Tennis

Stars to watch in table tennis at Paris 2024 Chinese paddlers have won all but one gold medal since their home Olympic Games Beijing 2008, and all but five in the sport's Olympic Games history. Last time out, in the debut of mixed…

World tennis number nine Alex de Minaur will make his Olympic debut in Paris next month, three years after missing out at the Tokyo Games because of Covid.De Minaur was selected Wednesday to spearhead a four-pronged Australian medal…

Iga Swiatek lifted her fourth title at Roland Garros and the plaudits flowed with several tennis greats suggesting she will come close to Rafael Nadal’s record-breaking tally in Paris. The reigning world No 1 produced yet another…

PARIS (AP) — For a few minutes, anyway, it seemed as if Iga Swiatek was a bit off in the French Open final against Jasmine Paolini. Swiatek kept making mistakes early Saturday, got broken in the…

For the first half-dozen years of her pro career, Daria Kasatkina was known as an ascending player, whose tennis was predicated on brains, not brawn, using her racket less as a high-powered weapon than a scalpel. She was known throughout…

Rafael Nadal will not play in September s Davis Cup finals group stage. AFPThe 36-year-old Nadal won the Australian Open and French Open titles earlier this year to take his men's record tally of Grand Slam singles triumphs to 22. But…