Alexander Zverev

Superstars avoid early duel

Novak Djokovic can exhale. Jannik Sinner too. The two tennis giants face each other in the Australian Open at the earliest in a potential final.

Despite the doping case – a successful year completed

He is a world number one with a doping case hanging over him – on the tennis court, Jannik Sinner seems untroubled. The Italian put a full stop on a sporting success year by winning the ATP final in Turin against American Taylor Fritz with 2–0 in sets. It's fantastic, says the 23-year-old.

Rematch from US Open – Fritz wants revenge

World number one Jannik Sinner is as expected clear for the final in the ATP finals in tennis. There he meets the fifth-seeded Taylor Fritz – who wants revenge from the US Open final.

Injured Djokovic to miss ATP tour final in Turin

Nadal pulls out of Laver Cup – future uncertain

The Laver Cup will not be Rafael Nadal's farewell tour. The Spaniard is withdrawing from the tournament next week, where Team Europe faces a world team.

Tiafoe victory gives all-American semi in US Open

It will be an all-American semifinal in the US Open tennis with Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz. Which means a home player in the final on Sunday – for the first time since 2006 on the men's side.

Fritz to the semis – the audience hopes for a dream duel

It is 21 years since an American male player won a Grand Slam title in tennis. Then Taylor Fritz was only five years old. After 3–1 in the US Open quarterfinal against Alexander Zverev, he is on a good path to break the curse.

Djokovic knocked out of US Open: "Terrible match"

The reigning champion Novak Djokovic is out of the US Open after losing to Alexei Popyrin from Australia in the third round, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6. Just a terrible match from my side. It happens like this in tournaments sometimes, says the world number two after the match.