Venus Williams

Venus Williams to play Hopman Cup

Seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams to play in the Hopman Cup in Perth for the first time in her long career.

Venus Williams cruises into US quarters

Venus Williams has avenged a loss by routing ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 6-3 at the US Open to set up a possible showdown with her sister Serena.

Venus Williams takes indefinite leave

Six-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will be sidelined indefinitely, though she did not say why she will be out of action.

Venus Williams loses in first round

Top seed and defending champion Venus Williams has been upset in the opening round of the Cellular South Cup in Memphis by qualifier Petra Kvitova 2-6 6-4 6-3.

I'm no has-been, declares Venus Williams

By Guy Hand Venus Williams warned against those who are keen to write her and sister Serena off as grand slam has-beens after their early Australian Open exits.

Tennis

Stosur finally finds form on clay

Samantha Stosur has finally enjoyed her first win of the European clay season on her third attempt, with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win over Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei on Monday at the Rome Masters.

Tennis

Russia reach Fed Cup final

Paris Four-time champions Russia became the first team to come back from 2-0 down in a Fed Cup semi-final to complete a 3-2 triumph over Slovakia on Sunday.

Tennis

Sharapova thrashes Williams in Open

Seven-time grand slam champion Venus Williams became just another Maria Sharapova victim as the Russian took her astonishing Australian Open start up a notch in the third round on Friday night.

Tennis

Djokovic targets grand slam

Novak Djokovic believes he can become only the third man in history to hold all four majors at the same time in 2013 having come so agonisingly close last year.

Tennis

Ivanovic eyes Hopman Cup win

Perth Former world No.1 has set her sights on breaking back into the world's top 10 next year.

Venus making plans for Rio

Perth Former world No.1 wants to play until she’s 36 and join her sister, Serena, at the 2016 Games.

Hopman Cup

Isner out of Hopman Cup with injury

John Isner has withdrawn from the Hopman Cup with a right knee injury, ending the American team's chances of reaching the final of the tournament.

Tennis

Isner quits cup with knee injury

Perth American John Isner becomes the second international to quit the Hopman Cup with a knee injury on Thursday.

Tennis

A tale of two hopefuls

Matt Murnane For 16-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis, it was a heartache only matched by the fatigue filling the rest of his body.

Juniors put on a show

Matt Murnane Up-and-coming youngsters put on a show on opening day of Open qualifiers.

Tennis

Australian Open women's draw

Women's singles draw for the Australian Open tennis championships which begin in Melbourne on Monday (prefix denotes seeding):

Federer the roadblock to men's hopes, but safer start for Stosur

Adam Cooper ROGER Federer looms as Bernard Tomic's opponent again in the middle rounds at Melbourne Park and former Australian star Pat Cash reckons last year's clash will benefit the Swiss superstar more than...