Tennis

The ITIA ruled that the 32-year-old Halep committed intentional anti-doping rule violations after failing a drug test during the 2022 U.S. Open and for irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport.

Sakkari is ranked ninth and missed out on making the cut for Cancún by one spot. But as the first alternate, she moved in because of Muchova’s withdrawal due to an injured right wrist.

Djokovic will spearhead Serbia at the tournament from December 29-January 7 in Sydney and Perth as he builds towards the defence of his Australian Open title.

World number two Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this month's Swiss Indoors championships in Basel due to injury, organisers said on Wednesday.

Medvedev fell apart in the second set after Korda won the first on a tiebreaker taken to the brink to finish 7-6 (10/8).

The China Open is taking place for the first time since 2019 after Beijing abandoned its long-standing zero-Covid policy.

Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale outplayed Chan Hao-ching and Yu-Hsiou Hsu 6-1 3-6 10-4 in the mixed double semifinal at the Asian Games.

Federer drew roars from the crowd at Rogers Arena where Team World, captained by Patrick McEnroe, swept Bjorn Borg's Team Europe on day one to take a 4-0 lead in the competition Federer helped create in 2017.

Auger-Aliassime breezed past the challenge posed by Monfils, as the Canadian beat the Frenchman 6-4, 6-3. And as a result, Team World clinched the first three singles matches with Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo also posting wins against Team Europe.

The 37-year-old expressed that Djokovic is the best in history and has the numerical parameter to his credit to back it up.

Dan Evans and Neal Skupski managed to secure a victory of French doubles duo, Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in a comeback victory after losing the first set.

Italy took an unassailable 2-0 lead against Sweden to become the seventh team to qualify for the Davis Cup Final.

The American qualifier got the beating of Greek star Sakkari in a game that ended 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (4) in favour of the 22-year-old.

The Belarusian's locker room outburst that followed her US Open final defeat to Coco Gauff reflected her disappointment and frustration on losing the Grand Slam final.

Sumit Nagal lost to Vit Kopriva in straight sets to finish runner-up at the ATP Tulln Challenger.

Danilina and Heliovaara got the better of top-seeded Americans Jessica Pegula and Austin Krajicek 6-3, 6-4 in the summit clash of the mixed doubles event to clinch the title.