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Professional tennis created an environment ripe for corruption at the sport’s lowest levels and needs reform, an independent task force has reported.

Tennis Australia has joined fellow governing bodies of the sport in backing the findings of an explosive report into match fixing.

Lleyton Hewitt will come out of retirement again to play doubles in Portugal with emerging Australian talent Alex de Minaur.

A two-year investigation has found professional tennis had created an environment ripe for corruption at the sport's lowest levels.

Ashleigh Barty has put Australia within sight of the Fed Cup World Group with an impressive win over Netherlands No.1 Lesley Kerkhove.

Lowly ranked Lesley Kerkhove has stunned Samantha Stosur to give the Netherlands a shock early lead in their World Group playoff.

The French Open begins in less than six weeks but the 22-year-old says he will work around the clock to be able "to compete at my best".

German star Alexander Zverev complained that Thanasi Kokkinakis broke his knee cap during a fiery exchange with a chair umpire.

Alicia Molik is backing Samantha Stosur and Ashleigh Barty to pilot Australia back into the Fed Cup elite.

Rafael Nadal advanced to quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, but there will be no showdown against old rival Novak Djokovic.

Thanasi Kokkinakis's French Open preparations take a hit, with the luckless Australian tennis star needing crutches after a freak fall.