Tennis

Daniil Medvedev leaves the court in Beijing after being disqualified against Novak Djokovic. (AP PHOTO)

Demon faces Djokovic in China final after Medvedev DQ'd

Alex de Minaur will play Novak Djokovic in the China Open final after Daniil Medvedev was disqualified for hitting a ball into the crowd, injuring a spectator.

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Alex de Minaur was left the picture of dismay after injury ruined his China Open final dream. (EPA PHOTO)

Alex de Minaur’s season in doubt after heartbreaking injury

Alex de Minaur faces an anxious wait after a heartbreaking injury forced him out of the biggest final of his career.

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Daniil Medvedev was defaulted from the Beijing Open after hitting a ball into the crowd, injuring a spectator.

Tables turn for Djokovic as rival disqualified over $300,000 brain fade

Even the Serbian great was ‘shocked’ as he admitted he felt sorry for the disqualified former world No.1.

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Elena Rybakina has beaten out-going world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open.

Rybakina dethrones Sabalenka in US Open final thriller

Elena Rybakina has triumphed in three sets over Aryna Sabalenka to win her first US Open title and celebrate becoming world No.1 in grand style.

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Noise from Tik Tok videos being made and ring lights being used during play are among the complaints from tennis stars at this years US Open.

Influencers spark backlash after major disruption at US Open

‘You can smell weed on the court, there’s noise coming from everywhere, it’s becoming a bit of a zoo.’

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Australian Maya Joint celebrates beating Serena Williams for the second time in two months. (AP PHOTO)

Aussie 'Ginger Ninja' Maya Joint slays Serena again

Australian tennis giant-killer Maya Joint has beaten the great Serena Williams for the second time in two months, both wins coming on tennis's biggest stages.

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Second-round flop Alex de Minaur has been left scrambling for the US Open exit gates. (AP PHOTO)

Alex de Minaur dumped out of US Open in humiliating second-round loss

Alex de Minaur has suffered his earliest US Open exit in five years, Australia's three-time quarter-finalist losing to Botic van de Zandschulp in round two.

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Nick Kyrgios has been banned from tennis for one month after failing a drugs test in Mallorca. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Nick Kyrgios accepts new ban for cocaine use

Nick Kyrgios has been suspended from tennis and entered a treatment program after testing positive for cocaine in June.

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Charlotte Hodson and Pat Cash are engaged.

Aussie tennis legend announces engagement to ‘soulmate’

Australian tennis legend and coach Pat Cash has shared that he is engaged to his ‘soulmate’ singer Charlotte Hodson.

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A struggling Novak Djokovic looked well past his glory days as he lost his US Open first-round match to Argentina's Mariano Navone.

Gone on day one: ailing Djokovic crashes out of US Open

A struggling Novak Djokovic looked well past his glory days as he lost his US Open first-round match to Argentina's Mariano Navone.

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Roger Federer couldn't hold back his tears during his induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame.

Tears of joy as 'Fed Express' rolls into Hall of Fame

After bringing joy to millions of fans in his glittering career, Roger Federer was brought to tears at his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine during an ATP 250 event in Mallorca, Spain.

Tennis star Kyrgios suspended after positive drug test

Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for cocaine during competition.

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Alex de Minaur has done just enough in an all-Australian second-round clash in Montreal. (EPA PHOTO)

'A battle': Demon wins all-Aussie clash, Popyrin fights

Alex de Minaur and fellow Australians Alexei Popyrin and Tahlia Gibson have all recorded encouraging wins three weeks out from the US Open in New York.

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Alex de Minaur kept his eye on the prize when he beat family friend and rising star Cruz Hewitt. (EPA PHOTO)

'It was weird': de Minaur beats Hewitt in Aussie tussle

World No.6 Alex de Minaur has put the brakes on Cruz Hewitt's rapid rise to keep his title defence alive in Washington and race into the quarter-finals.

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Alex de Minaur has plenty to celebrate having married and made the world's top five.

De Minaur gets hitched amid career-high

Despite a modest Wimbledon, newly-wed Alex de Minaur has become the highest-ranked Australian male tennis player since Lleyton Hewitt in 2009.

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Cruz Hewitt’s run to the Wimbledon final ended in a three-set loss to Jordan Lee.

Cruz Hewitt’s ‘special’ run to Wimbledon final ends in heartbreak

The 17-year-old’s disappointment was palpable even as Lleyton and Bec lifted him up after a brilliant week.

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Jannik Sinner has won Wimbledon again with a four-set win over Alexander Zverev.

‘Best player in the world’: Epic showdown at Wimbledon final

Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev went head-to-head in an epic battle for the Wimbledon crown.

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Jannik Sinner has won Wimbledon again with a four-set win over Alexander Zverev. (EPA PHOTO)

Sinner winner again as he survives Zverev trial by fire

Italian modern-day great Jannik Sinner has come from a set down against Alexander Zverev to retain his Wimbledon crown and win his fifth grand slam.

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