10 h. ago Bizarre moment Daniil Medvedev asks if a BALL GIRL can remove his sweaty shirt amid brutal heat in Shanghai

Medvedev was seen receiving a massage from a physio during the changeover before the third set, with the seated star then seen attempting to remove his sweat-soaked shirt.

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18 h. ago ‘You want a player to die?’ Heat is on tennis after players wilt in extreme conditions

Every year players are pushed to their limits in a sport that chases the sun. But the number of retirements, withdrawals and injuries this season has been shockingJannik Sinner had tried everything but after baking for two and a half hours inside the suffocating sauna of Shanghai’s stadium court, he was finished. Even around midnight, the humidity was still so oppressive that Sinner had spent the final 20 minutes of his third-round match against Tallon Griekspoor cramping, panting and in considerable pain. Eventually, he could not even walk properly. Midway through the final set, the 24-year-old hobbled slowly to his chair using his racket as a crutch and terminated the match.Those scenes were representative of the Shanghai Masters so far as, throughout the past week, so many players have wilted in brutal conditions. Terence Atmane and Hamad Medjedovic both retired after struggling with the heat. Francisco Comesaña appeared close to collapsing and he had to be helped mid-match by hi...

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44 h. ago Timothée Chalamet bursts into Oscars race with rabid Marty Supreme reviews after surprise world premiere

Chalamet plays professional table tennis player Marty Mauser in the new A24 movie

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66 h. ago Daria Kasatkina, Australia’s No 1 women’s tennis player, takes career break citing ‘mental stress’

Russian-born star has ‘hit a wall and can’t continue’She promises to be back in 2026 and ‘ready to rock’Australia’s women’s tennis No 1 has put her career on hold for the rest of the year stating “mentally and emotionally I am at breaking point”.Daria Kasatkina, who switched nationality from Russia to Australia earlier this year, immediately becoming national No 1, blamed the “emotional and mental stress” related to that change, the strain of not seeing her family and the relentless schedule of the tennis circuit. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Tennis pro gets boob job despite "you're not going to be able to play" warning

A French tennis player took nine months away from the sport this year and used that time to have a boob job, despite being warned she would not be able to play again

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3 d. ago Tennis star with £2.1m earnings becomes first pro to get boob job despite warnings

French tennis star Oceane Dodin is the first professional player to undergo a boob job and she has rejected warnings over the impact it could have on her sporting career

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3 d. ago Wimbledon star, 28, takes career break to get boob job after earning millions

French tennis star Oceane Dodin is the first professional player to undergo a boob job and she has rejected warnings over the impact it could have on her sporting career

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4 d. ago Gaël Monfils, tennis’s great showman, prepares for his final bow

The Flying Frenchman thrilled crowds for two decades with acrobatics, charisma and pure joy. As he heads for retirement in 2026, the sport loses a rare entertainerThe curtain call has come for another beloved tennis star: the veteran French player Gaël Monfils will retire at the end of the 2026 season, his 22nd year on the men’s tour. In a social media post announcing the news on Wednesday, Monfils struck an upbeat tone, thanking family and fans while doffing a cap at the range of opponents he was privileged to face during the game’s “golden age”; prominent among his mentions were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic – the only one in that group who is still playing. And while history is likely to remember the 39-year-old Monfils – whose résumé includes nearly 600 match victories, a career-best No 6 singles ranking and more than $24m in on-court earnings – as one of the more unfortunate victims of the Big Four epoch, he makes a compelling counterargument for s...

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5 d. ago Wimbledon tennis player, 28, says she's first active star to have a mid

French tennis player Oceane Dodin has revealed that she has had a breast enhancement - claiming she is the first active professional to do so.

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1 week ago Ryder Cup MC steps down and apologises to Rory McIlroy after leading offensive chant on first tee

Heather McMahan led a chant directed at Europe’s star player on a day when captain Luke Donald said crowds crossed a line

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1 week ago Gabby Logan's affair with tennis player, plea from son and marriage 'regret'

Match of the Day presenter Gabby Logan is hosting the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final as England take on Canada at Twickenham

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1 week ago Gabby Logan's marriage 'regret', affair with tennis player and son's plea over sex life chat

The Match of the Day presenter is fronting coverage of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final as England take on Canada at Twickenham

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2 w. ago Jelena Ostapenko reignites Taylor Townsend feud after racism dispute that rocked US Open

Jelena Ostapenko has reignited her feud with Taylor Townsend after the Latvian was accused of being racist during the US Open.

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2 w. ago Italian rapper Fedez apologizes for lyrics targeting Jannik Sinner after being accused of racism

Italian rapper Fedez has apologized for publishing musical lyrics saying that tennis player Jannik Sinner speaks with “Adolf Hitler’s accent.”

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2 w. ago Italian rapper Fedez accused of inciting racial hatred for lyrics targeting Jannik Sinner

Italian rapper Fedez has been accused of inciting racial hatred for publishing musical lyrics saying that top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner speaks with “Adolf Hitler’s accent.”

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2 w. ago ‘I tried to escape with drugs, pills and alcohol’: Björn Borg on his misery and mayhem after quitting tennis

The sporting superstar walked away from success and adulation at 26 – much to everyone’s bemusement. He opens up about his secret life and the depression, cocaine, overdoses and aggressive cancer that almost killed him‘I’m a person who doesn’t say very much,” Björn Borg says with a wry smile. Which may be the understatement of the century. Borg, the greatest tennis player of his day, has spent 42 years saying nothing since he announced his retirement at the age of 26.When he broke that news in 1983, it was one of the biggest shocks in the history of sport. Not simply because he was at his peak, but also because he was the rock star tennis player – beautiful, mysterious and followed by a flock of teenybopper fans. When Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz triumphed in the US Open earlier this month, aged 22, he became the second youngest player to have won six major tournaments. Borg beat him by four months. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Björn Borg vows to fight ‘extremely aggressive’ prostate cancer ‘like a Wimbledon final’

Borg, 69, is in remission but admitted that living with the diagnosis has been ‘difficult psychologically’

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2 w. ago Meet Dominik Szoboszlai's wife after split from girlfriend who quit sport career to model

Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai, who was previously in a relationship with former tennis player Fanni Gecsek, got married and became a father earlier this year

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3 w. ago American tennis star Taylor Townsend apologizes for comments about Chinese food

American tennis star Taylor Townsend has apologized for making disparaging comments about Chinese food before the United States plays Kazakhstan at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen, China

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3 w. ago Tennis player given lifetime ban and slapped with massive fine for 'role in fixing 22 matches'

Jatuporn Na Lamphun has been banned from playing, coaching at, or attending tennis tournaments following an announcement from the International Tennis Integrity Agency

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