Tennis

Anyone for padel? No, I hadn’t heard of it either

In my continuing search for a new sport, I tried padel. It’s like tennis, but less complicated

Sporting land grab goes into overdrive

From football to darts, the kingdom’s ambitions are measured in billions

While rights are rolled back, women’s sport ups the resistance

Sport has always been a proxy battleground, a place where gains can be celebrated even as losses mount elsewhere

Supreme Sabalenka wins second consecutive US Open

Belarusian sheds tears of relief after defeating Amanda Anisimova at Flushing Meadows

Sinner and Alcaraz’s finely balanced rivalry risks becoming stale

The era-defining rivalry could go from box office to bog standard

Despite Althea Gibson’s US Open legacy, tennis still has its faults

Seventy-five years after being the first black player at the US Open, has much changed?

Is this the end of civilised sport as we know it?

We lost golf to the US years ago, now tennis looks like going to, but we have to draw the line at football

Brits crash out but Emma Raducanu shows signs of ascent

No British player makes the second week of the 2025 US Open

Racquet-wrecker Medvedev leaves a bad taste at the US Open

His crimes against fashion were bad, but six-minute mutiny and crowd incitement deserve ridicule

Obituary: Angela Mortimer, British tennis champion

The ‘frail’ Wimbledon, French and Australian grand slam winner made tactical brilliance her hallmark

Concern over Serena Williams’ embrace of weight loss jabs

The tennis superstar has swapped her racket for a syringe. Other athletes may now follow

Singles take centre stage at US Open after mixed doubles jamboree

Venus Williams comeback and Sincaraz final? Singles begins at the US Open

Like folding sheets, tennis is a more exciting watch if one person does it

A DJ booth, new rules and a million-dollar prize at the US Open, but it was still just the mixed doubles

Simon Barnes: Love or hate them, rivalries make sport

From Ali v Frazier to Messi v Ronaldo, they are what create our great narratives

Sinner turns saint in celestial Wimbledon light

23-year-old beats Carlos Alcaraz to become first Italian to win Wimbledon singles title in enthralling final

Shark-like Swiatek devastates Anisimova on way to first Wimbledon title

Saturday’s final was all over in an hour and there was virtually no contest

Repeat or revenge? Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz can serve up a classic

The new ‘big two’ face off today in the latest stage of a rivalry that could herald a new golden age of tennis

Wimbledon’s expansion meets its match

The tennis club’s expansion first has to deal with a determined centenarian