KYLE EDMUND is Britain’s last man – or woman – standing in New York. The British No 2 beat Steve Johnson in straight sets, but Cameron Norrie lost in three to No 12 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and so followed Aljaz Bedene out of the US Open. Edmund was again impressive as he repeated his victory […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA is sitting pretty in pink in the third round of the US Open. Sharapova wore a day version of her crystal-encrusted dress and, although there was less sparkle in her tennis, there was plenty of the same grit which had helped her through an epic encounter with Simona Halep in the first round. […]
CAMERON NORRIE is the new kid on the British tennis block but he has already felt the Andy Murray effect. Like Murray, Norrie’s family will be thousands of miles away when the British No 5 resumes his US Open campaign today following his first-round victory over Dmitry Tursunov. But father David, speaking from the family home […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA returned to the Grand Slam stage in style with a gutsy victory in a New York classic against Simona Halep. Sharapova was at times brilliant and always compelling as she made her first Major appearance since she failed a drugs test at the 2016 Australian Open. Tennis’s glamour puss returned to the […]
JO KONTA is amazed that her fame now extends as far as…Liverpool. Konta was stopped on the street by tennis fans when she went to the city for fitness testing shortly after her historic run to the Wimbledon semi-finals. The British No 1 is clearly proud of the way she has captured the public’s imagination, […]