Tennis

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women’s singles first-round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali

Andreescu learning from 2021 disappointment, hoping to bounce back on hardcourt

Still ranked No. 5, Andreescu has played just 19 matches this season

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women’s singles first-round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali
This image released by Netflix shows Naomi Osaka in a scene from the docuseries "Naomi Osaka," premiering on July 16. (Netflix via AP)

‘Naomi Osaka’ docuseries takes intimate look at tennis star

‘Naomi Osaka’ docuseries takes intimate look at tennis star

This image released by Netflix shows Naomi Osaka in a scene from the docuseries "Naomi Osaka," premiering on July 16. (Netflix via AP)
Poland's Hubert Hurkacz plays a return to Italy's Matteo Berrettini during the men's singles semifinals match on day eleven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Novak Djokovic hands Canada’s Denis Shapovalov ‘heartbreaking’ loss at Wimbledon semifinals

Novak Djokovic hands Canada’s Denis Shapovalov ‘heartbreaking’ loss at Wimbledon semifinals

Poland's Hubert Hurkacz plays a return to Italy's Matteo Berrettini during the men's singles semifinals match on day eleven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning a point against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut during the men’s singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali

Shapovalov on Djokovic: ‘I do believe that I have the game to beat him’

Shapovalov made his Tour debut in 2017 and is still considered a rising star

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning a point against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut during the men’s singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali
Hungary's Marton Fucsovics celebrates winning a point against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's singles quarterfinals match on day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

8-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer unsure if he’ll be back

8-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer unsure if he’ll be back

Hungary's Marton Fucsovics celebrates winning a point against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's singles quarterfinals match on day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates after defeating Russia's Karen Khachanov during the men's singles quarterfinals match on day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alastair Grant

Shapovalov advances to Wimbledon semifinals with five-set victory over Khachanov

Shapovalov advances to Wimbledon semifinals with five-set victory over Khachanov

Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates after defeating Russia's Karen Khachanov during the men's singles quarterfinals match on day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alastair Grant
Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning a point against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during the men's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali

Canada’s Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov advance to Wimbledon quarterfinals

Canada’s Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov advance to Wimbledon quarterfinals

Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates winning a point against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during the men's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Alberto Pezzali
Poland's Iga Swiatek plays a return to Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu during the women's singles third round match on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

With family ties, Korda of US heads to Wimbledon’s 4th round

With family ties, Korda of US heads to Wimbledon’s 4th round

Poland's Iga Swiatek plays a return to Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu during the women's singles third round match on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday July 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Denis Shapovalov trounces Andy Murray, advances to Wimbledon’s fourth round

Denis Shapovalov trounces Andy Murray, advances to Wimbledon’s fourth round

Canada's Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women's singles first round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alberto Pezzali

Andreescu makes early exit from Wimbledon, Shapovalov advances to third round

Andreescu makes early exit from Wimbledon, Shapovalov advances to third round

Canada's Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women's singles first round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alberto Pezzali
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women’s singles first round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Lots of slipping and an early Andreescu exit at Wimbledon

Serena Williams retired from her first-round match with a leg injury

  • Jun 30, 2021
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Alize Cornet of France during the women’s singles first round match on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Canada's Vasek Pospisil makes a backhand return to Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on February 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rick Rycroft

Canadian Vasek Pospisil advances to second round at Wimbledon

Canadian Vasek Pospisil advances to second round at Wimbledon

Canada's Vasek Pospisil makes a backhand return to Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on February 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rick Rycroft
Leylah Annie Fernandez, of Canada, returns a shot Marie Bouzkova, of the Czech Republic, in round 1 of the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament in Toronto, Monday August 5, 2019. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) to No. 2 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the second round of the Viking Classic Birmingham on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch

Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez loses third-set tiebreaker against Ons Jabeur

Jabeur now heads to the quarterfinals at the WTA Tour 250 grass-court event

Leylah Annie Fernandez, of Canada, returns a shot Marie Bouzkova, of the Czech Republic, in round 1 of the Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament in Toronto, Monday August 5, 2019. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) to No. 2 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the second round of the Viking Classic Birmingham on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
United States’s Coco Gauff reacts on the court as she plays Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Sakkari stops 2020 champ Swiatek’s French Open streak in QFs

Sakkari plays unseeded Barbora Krejcikova on Thursday

  • Jun 9, 2021
United States’s Coco Gauff reacts on the court as she plays Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Bianca Andreescu and her coach Sylvain Bruneau take a break during a practice session in Montreal on Monday, September 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Bianca Andreescu, coach Sylvain Bruneau part ways after ‘amazing’ run

Bianca Andreescu, coach Sylvain Bruneau part ways after ‘amazing’ run

Bianca Andreescu and her coach Sylvain Bruneau take a break during a practice session in Montreal on Monday, September 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard hits a return to Sara Sorribes Tormo, of Spain, during the women's final in the Abierto of Zapopan tennis tournament in Zapopan, Mexico, on March 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Refugio Ruiz

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard undergoes shoulder surgery

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard undergoes shoulder surgery

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard hits a return to Sara Sorribes Tormo, of Spain, during the women's final in the Abierto of Zapopan tennis tournament in Zapopan, Mexico, on March 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Refugio Ruiz
Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates after defeating Romania's Patricia Maria Tig during their first round match of the French open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Christophe Ena

Athletes: Osaka’s withdrawal raises important questions on media and mental health

Athletes: Osaka’s withdrawal raises important questions on media and mental health

Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates after defeating Romania's Patricia Maria Tig during their first round match of the French open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Sunday, May 30, 2021 in Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Christophe Ena
FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds the trophy after defeating Serena Williams, rear, in the women's final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, in this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, file photo. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021, and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka’s concerns

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka’s concerns

FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds the trophy after defeating Serena Williams, rear, in the women's final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, in this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, file photo. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday, May 31, 2021, and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she has “suffered long bouts of depression.” (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
Canada's Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek during their first round match on day two of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Monday, May 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Christophe Ena

Canadian Bianca Andreescu eliminated in first round of French Open

Canadian Bianca Andreescu eliminated in first round of French Open

Canada's Bianca Andreescu plays a return to Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek during their first round match on day two of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Monday, May 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Christophe Ena
Bianca Andreescu of Canada returns to Ashleigh Barty of Australia during the finals at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Lynne Sladky

Andreescu withdraws from Strasbourg with abdominal discomfort after second-round win

Andreescu withdraws from Strasbourg with abdominal discomfort after second-round win

Bianca Andreescu of Canada returns to Ashleigh Barty of Australia during the finals at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Lynne Sladky