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  • Serena Williams. Picture: @usopen/Twitter

    Serena has tricky US Open path in search of 24th Slam

    The women's draw unveiled Thursday ahead of Monday's start of the Flushing Meadows fortnight in a spectator-less COVID-19 quarantine bubble offers some challenges for the 38-year-old third seed.

    237 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka celebrates a win over Elina Svitolina in their Australian open match on 21 January 2019. Picture: @AustralianOpen/Twitter

    Osaka becomes world's highest-earning female athlete

    Osaka burst into the limelight by beating Serena Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open final

    334 days ago
  • Serena Williams. Picture: @AustralianOpen/Twitter

    Serena, Kevin Anderson and NFL players compete in charity virtual tennis event

    The 'Stay at Home Slam' will be streamed Sunday at 4pm ET on Facebook Gaming and on the tennis Facebook page of the company coordinating the tournament, IMG.

    356 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: @naomiosaka/Twitter

    'Homebody' Osaka making the most of isolation, remains focused on Olympics

    Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam winner who also became the first Japanese player to reach world number one, had been preparing for another action-packed summer including her Olympics debut on home soil at Tokyo 2020.

    356 days ago
  • Roger Federer. Picture: @AustralianOpen/Twitter

    Williams, Osaka out, Federer survives as surprises rock Australian Open

    Men's title-holder Novak Djokovic eased into the last 16 but elsewhere there were surprises all over Melbourne Park with Williams the biggest victim and Federer fighting back from 4-8 down in a fifth-set tie-break with John Millman.

    453 days ago
  • Roger Federer serves during his second round Australian Open match against Filip Krajinovic on 22 January 2020. Picture: @AustralianOpen/Twitter

    Serena, Federer into third round as Osaka sets up Coco crunch

    American teenager Gauff, showing a tenacity which is becoming her trademark, clawed her way back from a set down to beat the experienced Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

    455 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: @naomiosaka/Twitter

    Osaka vows to block out negatives after 'toughest year'

    The world number three, who faces Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic in her opener in Melbourne, said she was "in a better head space" compared to 12 months ago.

    460 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: AFP

    Rejuvenated Osaka looking to retain Melbourne title

    Naomi Osaka’s victory over Petra Kvitova in Melbourne last year earned her a second consecutive Grand Slam title following her success at the 2018 US Open.

    461 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: @naomiosaka/Twitter

    'She smelled expensive' - Naomi Osaka reveals Beyonce pep talk

    The two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be defending her Australian Open title this month, bumped into Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z while still 'depressed' after losing in the fourth round at the US Open.

    471 days ago
  • Serbia's Novak Djokovic challenges a call in the fifth set tie breaker against Switzerland's Roger Federer during the men's singles final on day thirteen of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Picture: AFP

    2019 a year of upheaval - except for Nadal and Djokovic

    In many ways 2019 felt like a year of upheaval with a revamped Davis Cup, a shake-up in the ATP hierarchy and new faces lighting up the women’s game, yet some things - notably the furniture at the top of men’s tennis - refuse to budge.

    490 days ago
  • World number 10 Kiki Bertens. Picture: @WTA/Twitter

    Bertens stuns world number one Barty in WTA Finals

    Bertens won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and nine minutes in a see-saw match featuring 12 breaks of serve.

    540 days ago
  • FILE: Naomi Osaka celebrates a win at the Madrid Open on 5 May 2019. Picture: @MutuaMadridOpen/Twitter

    Naomi Osaka picks Japanese citizenship with eye on Olympics: NHK

    Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and a Haitian father, told NHK she has completed an administrative step to obtain Japanese citizenship ahead of her birthday next week.

    559 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: AFP

    Naomi Osaka changes coach for second time this year

    Osaka had already caught the tennis world by surprise when she announced she was parting ways with coach Sascha Bajin, who had overseen her stunning rise to win two grand slams - the US Open in 2018 and the Australian Open title in January.

    587 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka of Japan cries while being interviewed after her match against Coco Gauff of the US during their Round 3 women's Singles match at the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on 31 August. Picture: AFP

    Osaka comforts tearful Gauff after US Open victory

    World number one Osaka overpowered 15-year-old Gauff 6-3, 6-0 in 65 minutes to keep her title defence on track before sharing a warm embrace with an opponent overwhelmed by the occasion in the New York spotlight.

    599 days ago
  • Rafael Nadal in action at the 2019 US Open at Flushing Meadows, New York on 27 August 2019. Picture: @usopen/Twitter

    Nadal rampant at US Open as Thiem, Tsitsipas leads exodus

    Rafael Nadal launched his tilt at a fourth US Open title Tuesday with a swift defeat of John Millman as other leading seeds in his half of the draw tumbled out in the first round.

    603 days ago
  • Serena Williams argues with referee Brian Earley during her Women’s Singles finals match against Naomi Osaka of Japan at the 2018 US Open. Picture: AFP.

    Chair umpire Ramos has lasting impact on US Open

    A year on from the tense decider won 6-2 6-4 by Naomi Osaka, opinion remains deeply divided over how Ramos handled the match and the heated exchanges with Williams.

    607 days ago
  • Novak Djokovic. Picture: @DjokerNole/Twitter

    Djokovic, Osaka named US Open top seeds

    Novak Djokovic, who will be chasing a 17th Grand Slam singles title in New York next week, heads the men's field with Spain's Rafael Nadal seeded second.

    609 days ago
  • Ashleigh Barty of Australia returns a shot to Maria Sakkari of Greece at Lindner Family Tennis Center on 16 August 2019 in Mason, Ohio. Picture: Getty Images/AFP

    Barty reaches Cincy semis, Osaka retires with knee injury

    Barty, the Australian top seed, engineered her second comeback in as many days, overhauling Maria Sakkari 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.

    614 days ago
  • FILE: Wimbledon 2019 finalist Serena Williams. Picture: @Wimbledon/Twitter

    Serena, Osaka book US Open final rematch in Toronto quarter-final

    It would be the first match between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams since the Japanese star defeated her childhood idol 6-2, 6-4 in last year's US Open final

    621 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: AFP

    Serena, Osaka book US Open final rematch in Toronto

    Serena Williams and Japan's Naomi Osaka booked a rematch of last year's US Open final in the WTA Toronto quarterfinals after straight-set triumphs Thursday.

    622 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka. Picture: AFP

    No fun playing since Australian Open, says out-of-form Osaka

    Osaka will be looking to regain her form ahead of the US Open later this month, starting with competing at the Rogers Cup in Toronto next week.

    630 days ago
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