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Novak Djokovic has beaten Daniil Medvedev in three sets to win his ninth Australian Open championship and 18th Grand Slam title

Naomi Osaka has won her fourth Grand Slam trophy by pulling away to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final

The tennis great shared a special message with her supporters after falling short in her in her quest for a 24th Grand Slam singles title.

The Australian Open will be allowed to continue but without crowds after the Victoria state government imposed a five-day lockdown starting Saturday in response to a COVID-19 outbreak at a quarantine hotel

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Two players are among the three latest COVID-19 cases that have emerged from testing conducted on passengers who arrived on charter flights bringing people to Melbourne for the Australian Open

A further 25 players have been forced into hard quarantine in Australia ahead of the season’s first tennis major after a fifth positive coronavirus test emerged from the charter flights, taking the total number of competitors in lockdown to 72

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has been selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Year

Rafael Nadal has beaten Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 in the French Open final to win his 20th Grand Slam title

Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open because of an Achilles injury

Former tennis champ Caroline Wozniacki joined LX News and chatted about the U.S. Open, Novak Djokovic’s controversial disqualification and her friendship with Serena Williams.

Serena Williams came back and won the last four games to beat older sister Venus 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a hard-hitting, back-and-forth, second-round matchup at the Top Seed Open.

The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation is opening up another world for young people in D.C., News4’s Molette Green reports. “I’ve been places I’ve never been before,” one participant said. NBC4 General Manager Jackie Bradford is chair of the foundation’s board of directors. Go to wtef.org for more info.

The French Open will allow fans to attend this year’s postponed tournament

Tennis superstar Venus Williams will join the Washington Kastles for its entire three-week season starting July 12, World TeamTennis announced.  The Kastles will be one of nine teams that will gather at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.  “I’m excited to be playing World TeamTennis with the Kastles again this year,” Williams said in a statement. “It’s always a...

Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday he and his wife have COVID-19 after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organized in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Raising questions about the full-fledged return of tennis, including the U.S. Open, planned for August, Djokovic — who stands third in the history of…

The US Open tennis tournament will take place as scheduled in late August, but without fans in attendance, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. The tournament, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, is one of the biggest events of the year in New York City and also (usually) a crucial revenue driver for the city….

The All-England Tennis Club announced Wednesday that the 2020 Wimbledon tournament has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wimbledon canceled for 1st time since World War II because of coronavirus pandemic

The BNP Paribas Open, set to begin this week, has been postponed after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley