Zverev will be among French Open favourites amid stellar formRaducanu switches focus to upcoming grass-court seasonAlexander Zverev defeated Nicolás Jarry in Rome to win his second Italian Open title. The German first lifted the trophy in the Italian capital in 2017 and repeated that thanks to a 6-4, 7-5 victory over an opponent who was an unexpected...

The Frenchman has battled with injuries and perceptions to remain one of tennis’s great entertainers at the age of 37At any tournament in almost any part of the world, one of the certainties over the past 20 years is that whenever Gaël Monfils plays, fans are present. Tennis, after all, is entertainment, and there have been few greater entertainers...

Swiatek beats Belarusian 6-2, 6-3 in RomePole is third woman to win in Madrid and Italy in same yearWorld No 1 Iga Swiatek brushed aside the No 2 Aryna Sabalenka to win the Italian Open in Rome.The 22-year-old Pole needed just one hour and 29 minutes to ease to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over her Belarusian opponent on the clay to claim the crown for the third...

Cannes film festival A star player at an elite tennis school decides to stay silent when the head coach is suspended in Leonardo Van Dijl’s absorbing movie of things unsaid and subjects avoidedFilmgoers are currently gobbling up Luca Guadagnino’s tennis comedy Challengers with its hilariously imagined sexual dynamic between a female coach and male players....

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LTA confirms new 500 event will kick off grass-court seasonMen’s annual event will run the week after in usual slotWomen’s tennis will return to the Queen’s Club for the first time since 1973 as the LTA confirmed that a new prominent event will kick off the grass-court season in west London from 2025.The new women’s event, a WTA 500 tournament, will...