Tennis

The German second seeded Angelique Kerber has beaten 10th Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic to win the US Open tennis title.

Serena Williams' 186-week reign as world number one is over as Karolina Pliskova beat her 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in the semi-finals of the US Open.

Simona Halep did something no one else was able to do against Serena Williams at the U.S. Open but still could not stop the world number one from advancing to the semi-finals of the year's final grand…

The Tennis Integrity Unit is investigating a first-round match at the U.S. Open after irregular betting patterns were detected.

Japan's Kei Nishikori has overcome second seed Andy Murray in a grueling five set enounter to reach the US Tennis Open semi finals.

Serena Williams stormed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals in record-smashing style by beating Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova to claim her record 308th grand slam match win.

Young Frenchman Lucas Pouille scored a stunning five-set upset over 14-times grand slam singles winner Rafa Nadal to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals.

Third seed Stan Wawrinka saved a match point at the U.S. Open on Saturday before squeezing past unheralded Briton Dan Evans in five sets to reach the fourth round.

Serena Williams has become the outright most successful women's player at major tennis championships at the US Open.

New Zealand tennis player Marcus Daniell has progressed to the third round of the doubles at the US Open.

The new $200 million high-tech retractable roof at the Arthur Ashe Stadium has been getting plenty of use at the US Tennis open but it's also attracted plenty of complaints.

Three New Zealand tennis players have enjoyed success in their opening round doubles matches at the US Open.

Second seed Angelique Kerber stayed on track in her quest to unseat Serena Williams as world number one by reaching the third round of the U.S. Open.

Eugenie Bouchard slumped to a first-round defeat at the U.S. Open but the Canadian might yet leave Flushing Meadows a big winner with her lawsuit still to hit the courts.

Roger Federer pulls out of Rio Olympics and the rest of the tennis season to get over a knee problem.

Czech Tomas Berdych has become the third high-profile tennis player to withdraw from the Olympics in two days, saying his concerns over the Zika virus prompted his decision.

Opinion - The tennis is great, of course, but much of the real action at big tournaments these days takes place in the courtside player boxes.