Despite sleepless nights struggling with a fever, Andrey Rublev found a way to fight back and win the Madrid Open for the first time. Rublev rallied to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 and in doing so clinched his second Masters 1000 title.Andrey Rublev seals recovery from slump with Madrid Open final triumph Continue reading...

Critics might have fallen for Luca Guadagnino’s erotic tennis romp but it’s a vapid string of disappointing choicesI have spent the week and a half since seeing Challengers on the brink of throwing a racquet-trashing, expletive-scattering, McEnroe-style tantrum. Is Hawkeye working? Did they not see it? How, for an exhausting Mahut-Isner length of huffing...

Russian defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5Rublev: ‘I would say this is the most proud title of my career’Andrey Rublev overcame an opening set wobble to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the final of the Madrid Open on Sunday to win his second Masters 1000 title.Auger-Aliassime was chasing his first Masters title and looked well set...

The WTA finals host revealed its commitment to women’s rights by jailing a female activistIf a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, occasionally, placate progressives, news of an extreme example – the lengthy imprisonment of Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist – has...

World no 1 wins epic 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) in three hours and 11 minutesSwiatek saves three match points to earn first title in MadridIga Swiatek may still be in the early years of her career, still in the process of learning her craft, gaining new tools while yet to reach her peak, but at the same time she continues to make her mark in tennis’s history...

I played on tour for 16 years and I was ready for Luca Guadagnino’s new movie to fail. But it’s the most accurate depiction of the tennis life I have seen on screenOn a hot spring day in Munich, I went to a small movie theatre in the basement of an apartment building, dreading the prospect of missing an evening in the setting sun, possibly with a Bavarian...