tennis

Hails ITF’s decision to allow Pakistan to host Davis Cup ties

Pakistan last hosted a Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in 2004

PTF given permission by ITF to host matches on home soil

South American nation becomes 15th country to lift trophy in 116 years

British bookmaker William Hill installed 29-year-old's odds at 2/1 to receive the honour by Queen Elizabeth II

Scot produces imperious display to defeat Djokovic 6-3, 6-4, winning ATP Tour Finals

World number one moves step closer to semi-finals with gruelling 6-7 (9/11), 6-4, 6-4 victory

World number two defeats Raonic 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5) to book place in semi-final

Serbian claims 6-7 (10-12), 6-0, 6-2 win to survive early scare in ATP World Tour Finals

Believes Murray, Djokovic have made it almost impossible for him to achieve feat

Russian tennis star will resume her role when her doping ban expires in April

The three-times grand slam champion gave little breathing space to John Isner

Scot dethrones Djokovic after Raonic withdraws from their Paris Masters semi-final with injury

The walkover will see Murray, 29, move to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career

Briton says he will love to do go on top in today's match against Milos Raonic

The 29-year-old Scot eases into the quarter-finals of the tournament

Serb begins his bid to hold on to his number one ranking with an easy win over Gilles Muller

Top-ranked tennis star believes the Brit’s last-gasp assault motivates him

Brit takes his season record to 66 wins, with just nine losses

Indian tennis star teaches former cricketer tennis lessons

Former world number one suffered a shock second round defeat to Victor Troicki at the Shanghai Masters last week

Pakistan will be hosting tournament for first time but only local players will be competing

Former world number one says she’s still working to recover from shoulder troubles that hindered her in 2016

Second-ranked Brit demolished Roberto Bautista 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 on Sunday

23-year-old Frenchwoman was ultimately unable to match the Dane's power and consistency

The Serb smashed his racquet, angrily tore his shirt and raged at chair umpire as he was stunned by Roberto Bautista

World number one manages to scrape past 110th-ranked Zverev to reach semi-final

35-year-old has been out of action since July for knee rehabilitation

Official confirmed that duo have applied to take part in Islamabad ranking event

Second-ranked Scot is looking to close the points gap to the Serbian

29-year-old defeated unseeded Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) on Sunday

Polish star known as Magician overwhelms her opponent 6-4, 6-2

Australian power-hitter fires 25 aces to claim the title

Defeat Kyle Edmund and Alexander Zverev respectively

Svitolina took just two sets to beat newly crowned number one

British tennis star says reduction is Sharapova's ban is understandable

Former world number one was banned by ITF in June after testing positive for banned drug meldonium

Peng Shuai beat seven-time Grand Slam champion 7-5, 6-1 in first round encounter on Monday

Chief executive considers introducing super tie-breakers, no-ad scoring in singles matches

Pakistan’s top player Sara Mansoor eyes chance to achieve milestone

Former world number two dismisses Cibulkova 6-1, 6-1 in final

Briton advances to quarter-finals with coveted ranking firmly in sight

Romanian world number five beat Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 before detailing heavy blow from a ball

Overcomes challenge from Mladenovic to set up meeting with Kvitova in third round

However, Wimbledon champion backs proposals to shorten matches in the competition

Cyber-hacking group publishes more athletes’ medical records

Claims players not the only ones responsible for 5-0 humiliation

Kiwis finish off their opponents with straight-set victories in reverse singles on final day

Team relegated after losing doubles match to New Zealand on day two

Drop down from Asia Oceania Zone's Group I after 3-0 defeat to New Zealand