Briton beats Peyton Stearns after two tie-breaks‘It was very humid, the ball was bouncing a lot’Emma Raducanu battled to victory over the American Peyton Stearns in the opening round of the Korea Open. A topsy-turvy contest featuring 12 breaks of serve went the way of the former US Open champion after two hours and 43 minutes as she wrapped up a 7-6...

Team coach again criticises ‘ridiculous’ tournament format Australia lose final rubber to Spain but still qualify for finalsLleyton Hewitt says he is proud of his “banged-up” but brave Australia team for battling through a “ridiculous” schedule to reach another Davis Cup finals week. Captain Hewitt, long an outspoken critic of the revamped tournament,...

Evans’ first rubber defeat by Denis Shapovalov sealed exitBritain third in Group D behind Canada and ArgentinaAt the end of a bruising, difficult week that did not play out as they had hoped, Great Britain emerged for the final day of Davis Cup competition in Manchester with just one possible path remaining for them to reach the next stage of the event:...

Draper defeated 7-6 (4), 7-5 by Francisco CerúndoloResult sealed 2-1 reverse after Dan Evans lost first rubberJust a week after the first great grand slam breakthrough of his career, Jack Draper had no time to digest his considerable achievement. He was already back in action in a high-states tussle, battling to the death. The rapid turnaround from...

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Kokkinakis victorious as Australia down Czech RepublicTeam on track to make final-eight tournament in NovemberAustralia’s men are on the verge of another crack at Davis Cup finals glory after winning their second group-stage tie in just three days with a 3-0 whitewash of an ailing Czech Republic in Valencia.Lleyton Hewitt’s team, runners-up for the...