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World number 233 Marketa Vondrousova, Croatia's Borna Coric, former Grand Slam champion Francesca Schiavone and American Steve Johnson were among the winners last week. The post Tennis roundup: Teen Marketa Vondrousova, Borna Coric win 1st titles; Steve ...

From Boris Becker's acrobatics in 1985 to Roger Federer's languid brilliance in 2003, Wimbledon has provided the stage for many of tennis's most formidable tyros to secure a maiden Grand Slam trophy.Yet since Federer clinched the first of his seven Wimbledon crowns, nobody outside of tennis's so-called big four has had a look-in at the All England Club with the Swiss, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray sweeping all before them.A quick glance at the bookmakers' favourites for this ...

A look at the 2017 records of Spaniard Rafa Nadal and Austria's Dominic Thiem ahead of their semi-final match at the French Open on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding): 4-RAFA NADAL (record at ATP events and grand slams in 2017) French Open: beat Pablo ...

A look at the 2017 records of Briton Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland ahead of their semi-final at the French Open on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-ANDY MURRAY(record at ATP events and grand slams in 2017) French Open: Defeated Kei ...

Holder Muguruza stamps some star-appeal on Paris IMAGE: Garbine Mugaruza of Spain serves during ladies singles third round match against Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. Roland Garros breathed a sigh of Gallic relief on Friday when defending champion Garbine Muguruza navigated her way through a draw bereft of star appeal to reach the French Open fourth round. With pregnant Serena Williams absent, Maria Sharapova denied an invitation and top seed ...

With 'nothing to lose', Kuznetsov senses upset over vulnerable Murray IMAGE: Andy Murray has had a shaky start on clay court this season. Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images World number one Andy Murray's recent form of just four wins in eight claycourt matches is clear evidence that he can be beaten, the Briton's French Open opponent Andrey Kuznetsov said ahead of their first round clash on Tuesday. Murray has not progressed past the round of 16 in three of his last four tournaments on ...

'I cannot remember a time when the number one went through such a phase. Maybe a bad week, a bad month, but for Andy it's been pretty much the whole year.' IMAGE: Andy Murray reacts. Photograph: Alex Caparros/Getty Images Andy Murray's wretched form ahead of the next week's French Open has left pundits including Boris Becker scratching their heads about what exactly is wrong with the world number one.A year after the Briton produced a stunning claycourt season, winning the Rome title and ...

World N0. 1 Andy Murray slump in 2017 continued as he was knocked out of the Italian Open after suffering a shocking second-round defeat against Italian Fabio Fognini on Tuesday.Murray, the defending champion, crashed out to Fognini 2-6, 4-6 in just over 90 ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz. Photograph: Peter Fox/Getty Images Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for the Russian Grand Prix after Formula One stewards ruled that he was mostly to blame for a collision that brought out the safety car in Sunday's Bahrain race. The Spaniard left the pit-lane and collided with Lance Stroll's Williams just as the 18-year-old Canadian rookie was turning into the ...