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Covid-19: Novak Djokovic Foundation donates ventilators to hospital

Earlier in March, Novak Djokovic and wife Jelena Djokovic had announced that they will donate a million Euros to help the people of Serbia in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Tennis star Naomi Osaka becomes world's highest paid female athlete

Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam champion, ranks No. 29 on the 2020 Forbes list of the world's 100 top-paid athletes while Williams is No. 33

Sports books to keep you going while you wait for the real action to resume

If you're done with endless TV re-runs of classic matches, Dhruv Munjal offers a choice of entertaining sports books to keep you going.

Coronavirus impact: Cancellation possible, admit Australian Open organisers

The Australian Open is scheduled to take place in Melbourne from January 18-31 next year

Covid-19 impact: All French Open tickets to be cancelled, reimbursed

Roland-Garros was initially scheduled for May 24-June 7, but has been pushed back to likely run between September 27-October 11

Did Novak Djokovic break Spain's coronavirus rules by hitting the court?

The Spanish tennis federation said in a statement on Monday that professional players in Spain were allowed to exercise by themselves or with a coach, but not yet on a tennis court

Coronavirus impact: Wimbledon cancelled for first time since WWII

It now joins the growing list of sports events scrapped completely in 2020 because of the COVID-19 outbreak

Will tennis return in 2020? Former star Gabriela Sabatini has her doubts

The professional tennis season was suspended in mid-March, in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization

Maria Sharapova wants to be clear: She is retiring, not quitting

A 6-foot-2 Russian who punctuated her flat groundstrokes with piercing shrieks, Sharapova made one of the most extraordinary journeys in sports

Olympic football qualifiers, Fed Cup moved from China over coronavirus fear

The football tournament had already been moved from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, to Nanjing in Jiangsu province, but will now be held in Sydney, the Asian Football Confederation said

Roger Federer: Grand Slam champion to sneakerhead?

The 20-time major winner is taking a big step toward life after tennis with On, a small Swiss running shoe brand with a cult following

Young guns are finally firing in men's tennis at this year's ATP Finals

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem dominated the early stages of the year-end ATP Finals this week, suggesting men's tennis is in good form

Sumit Nagal wins ATP challenger; jumps to career-best ranking of 135

Last month, Nagal grabbed headlines after he made his Grand Slam debut and produced a spirited fight against the legendary Roger Federer in the first-round of the US Open

Rafael Nadal beats Medvedev in marathon match to win fourth US Open

Nadal made his opponent work for every point and overcame the aggressive Russian in one of the most gripping five-set finals in the Grand Slam history

Tennis partners

What tennis offers is an escape, a retreat from the world, a forgetting. And what about this world, at this time, is worth remembering?

US Open 2019: Sumit Nagal takes a set from Roger Federer before exiting

Only Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni have managed to win a set in a Grand Slam main draw before Nagal, in the last two decades

US Open 2019: Sumit Nagal goes down fighting as Federer wins in 4 sets

Nagal won the first set and managed to make Federer sweat for his win

Why the G.O.A.T. question in men's tennis may be settled very soon

Dhruv Munjal on why Novak Djokovic may yet win that highly contested title

Another Grand Slam with old storylines: Can Wimbledon throw up a surprise?

Why there is no looking beyond the 'Big Three' ahead of Wimbledon

Disadvantage tennis

The 1920s of tennis is sometimes seen as the age of Bill Tilden though, except in the US National Championships, he had not been a mind-blowing success anywhere else