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Murray Won’t Participate In Australian Open Andy Murray announced Friday that he would not be playing in the upcoming Australian Open after being unable to negotiate a “workable quarantine” with Tennis Australia following his positive COVID-19 test....... Read more Aruna, Omotayo, Others To Compete At WTT Tournaments In Qatar

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Olajide Omotayo are among the top African stars listed for the first official events of the World Table Tennis (WTT) in Qatar scheduled for March 3rd to...... Read more No Delay To Australian Open After 47 Players Hit By Covid Chaos

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley insisted Sunday the Grand Slam would begin as scheduled next month, while admitting it was “not a great situation” for the 47 players who have been...... Read more Murray’s Australian Open In Doubt After Positive Virus Test

Andy Murray’s participation in the Australian Open has been thrown into doubt after it was revealed on Thursday he had tested positive for coronavirus. The British former world No 1 was...... Read more Nigeria Tennis Federation Unveils 2021 Programmes

The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has unveiled its 2021 activities aimed at enhancing the development of the game in the country, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Dayo Abulude, the...... Read more Federer Out Of Australian Open After Knee Surgery

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will miss the Australian Open for the first time in his career as he continues his recovery from two rounds of knee surgery, organisers said...... Read more Murray Accepts Delray Beach Open Wildcard To Begin 2021 Season

Andy Murray will begin his 2021 season at the Delray Beach Open next month after accepting a wildcard for the ATP 250 tournament, the men’s tour said on Saturday. The former...... Read more Australian Open Confirmed To Start February 8, 2021

The Australian Open will start on 8 February, three weeks later than scheduled, organisers confirmed on Saturday after months of speculation over the first Grand Slam of 2021. The start date...... Read more Australian Open Delayed By Three Weeks

The Australian Open will start on 8 February next year after being pushed back three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The first Grand Slam of the 2021 season was scheduled...... Read more Medvedev Beats Thiem To Win ATP Finals

Daniil Medvedev fought back to beat US Open champion Dominic Thiem and win the biggest title of his career at the ATP Finals in London. The Russian dug deep to claim...... Read more ATP Finals: Djokovic On Course To Match Federer's Record

Novak Djokovic out-battled Alexander Zverev to qualify for the last four at the ATP Finals on Friday, staying on track to match Roger Federer’s record of six titles at the end-of-season...... Read more Nadal Reaches ATP Finals Last Four After Beating 2019 Champion

Rafael Nadal reached the ATP Finals last four by beating 2019 champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets. The Spanish world number two overcame Greek Tsitsipas 6-4 4-6 6-2 in London. Nadal,...... Read more CBN Tennis Open: Imeh, Quadre Win Singles Finals

Joseph Imeh and Oyinlomo Quadre on Saturday in Abuja won the men’s and women’s singles finals of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Open Tennis Tournament. Imeh got the better...... Read more 2020 ITTF World Cup: Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna To Challenge German, Slovenian Opponents

Nigeria’s representative at the 2020 ITTF World Cup, Quadri Aruna will challenge Germany’s Patrick Franziska and Slovenia’s Darko Jorgic in group three of the first round stage of the championship taking...... Read more CBN Earmarks N12.9m For Tennis Championship

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has earmarked the sum of N12.9 million as total prize money for its 42nd Senior Open Tennis Championship. This was made known at a press...... Read more Rafael Nadal Becomes Fourth Man With 1,000 Match Wins

Rafael Nadal became only the fourth man to reach 1,000 match wins when he beat fellow Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris...... Read more Wimbledon 2021 May Be Closed To Live Audiences

Next year's Wimbledon Tennis Championships may be held behind closed doors next year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the organizers of the event announced Friday. Sharing three possible scenarios, the...... Read more Murray Exits First Round Of Cologne’s ATP Indoor Tournament

Former world number one Andy Murray suffered a first-round exit at the indoor ATP tournament in Cologne as he lost in straight sets to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco. In the last game...... Read more Nadal Brush Aside Djokovic To Win French Open

Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to win his 13th French Open and equal Roger Federer’s all-time record of 20 Grand Slam titles on Sunday. For world number one Djokovic, the defeat ended...... Read more Teenager Swiatek Wins French Open To Claim First Grand Slam Title

Securing a first Grand Slam title is supposed to be an arduous task but Iga Swiatek won the French Open in a blaze of winners on Saturday. The 19-year-old crushed Sofia...... Read more Djokovic To Face Nadal In French Open Final Blockbuster

Novak Djokovic set up a blockbuster French Open title showdown with Rafael Nadal on Friday after a dramatic five-set semi-final victory over Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas. World number one Djokovic, the...... Read more Djokovic Into Last 16 At Roland Garros As As Women Seeds Scattered

Novak Djokovic demolished Colombian lucky loser Daniel Galan to reach the Roland Garros last 16 for a record-equalling 11th successive year on Saturday as unheralded Daniel Altmaier struck another blow for...... Read more Serena Out Of French Open With Achilles Injury

Three-time French Open champion Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament Wednesday because of a lingering left Achilles injury. She made the announcement shortly before her second-round match against Tsvetana Pironkova. “I...... Read more Nadal, Serena Win Roland Garros Openers As Thiem Faces Early Test

Rafael Nadal began his pursuit of a record-tying 20th men's Grand Slam title with a straight-sets victory at the French Open while Serena Williams made a slow but successful start in...... Read more Venus Williams Slumps To Opening Defeat At French Open

Former French Open runner-up Venus Williams suffered her second successive first round loss in a Grand Slam as she went down 6-4 6-4 to Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Sunday. With...... Read more