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In the end, Williams secured the 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) victory to book her place in the final, but not before an injury to her upper left leg and a testy Vinci almost derailed her progress in the third set. Now tied at five-games-all, both players were desperately trying to finish...

Vinci added sarcastically. Williams got in an indecipherable last word.

Andy Murray will be expected to play in the World Tour Finals in London in November, despite suggesting he may miss the event to prepare for Britain’s Davis Cup final against Belgium.

Andy Murray is ready to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals in London for the second time in three years in order to give himself extra preparation for Great Britain’s first Davis Cup final for 79 years against Belgium.

Brother Jamie is one of the form doubles players in the world, having got to the final at Wimbledon and, just a week ago, the US Open. It has been giving me a lot of trouble this week. “My results speak for themselves”.

My son is six.

However, Murray recovered and with Tomic serving to send the set into a tie-break, the Brit found himself with three set points. Their only previous appearance was in 1904, when a 3-2 win over France gave them the chance to challenge the defending champions, the British Isles, in...

Great Britain and Australia are tied after day one of their Davis Cup semi-final in Glasgow on Friday.

Birmingham-born Evans, who now plays the Futures circuit and has slumped to No.300 in the world, was originally called into the squad as back-up, but has forced his way past out-of-form James Ward and youngster Kyle Edmund.

Britain’s Andy Murray serves to Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis…

Wait, what? That was basically the reaction on Saturday night, when just-crowned U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta finished her speech.

The U.S. Open women’s semi-finals scheduled to be played on Thursday evening have been postponed.

World No 26 Italian tennis star celebrates in her moment of triumph at the US Open. The Italian Pennetta announced her retirement from tennis minutes after defeating compatriot Roberta Vinci to win her first major silverware.

Meanwhile, Isner progressed to the fourth round after Jiri Vesely was forced to retire from the tournament.

“It’s tiring”, he said. “I think it worked”.