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Roland Garros still a ‘building site’
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 26, 2020
French authorities are in a race against time to finish renovations to the Roland Garros centre after months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New quarantine rule puts Halep in doubt for WTA return
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 26, 2020
Simona Halep’s appearance at the WTA event in Palermo next month is in doubt after Italy imposed a mandatory quarantine of 14 days for people

Halep ‘yes’ to Prague puts US Open appearance in doubt
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 23, 2020
World No.2 Simona Halep has committed to the Prague Open next month, confirming she will play back-to-back clay-court tournaments when the WTA Tour resumes. “Hi

Simon ‘excited’ about WTA return in Sicily
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 23, 2020
WTA boss Steve Simon says he cannot wait the Tour to return in Sicily next month and said he hoped the Palermo Open would provide

Unmasked – Djokovic flouts COVID rules in Marbella
- By Roger Parker
- . July 22, 2020
Despite the government of Andalusia which includes his current location Marbella, ordering that face masks must be worn indoors, at the beach and at swimming pools,

Player who criticised Djokovic dumped for breaking WTT health protocols
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 22, 2020
American Danielle Collins, who criticised Novak Djokovic for saying the proposed US Open safety protocols were too “extreme”, has been dumped from the World TeamTennis

Tiley to ‘move heaven and earth’ to ensure Australian Open goes ahead
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 21, 2020
Australian tennis boss Craig Tiley has said he will ‘move heaven and earth’ to ensure the Australia Open goes ahead in January as Melbourne suffers

Venus joins sister Serena at Kentucky event
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 21, 2020
Venus Williams will join her sister Serena at the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky next month. The event’s organisers said last week Serena

Serena takes walk on wild side as Venus makes dramatic entry
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 19, 2020
Serena Williams took a walk on the wild side at the weekend as her big sister Venus made news for a dramatic entry to the

Murray not happy with US Open plans
- By Peter Rowe
- . July 19, 2020
Former World doubles No.1 Jamie Murray is the latest player to express concerns about travelling to New York for next months US Open. Murray said