The Irish Times

French Open: Djokovic and Nadal on course to meet in quarter-finals

Draw: The pair have won 15 of the last 17 titles at Roland Garros between them

Thu May 19 2022 - 20:35

Emma Raducanu turns to Torben Beltz as new coach

German was a long-time mentor to former world number one Angelique Kerber

Tue Nov 09 2021 - 18:45

Clijsters battles but comes up short at Indian Wells

Former world number one still without a win since announcing her latest comeback

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 18:15

Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez face a battle of teen spirit in US Open final

The two endlessly gutsy teenagers have a long history and a number of parallels

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 08:00

Leylah Fernandez stuns Svitolina to reach US Open semis aged 19

Canadian giant-killer becomes youngest woman to make last four since Sharapova

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 06:57

US Open: Losing is bad enough but it now comes with death threats

Shelby Rogers after defeat: ‘I’m going to have nine million death threats and whatnot’

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 12:21

US Open: Sloane Stephens wins All-American duel with Coco Gauff

28-year-old sees off 17-year-old compatriot as the rain hammers down on Arthur Ashe roof

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 07:53

The Irishman supplying Wimbledon: 'I knew nothing about events rental at first'

Greg Lawless of Arena Events Grop plots deals as sports schedule rebounds after a challening year

Fri Jul 09 2021 - 13:00

Aryna Sabalenka finally delivering on her promise at Wimbledon

Semi-final place beckons after impressive victory over Ons Jabeur on centre court

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 19:15

Wimbledon: Roger Federer sparkles to blow Gasquet away

Barty flatters to deceive in Blinkova win while Nick Kyrgios wows Court Three crowd

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 19:30

Serena Williams joins list of tennis stars to rule out competing at Olympics

Four-time gold medallist reluctant to go because she wouldn't be able to take her daughter

Sun Jun 27 2021 - 14:42

Andy Murray faces tricky Wimbledon return against Basilashvili

Federer can’t face Djokovic until final; Serena Williams will play Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 12:16

Naomi Osaka gets up and running at French Open

Four-time Grand Slam winner boycotting the media as she bids for first Roland Garros title

Sun May 30 2021 - 16:26

Osaka the latest high-profile withdrawal from warm-up events

The final of the Grampians Trophy will not be played due to delay for positive test

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 13:49

47 players isolating before Australian Open after Covid cases on chartered flights

Field are being flown into Melbourne and must quarantine ahead of Grand Slam

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 19:07

Jennifer Bray blasts her way into US Open semi-finals

American proves too strong for Yulia Putintseva to make her first Grand Slam semi-final

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 19:27

Naomi Osaka reaches last 16 in New York

Fourth seed safely through in the US Open after second set wobble against Kostyuk

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 22:28

Top seed Karolina Pliskova crashes out of US Open

Naomi Osaka wins with ease as ‘prisoner’ Mladenovic dumped out by comeback

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 08:11

Novak Djokovic bounces back from early setback to beat Kyle Edmund

World number one keeps up unbeaten year as he moves into third round

Wed Sept 02 2020 - 22:50

Naomi Osaka vows to keep highlighting racial injustice after US Open first round win

22-year-old will wear a mask bearing name of a different shooting victim in each round

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 06:48

Australian Open: Storm brings relief but players remain on edge

Almost €3m raised to fight bushfires with tournament set to go ahead depsite complaints

Wed Jan 15 2020 - 19:05

Tennis and Tokyo: the dream combination

No surprise that Nike-backed Naomi Osaka is the second-highest paid female athlete

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 05:32

Wimbledon: Simona Halep crushes Serena Williams’ dream in less than an hour

Williams remains one victory away from finally equalling Margaret Court’s record

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 15:40

Serena Williams roars back to deny Kaja Juvan a major scalp

18-year-old threatens latest Wimbledon upset before seven-time winner finds her mojo

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 18:58

Konta lets chances slip as Vondrousova sets up final date with Barty

British player twice blew 5-3 leads to Czech teenager at French Open

Fri Jun 07 2019 - 17:05

Serena Williams gets over wretched start to progress in Paris

Caroline Wozniacki’s feet of clay haunt her again at French Open

Mon May 27 2019 - 17:06

Russian teen Potapova knocks out Wimbledon champion Kerber in Paris

German star came into French Open undercooked after ankle injury

Sun May 26 2019 - 13:15

Bianca Andreescu’s teenage vision becomes reality in the desert heat

Canadian wild card secures victory over Angelique Kerber at Indian Wells

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 13:42

Rampaging Sharapova sets up mouth-watering Wozniacki clash

Russian in imposing form as she thrashes Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 6-2, 6-1

Wed Jan 16 2019 - 19:20

Serena Williams still the force on return to Australian Open

American star was eight weeks pregnant when she won the Grand Slam title in 2017

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 10:39

Federer nets unseeded first opponent in Australian Open

Serena Williams’s bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam starts against world No 71

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 18:37

Dominant Serena Williams powers into US Open final

‘It’s really incredible. A year ago I was literally fighting for my life after I had the baby’

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 07:39

Serena Williams still in hot pursuit of record books in New York

The 36-year-old defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-3 to set up a US Open semi-final

Wed Sept 05 2018 - 07:11

US Open: Caroline Wozniacki shocked by Lesia Tsurenko

Women’s tournament loses top two seeds but Petra Kvitova progresses in New York

Fri Aug 31 2018 - 07:21