Young guns craving to end the reign of Wimbledon’s fab four

Since 2002 Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray have been only winners of men's title

Roger Federer no longer chasing world number one ranking

Swiss to focus on Grand Slams than battling Djokovic and Nadal for top ranking

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Lightweight world champion needed to become exceptional – and she did

Ada Hegerberg’s historic Ballon d’Or win feels like a missed opportunity

Martin Solveig incident isn’t a return to the past because sexism is still all too present

Georgia Drummy into Wimbledon girls doubles quarter-finals

The 18-year-old from Dublin and her American teammate now face number two seeds

Wimbledon: Roger Federer continues exhibition of brilliance

Opening set against Adrian Mannarino was more akin to performance art

Wimbledon: players move or perish as seeds begin to collide

Five of top 10 men’s seeds in action in week two, with Mannarino facing Federer

Top-class tennis exacting a heavy toll on elite players

Murray just the latest to discover he has been writing cheques his body can’t cash

Stan Wawrinka and Rafa Nadal give Australian Open huge boost

Former champions indicate intention to play event already hit by big-name withdrawals

Wimbledon: Gilles Muller knocks out Rafael Nadal after epic

The 34-year-old veteran kept his nerve after almost five hours to defeat the Spaniard

Wawrinka pierces Murray’s armour to reach French Open final

Swiss star twice comes from a set down to avenge last year’s semi-final defeat

Nadal set for semi-final showdown with Djokovic in Madrid

The Spaniard overcame Belgian David Goffin 7-6(3) 6-2 in the quarter-finals

Rafael Nadal battles hard to give the world what they want

Spaniard edged out Dimitrov in an epic five-set match to set up final with Federer

Golden oldies leading tennis into brave new world

Williams sisters and Federer proving that veteran doesn’t have to mean past it

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Andy Murray rightfully ends 2016 on top of the world

Scot battled hard against fatigue in London to secure his place as world number one

Serena Williams can set record in Grand Slam play wins

World number one is one victory away from passing Navratilova with 307th career win

Tennis endures a season of scandal, from match-fixing to doping

The failure to make the sport transparently clean has done near irreparable damage

Indian Wells CEO steps down amid sexism scandal

Raymond Moore said woman’s tennis tour ‘rides on the coat-tails’ of the men’s game

Remarks may spark boycott-Navratilova

Former tennis star says she won’t be suprised if women players boycott Indian Wells

Novak Djokovic: men should get more prize money than women

Follows Raymond Moore’s comments that women should thank Federer and Nadal

Novak Djokovic breezes into third round of Shanghai Masters

World number one drops only three games in 6-2 6-1 victory over Martin Klizan

French Open: Novak Djokovic sets up mouth-watering Nadal clash

Serbian put Richard Gasquet away in three short sets at Roland Garros

Classic men’s Wimbledon final in store

Roger Federer seeking his eighth title against top seed Novak Djokovic

Nick Kyrgios dumps world number one Rafa Nadal out of Wimbledon

19-year-old Australian romps past second seed and two-time champion to set up quarter-final clash with Milos Raonic

Grigor Dimitrov joins roll call of usual suspects

The 23-year-old Bulgarian poised to meet Britain’s Andy Murray in quarter final

Murray begins title defence with clinical display

Champion opens campaign with straight sets defeat of David Goffin

Murray and Djokovic on collision course at Wimbledon

Defending champion will meet number one seed in semi-finals if both make it that far

'Smart’ racquets the way forward in tennis

Strings with sensors connected to computers will soon tell players all they need to know

Wawrinka beats ailing Nadal to claim maiden Grand Slam title

Swiss player holds nerve to win Australian Open in Melbourne

Nadal overpowers Federer to reach Australian Open final

Spanish player sets up final meeting with Wawrinka

Top seeds keep up the heat as Melbourne begins to cool

Djokovic and Serena Williams both through in straight sets

Nadal and Federer on course for first US Open battle

Duo ease through third round as possible quarter-final looms

Andy Murray powers his way into Wimbledon fourth round

Scottish number two seed looks as good as he has ever done on Centre Court

Djokovic sails through at Wimbledon

The world number one was untroubled in his second round match on Centre Court

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