Tennis News

Swiss teenager Dominic Stricker now has a 2-0 career record after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-5, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Geneva Open.

Third-seeded Coco Gauff, whose semifinal appearance last week was the best clay-court result of her career, has reached the quarterfinals of the Emilia-Romagna Open with an easy win over Camila Giorgi.

Andy Murray, Venus Williams and Johanna Konta are among the players set to feature when Britain's grass-court events return next month.

The head of UK Anti-Doping, Nicole Sapstead, is leaving to take up a new role with the International Tennis Integrity Agency after 12 years with the organisation, UKAD said on Wednesday.

Nicole Sapstead is to leave her role as chief executive of UK Anti-Doping to join the International Tennis Integrity Agency.

Johanna Konta will step up her preparations for Wimbledon after adding the Birmingham Classic to her summer itinerary, which already includes Nottingham.

Organisers of the Wimbledon Championships are confident that they will be able to host more fans than the current allowance of 25% of capacity at this year's grasscourt Grand Slam.

Wimbledon says it is "confident" more than 25% of fans will be allowed to attend when the tournament returns to the All England Club next month.

Wimbledon chiefs are confident of operating at more than 25 per cent spectator capacity at this year's championships.