(Reuters) – ‘Smiling Cinderella’ Hinako Shibuno completed a fairytale week by winning the Women’s British Open in her first LPGA event at Milton Keynes on Sunday. The 20-year-old Japanese rank outsider, who earned her nickname because of her radiant smile, ram... More »
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – The final day of practice before the British Open Championship at Royal Portrush was hit by steady rain on Wednesday, and forecasts are for showers on the first two days of competition. Strong sea breezes combined with th... More »
(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy has signaled an attacking policy for this week’s British Open, saying he hopes to use his driver liberally at Royal Portrush after having enjoyed considerable success with the strategy last year. The par-71 Portrush measures a whisker ... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Francesco Molinari was only half joking when he said his stunning British Open victory might make the headlines back home – as long Ferrari had not won the Grand Prix in Hockenheim. The 35-year-old became the first Italian to w... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Francesco Molinari kept the coolest head in Carnoustie as he steered a steady course through a wild afternoon of nailbiting tension at the British Open on Sunday to become the first Italian major champion. With a strong breeze ... More »
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (Reuters) – Not so long ago they were saying he was washed up, finished, but for a spell on Sunday it seemed as if Tiger Woods was ready to shove the words of his critics right back down their throats. Although he ultimately came up short ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Davis Cup – Semi-Finals – Belgium vs Australia – Palais 12, Brussels, Belgium – September 17, 2017 Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt celebrates during the match between Belgium’s David Goffin and Australia’s Nick Kyrgios REUTERS/Yves Herman... More »
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros – Paris – 27/05/2017. Rafael Nadal of Spain attends a training session. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Claycourt phenomenon Rafael Nadal returns to his favorite tournament, albeit not his preferred court, to begin pursuit of a reco... More »
FILE PHOTO: Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland kisses the Claret Jug trophy on the 18th bunker after winning the British Open golf championship at Royal St George’s in Sandwich, southern England July 18, 2011. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty The British Open will be hel... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 29/1/17 Switzerland’s Roger Federer kisses the trophy after winning his Men’s singles final match against Spain’s Rafael Nadal. REUTERS/Issei Kato In his darkest moments last year when he doubte... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 23/1/17 Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni celebrates winning her Women’s singles fourth round match against Jennifer Brady of the U.S. . REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTSWW0G Mirjana Luc... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 23/1/17 Serena Williams of the U.S. hits a shot during her Women’s singles fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova. REUTERS/Issei Kato Serena Williams battled a misbehaving ... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 23/1/17 Britain’s Johanna Konta hits a shot during her Women’s singles fourth round match against Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova. REUTERS/Jason Reed – RTSWVRW Johanna Konta advanced to an Australia... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 16/1/17 Sweat flies off Britain’s Andy Murray during his Men’s singles first round match against Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Andy Murray dug himself out of a number of holes ... More »
Tennis – Qatar Open – Men’s Singles – Andy Murray of Britain v Nicolas Almagro of Spain – Doha, Qatar – 5/1/2017 – Almagro serves the ball. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari Spanish world number 42 Nicolas Almagro defended his injury withdrawal from his match at the A... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 16/1/17 Japan’s Kei Nishikori celebrates after winning his Men’s singles first round match against Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov. REUTERS/Issei Kato Kei Nishikori was forced to dig deep to reach the... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 16/1/17 Venus Williams of the U.S. reacts after winning her Women’s singles first round match against Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Venus Williams survived a rocky start to re... More »
Tennis – Pan Pacific Open Women’s Singles Round 2 match – Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan – 21/09/16. Monica Puig of Puerto Rico serves the ball against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. REUTERS/Issei Kato Monica Puig would never trade her surprise singles go... More »
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – 16/1/17 Shelby Rogers of the U.S. shakes hands after winning her Women’s singles first round match against Romania’s Simona Halep. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Simona Halep fell at the Australian Open’s... More »
Sept 11, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates with the championship trophy after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men’s singles final on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National T... More »
Sep 11, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) poses with the trophy after his match against Novak Djokovic (SRB) on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA... More »
Sep 11, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the championship match on day fourteen of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthon... More »
Sep 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after his match against Kyle Edmund of Great Britain (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Djokovic won 6-2, 6-1,... More »
Sept 3, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Serena Williams of the USA after beating Johanna Larsson of Sweden on day six of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Serena and... More »
Sep 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Angelique Kerber of Germany hits a forehand against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff... More »
Sep 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Lucas Pouille of France celebrates after winning match point against Rafael Nadal of Spain (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. guile won 6-1, 2-6, ... More »
Sep 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Lucas Pouille of France (R) hugs Rafael Nadal of Spain (L) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Pouille won 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6). Mandatory Credit: Geoff Bur... More »
Sept 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Lucas Pouille of France winning a game late in the fifth set against Rafael Nadal of Spain (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: R... More »
