregnant earlier this year.
The first-born's initials are a reference to Williams' Australian Open win while pregnant earlier this year.
France's Caroline Garcia bagged her first Premier 5 level title at the Wuhan Open with a battling 6-7 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win over Australia's Ashleigh Barty.
Ashleigh Barty's fantastic 2017 form has continued with a comfortable semi-final victory over Jelena Ostapenko at the Wuhan Open on Friday.
In-form Ashleigh Barty is savouring another watershed win after upsetting former world No.1 Karolina Pliskova to storm into her third WTA semi-final of the season.
Bernard Tomic faces a reality check after suffering yet another first-round loss that will send the one-time world No.17 spiralling outside the top 150.
Kyrgios had Federer on the ropes, but couldn't get over the line to force the Laver Cup to a final doubles match.
Nick Kyrgios was back to his old ways during his Laver Cup win over Tomas Berdych in Prague.
Nick Kyrgios has led the World team to its only success on the opening day of the Laver Cup, teaming with American Jack Sock to beat Europe's Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych.
Canberra tennis star Nick Kyrgios is in the frame for a Davis Cup homecoming.
In the back seat of a new van in an old city, a stubble-faced Rafael Nadal was laughing hard on my right and a stubble-faced Roger Federer was laughing harder on my left.
Australia will kick off their 2018 Davis Cup campaign by hosting Germany in February, which could see a battle between young guns Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev take centre stage.
We see good sportspeople go bad, and become great because of whether or not they give a f---.
Nick Kyrgios and Lleyton Hewitt will be the men to eventually spearhead Australia to the Davis Cup.
Australia has blown a 2-1 semi-final lead to crash out of the Davis Cup.
Lleyton Hewitt has backed Nick Kyrgios to get the job done for Australia in his Davis Cup reverse singles rubber against Belgian No.1 David Goffin.
Australia are just one win away from a place in the Davis Cup final after an easy doubles rubber win.
Nick Kyrgios has fought back to keep Australia's Davis Cup hopes alive against Belgium.
Nick Kyrgios says Bernard Tomic has "lost his way" and that it's unfair to lump him in the same category as Australia's fallen tennis star.
John Millman has vowed to reward the faith shown in him by Lleyton Hewitt by getting Australia off to a flying start in the Davis Cup semi-final against Belgium.
Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt has sensationally axed Thanasi Kokkinakis from the Davis Cup semi-final against Belgium.
It's hard to argue that this year's win over the United States was Australia's greatest Davis Cup moment since winning the trophy outright in 2003. Now Lleyton Hewitt's team has the chance to out-strip that achievement by edging past Belgium in the semis.
Twitter has reaffirmed its interest in the AFL, as league bosses begin to cast an eye towards the next round of broadcast rights which could involve media behemoth Amazon.
Davis Cup great Lleyton Hewitt claims he's never been around a more united team than the Australian side he'll captain against Belgium in this weekend's semi- final in Brussels.
Nick Kyrgios has revealed his plans to "run through a brick wall" for Lleyton Hewitt to ensure Australia reaches its first Davis Cup final in 14 years.
Maria Sharapova's first significant breakthrough in professional tennis was her victory over Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final. In the years since then, the rivalry has been one-sided; Williams has won their last 18 matches.
A relentless Rafael Nadal thumped Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to win the US Open on Monday, earning the Spaniard his second grand slam title of the season and 16th of his career.
He's been Australia's best Davis Cup performer since Lleyton Hewitt, but Bernard Tomic is now "a long way off" a national recall after losing control in 2017.
New York: Sloane Stephens beat Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 in an all-American US Open final to claim her maiden grand slam title on Saturday.
Kevin Anderson feels like he has been hiding in plain sight throughout his tennis career. Despite collecting three ATP titles, and prize money in excess of $9 million, he is one of the lowest-profile 6ft 8in behemoths in professional sport.
This US Open has thrown up some bizarre storylines, but the women's final on Saturday night (local time) - which brings together two young American talents in Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys - surely tops the lot.
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