• Eamonn Tiernan

After an enormous year on tour Davis Cup star Jordan Thompson finally broke down.

• Jon Pierik

Australian Open director Craig Tiley has reached out to Bernard Tomic, offering "health and wellbeing" support at a time when the career of the struggling tennis star is at the crossroads.

• Jon Pierik

Sam Stosur was espousing the benefits of tennis' Hot Shots program for future generations of potential stars at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. But don't read that as a sign the Australian veteran believes her time will soon be up.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Jordan Thompson has backed Canberra to host a Davis Cup tie to bring home Nick Kyrgios.

​Former world No.1 Martina Hingis has retired from tennis, saying this time she gets to walk away from the sport on her own terms.

Roger Federer eased into the Basel Open quarter-finals with a dominant 6-1 6-3 victory over Frenchman Benoit Paire at his hometown event.

• Billy Freeman

As tennis looks towards Serena Williams returning at the Australian Open, the WTA's boss hopes players will be able to easily function as working mothers while on the tour.

Venus Williams produced a vintage display full of guts and determination to grind out a 7-5 6-7(3) 7-5 victory over Jelena Ostapenko at the WTA Finals on Tuesday.

Bernard Tomic's terrible 2017 has continued with a first-round loss to French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Vienna Open.

Nick Kyrgios has confirmed he won't play again in 2017 as he looks to be fully fit for the lead-up to the Australian Open in January.

Injury appears to have played a role in Nick Kyrgios losing his first match since his Shanghai shenanigans.

Fatigue and injury have combined to curtail Daria Gavrilova's Kremlin Cup campaign - and almost certainly the Australian No.1's hopes of qualifying for the Elite Cup.

Bernard Tomic's forgettable tennis season has continued, with the 24-year-old losing in the final round of qualifying for the Antwerp ATP 250 event.

• Simon Briggs

Roger Federer's fantasy season continued on Sunday as he beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-3 to lift the Shanghai Masters trophy.

World number one Rafael Nadal beat Croatian Marin Cilic on Saturday to set up a mouth-watering clash with Swiss Roger Federer in the Shanghai Masters final.

Hong Kong Daria Gavrilova has reached her first final since August, the Australian seventh seed defeating American Jennifer Brady 6-0, 7-5 at the Hong Kong Open.

• Bill Scott

Samantha Stosur is out of the Hong Kong Open after a straight-sets quarter-final loss to Wang Qiang.

There will be at least one Australian in the last four of the Hong Kong Open with Daria Gavrilova and Lizette Cabrera set to do battle in the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal has continued to scythe his way through the Shanghai Masters, reaching the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-1 thrashing of temperamental Italian Fabio Fognini.

Samantha Stosur has marched into the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open with victory over world No.18 Agnieszka Radwanska.

Nick Kyrgios has been fined almost $A40,000 by the ATP after walking off the court during his opening match at the Shanghai Masters.

• David Polkinghorne

Not even Nick Kyrgios's new-found motivation can stop the Groundhog Day that his tennis career has become.

• Phil Lutton

With the Australian Open her target, Serena Williams could make her competitive return at the Brisbane International, where organisers are still welcoming Nick Kyrgios with open arms despite his latest drama.

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• Darren Walton

Nick Kyrgios has sensationally quiting his first-round match at the Shanghai Masters in apparent protest against the umpiring.

• Jon Pierik

Serena Williams has revealed she is aiming to make her comeback to grand slam tennis at the 2018 Australian Open.

• Jon Pierik

Bernard Tomic may have to seek a wildcard into the 2018 Australian Open unless his ranking dramatically improves before the end of the year.

• Caden Helmers

Nick Kyrgios has revealed his desire to build a facility for disadvantaged kids.

Lleyton Hewitt has implored Bernard Tomic "to put the work in" or face the prospect of wilting during the brutal Australian summer of tennis.

• Darren Walton

Rafael Nadal is urging Nick Kyrgios to "keep going" after consigning the combustible Australian to an explosive straight-sets loss in the China Open final.