Britain’s Andy Murray dropped only five games as he thrashed Bulgarian 22nd seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the quarter-finals at the US Open. Murray, the second seed, won 6-1 6-2 6-2 and now faces Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori in the last eight. The Scot, 29, was below his best against Paolo Lorenzi in the previous round but was superb ...

The Williams sisters went back to back yet again at the U.S. Open on Thursday night. Following Venus’ win over Julia Goerges, Serena Williams took to the covered Arthur Ashe Stadium stage and beat Vania King, 6-3, 6-3. “It’s really amazing to have myself and my sister in the Top 6,” Williams said. “It’s pretty cool. It’s a great feeling. ...

Britain’s Andy Murray became the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles by beating Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in Rio. An emotional Murray, 29, secured a thrilling 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 victory to make it GB’s most successful day at an overseas Games with five gold medals. The see-saw match featured 14 breaks of serve in front ...

Defending champion Serena Williams is out of the Olympics after losing to Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the third round of the women’s singles. Williams lost 6-4 6-3 to Svitolina, ranked 20th in the world. The world number one’s struggles were highlighted by five double faults in the seventh game of the second set. “It didn’t work out the way I ...

Serena and Venus Williams lost for the first time in an Olympics doubles match as their hopes of winning a fourth successive title were surprisingly ended in the first round at Rio 2016. The American top seeds lost 6-3 6-4 to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, who were only paired together at late notice. Strycova replaced Karolina Pliskova, ...

Top seed Novak Djokovic was beaten in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles by Juan Martin Del Potro. The Serb, who lost to Del Potro in the bronze medal play-off at London 2012, was again overpowered by the Argentine, who won 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2). The world number one, 29, was in tears as he left the court ...

Britain’s Andy Murray dismantled Milos Raonic’s huge serve to become the first man to win the Queen’s Club title five times. Raonic led by a set and 3-0 before Murray became the first player this week to break the Canadian’s serve, doing so twice in succession. The top seed and defending champion went on to win 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3. ...

Rafael Nadal will miss this summer’s Wimbledon because of a wrist injury. The Spaniard had to withdraw from the French Open after sustaining the injury in a second-round match. A statement said Nadal’s left wrist will continue to be ‘immobilised’ for two weeks. “After that the player will start an anti inflammatory rehabilitation and physiotherapy based treatment once the cast is ...

World number one Novak Djokovic beat Britain’s Andy Murray to win his first French Open title and complete the career Grand Slam. The Serb, 29, won 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 to win his 12th major title and become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Grand Slams at once. Murray had hoped to secure the ...

Britain’s Andy Murray beat American John Isner in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open. The world number two saved three set points in a 16-minute first-set tie-break and was leading 7-6 (11-9) 2-1 when play was stopped because of rain. Murray, 29, outclassed 15th seed Isner after the break to seal a 7-6 (11-9) 6-4 6-3 ...