Category: Tennis

Britain's Andy Murray loses in three sets to Russian Aslan Karatsev in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships in China.

Defending champions Team World win all four matches against Team Europe to dominate day one of the Laver Cup in Canada.

British number two Dan Evans suffers a straight-set defeat by Roman Safiullin in his opening match at the Chengdu Open in China.

Britain's Andy Murray defeats Chinese wildcard Ye Cong Mo to win his opening match of the Zhuhai Championships.

Former British number one Emma Raducanu says she will return to tennis next season after undergoing wrist and ankle surgery in May.

Britain's Harriet Dart loses to Belgium's Greet Minnen and misses out on a place in the quarter-finals at the Guangzhou Open in China.

• Serb is all-time leader in men’s grand slam singles titles
• Spaniard says fans make their own decisions on players

Rafael Nadal has said his longtime rival Novak Djokovic is the most successful tennis player in history, even though he was more ambiguous about who fans prefer to watch.

Djokovic won his 24th grand slam singles title this month when he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final of the US Open. That put him two ahead of Nadal and level with Margaret Court, who holds the women’s record.

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Great Britain will play Novak Djokovic’s Serbia in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in Malaga in November.

Dan Evans and Neal Skupski were the names on everyone’s lips in Manchester as Great Britain progressed to the quarter-finals

As Andy Murray completed his comeback against Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi on Friday during an unforgettable Davis Cup week in Manchester, his victory ensured the maintenance of one of the all-time great Davis Cup records: across his 18 years in the competition, Murray holds a 33-3 record in singles.

It is a reflection of his greatness but also of the state of British tennis during much of his premiership. In order for Britain to achieve anything at all as a national team, such excellence was required of him every time he stepped on to the court. When he lost, Britain failed.

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Britain's Harriet Dart wins her opening match at the Guangzhou Open - the first WTA tournament in China for almost four years.

Watch the moment Great Britain's Dan Evans and Neal Skupski complete a thrilling comeback, saving four match points to beat France and advance to the last eight of the Davis Cup.

Watch the best shots as France's Ugo Humbert beats Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-5 to set up a doubles deciding match at the Davis Cup in Manchester.

Dan Evans and Neal Skupski save four match points before winning a nerve-wracking Davis Cup decider against France.

Watch the best shots as Great Britain's Dan Evans comes from behind to beat France's Arthur Fils 3-6 6-3 6-4 at the Davis Cup in Manchester.

• Paul, McDonald fizzle for USA as underdogs Finland advance
• Davis Cup finals debutants score upset of 32-times champions
• Czech Republic, Australia and Canada all reach quarter-finals

Underdogs Finland stunned 32-times champions the United States on Saturday to seal their place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time, while the Czech Republic, Australia and defending champions Canada all advanced.

Otto Virtanen saved two match points in the decisive tiebreaker to beat Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (7) and Emil Ruusuvuori defeated Tommy Paul 7-6 (1), 6-4 – sealing the result on his fourth match point – to give debutants Finland a historic win in Split, Croatia, at the group stage of the Davis Cup finals.

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