Tennis

Rafael Nadal's tournament win in Barcelona on Sunday has helped him close the gap on Stan Wawrinka in fourth place in the world rankings.

Defending champion Kei Nishikori eased into his third consecutive Barcelona Open final with a 6-3, 6-2 win over French sixth seed Benoit Paire on Saturday.

Following their impressive outing at the 2016 ITF/CAT Africa Junior Championship in Pretoria, South Africa, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has listed Nigeria’s U14 boys team for the World Team Cup African qualifiers.

Boris Becker has criticised world number two Andy Murray after the British tennis star voiced suspicions some of his opponents may have been taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Andy Murray ran down a depleted Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 on Friday to power into his third semi-final at the Monte Carlo Masters.

Andy Murray fought though a roller-coaster finish to squeeze into the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, posting a narrow 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 win over Benoit Paire.

The battle for the four wild cards allocated to Nigeria by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for the Second Tombim Abuja Futures Tennis tournament began yesterday at the Abuja Tennis Club, Package B, and National ...

Zach MacCourt of the United States and Zimbabwe’s Duncan Mugabe became the first foreign players to arrive Abuja for the Tombim ITF Futures tennis tournament, which serves off next week at the tennis courts of the...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic was stunned 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 by Czech Jiri Vesely, the world 55, in Wednesday's second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.

Roger Federer will test a January knee injury under competitive conditions from Sunday when the Monte Carlo Masters marks the opening of the pre-Roland Garros spring clay court campaign.

Chairman Cross River Sports Commission, Orok Duke, has called on relevant stakeholders to make table tennis popular in Nigeria.

World No. 1, Novak Djokovic, beat Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the finals of the Miami Masters in Key Biscayne, Florida, to take his fourth title of 2016.