Sept 4, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Madison Keys of the USA hits to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (not pictured) on day seven of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sport... More »
TROON, Scotland Record-breaking Swede Henrik Stenson became the first Scandinavian male to capture a major when he won the British Open on Sunday, beating Phil Mickelson in an extraordinary final-round duel. The world number six produced a swashbuckling eight-... More »
TROON, Scotland Rory McIlroy had never played Royal Troon before he came to town last Thursday to get ready for the 145th British Open and after his practice round on Tuesday, you could not blame him if he never played it again. Specifically, he might not want... More »
MELBOURNE Andy Murray thinks he played his best tennis of the tournament during his Australian Open quarter-final victory over David Ferrer on Wednesday after a tough few days when he was distracted by his father-in-law’s illness. The 28-year-old Scot came thr... More »
MELBOURNE Andy Murray continued Britain’s Australian Open success when he overcame David Ferrer 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 in a grueling tussle to reach the semi-finals for the sixth time in seven years on Wednesday. The world number two was forced to scrap for almost... More »
MELBOURNE Johanna Konta ground down Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-4 6-1 at the Australian Open on Wednesday to become the first British woman to reach the semi-finals of a grand slam in over 30 years. Hours later, Andy Murray capped a banner day for Britain ... More »
MELBOURNE Angelique Kerber picked the perfect time to earn her first win over Victoria Azarenka, outgunning the big-hitting Belarusian 6-3 7-5 on Wednesday to advance to her first Australian Open semi-final. Kerber faced three set points trailing 5-2 in the se... More »
MELBOURNE Victoria Azarenka’s hopes of a remarkable comeback Australian Open victory crumbled under Angelique Kerber’s winners on Wednesday but the Belarusian was pleased with solid three weeks Down Under that made her feel she had turned a corner. The twice c... More »
MELBOURNE Fernando Verdasco sent shockwaves through the Australian Open on Tuesday by defeating Rafa Nadal 7-6(6) 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to send the former world number one crashing out in the tournament’s opening round. The first-round exit was 2009 champion Nada... More »
MELBOURNE Venus Williams’s dreams of winning a first Australian Open title at the age of 35 were shattered on Tuesday when she was beaten 6-4 6-2 in the first round by British number one Johanna Konta. The seven-times grand slam champion was named WTA comeback... More »
MELBOURNE Canada’s Milos Raonic has found a novel way to help alleviate the tension that inevitability surrounds a grand slam tennis tournament, he has taken to wearing a mouth guard. Reporters spotted the mouthguard the tall 25-year-old, whose languid movemen... More »
MELBOURNE Johanna Konta did not have to wait long after her stunning first round upset of Venus Williams at the Australian Open on Tuesday before having to field the inevitable questions about her national allegiance. Born and raised until her early teens in S... More »
MELBOURNE Second seed Andy Murray advanced into the second round of the Australian Open after a comfortable 6-1 6-2 6-3 victory over Germany’s Alexander Zverev on Tuesday. The world number two took the first two sets in 71 minutes but found the tall 18-year-ol... More »
NEW YORK Novak Djokovic probably felt like he was battling against 20,001 people in the U.S. Open final on Sunday, with grand slam king Roger Federer on the other side of the net backed by an Arthur Ashe Stadium full of his opponent’s closest friends. As the m... More »
NEW YORK Novak Djokovic closed out the grand slam campaign in style beating long time rival Roger Federer to claim the U.S. Open on Sunday, leaving the Serb a hair away from one of the greatest seasons of all-time. The 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 victory gave Djokovic thr... More »
NEW YORK Unlike the women’s U.S. Open final there was no center court retirement announcement on Sunday with Roger Federer putting aside the disappointment of losing to Novak Djokovic in the men’s final to tell fans he will be back. After winning the U.S. Open... More »
NEW YORK The Williams Family show took center stage at the U.S. Open with Serena and Venus both cruising to straight set wins on Sunday to set up a monster quarter-final between the tennis siblings. Whenever the Williams sisters clash on court it is a major te... More »
NEW YORK Top seed Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut before he posted a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 win at the U.S. Open on Sunday, moving him into his 26th consecutive grand slam quarter-final. After Djokovic won an opening-set groundst... More »
NEW YORK Swiss second seed Roger Federer faces a danger match against big-hitting American John Isner in fourth-round action at the U.S. Open on Monday. Five-times U.S. Open champion Federer will start a warm favorite, but will take nothing for granted when he... More »
NEW YORK Serena Williams moved within three wins of achieving the fourth women’s calendar-year Grand Slam by routing fellow American Madison Keys on Sunday and setting up a U.S. Open quarter-final clash with sister Venus. Williams beat the 20-year-old Keys 6-3... More »
NEW YORK Canadian 25th seed Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from the U.S. Open after suffering a concussion in a locker room fall, tournament officials said on Sunday. “Eugenie Bouchard is withdrawing from the women’s singles competition at the 2015 U.S. Open d... More »
SHANGHAI China stocks fell sharply on Monday before recovering much of their losses as regulators cracked down on speculators which Beijing blames for a 40 percent crash in the country’s stock markets since June. Both main indexes plunged more than 4 percent a... More »
NEW YORK Serena Williams is on the brink of the grandest achievement in tennis, the single season Grand Slam, and even the leading men at the U.S. Open championships starting on Monday are cheering her on. The 33-year-old American, with the 2015 Australian Ope... More »
NEW YORK Maria Sharapova, winner of five grand slam events, has pulled out of the U.S. Open tennis championships due to a leg injury, the Russian said on Sunday. Sharapova, 28, has not played a match since losing to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals... More »
ST ANDREWS, Scotland No one should be surprised if Zach Johnson goes on to win several more majors because, even though he is approaching 40, the new British Open champion is working harder than ever and is performing at his peak. The American waited a long ti... More »
ST ANDREWS, Scotland American Zach Johnson claimed the second major triumph of his career after winning a four-hole playoff at the end of a captivating, cliffhanger of a final round in the British Open on Monday. In an Open that never seemed to want to end, th... More »
