Tennis News

Harriet Dart kept her bid to qualify for the Australian Open on track but fellow Britons Gabriella Taylor and Naomi Broady fell by the wayside.

Defending champion Angelique Kerber moved into the Sydney International quarterfinals after beating Camila Giorgi 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Tuesday.

Kyle Edmund prepares for the Australian Open - and celebrates his 24th birthday - by practising with defending champion Roger Federer.

Great Britain's Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong has named her strongest possible squad to play in the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 event in Bath next month.

Chris Evert, an 18-time Grand Slam champion and current ESPN tennis analyst, will chair the US Tennis Association Foundation's board of directors, serving as a spokeswoman and ambassador for the charitable arm.

British hopes Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta are both expected to be fit for the Australian Open despite injury scares which forced them out of warm-up tournaments.

Britain's Harriet Dart is through to the second round of Australian Open qualifying but Naomi Broady and Gabriella Taylor lose.

Rafael Nadal insists he is healthy and in no pain after coming through an exhibition game in Sydney.

Fresh from claiming the Hopman Cup, Belinda Bencic has won her opening match at the Hobart International.