The Irish Times

Oksama Chusovitina and Kim Clijsters can’t resist comeback urge

Athletes ignore outside negativity in order to finish out careers entirely on their terms

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 07:00

Dominic Thiem overcomes battles to achieve ‘life goal’

Austrian has charted his own path to the top and was rewarded on Sunday in New York

Mon Sept 14 2020 - 18:25

Kiki Bertens withdraws from French Open with stomach bug

Tournament favourite retires in the second round along with several other players

Wed May 29 2019 - 21:30

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

Williams burns the house down as Osaka is forgotten

Outburst divided opinion among fans and marred what should have been a special final

Sun Sept 09 2018 - 22:30

Maria Sharapova draws uneasy attention at Australian Open

Russian is making her comeback at the grand slam for first time since her drugs ban

Thu Jan 11 2018 - 17:23

Serena Williams calls for equal pay for black women

Tennis champion says black women in America earn 17% less than white women

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 14:34

Brian Boyd: Federer happy to talk about drugs so why does nobody want to ask?

Wimbledon winner’s remarkable revival raises questions that only he seems to be asking

Mon Jul 17 2017 - 16:21

Serena Williams confirms she is expecting her first child

Player was close to two months pregnant when winning the Australian Open in January

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 21:10

Andy Murray shakes off niggling ankle to win in straight sets

The Scot made it 28 wins in a row by beating Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-0, 6-2

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 13:06

Novak Djokovic beats defending champion Andy Murray in the Madrid Open

Murray also loses second place in ATP world rankings

Sun May 08 2016 - 20:23

Tennis endures a season of scandal, from match-fixing to doping

The failure to make the sport transparently clean has done near irreparable damage

Sat Mar 26 2016 - 01:44

Novak Djokovic presses beast button and gets equality debate wrong

Serbian is usually a slick diplomat but he makes error of judgement at Indian Wells

Mon Mar 21 2016 - 12:37

Andy Murray moves past Nick Kyrgios at Flushing Meadows

Australian bad boy shows flickers of brilliance but succumbs to Scot in four sets

Wed Sept 02 2015 - 09:21

Stan Wawrinka beaten at Queen’s by Kevin Anderson

South African defeats French Open champion 7-6, 7-6

Wed Jun 17 2015 - 21:06

Murray claims place in Miami Open final and sets up possible Djokovic clash

Scot beats Tomas Berdych to face either Isner or world number one

Fri Apr 03 2015 - 22:11

Eugenie Bouchard makes first Grand Slam final

The 20-year old Canadian beat Simona Halep in the Ladies semi-final at Wimbledon

Thu Jul 03 2014 - 18:09

Novak Djokovic warms to his task

Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin del Potro bow out at Indian Wells

Mon Mar 10 2014 - 11:07

Djokovic enlists the help of Becker

German will join Djokovic’s backroom team as head coach in the new year

Wed Dec 18 2013 - 12:27