12:26 AM ET Denis Shapovalov has pulled off the ATP Cup’s first upset to seal victory for Canada in their opening clash with Greece in Brisbane on Friday. The big serving left-hander upstaged world No.6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (6-4) to give Canada an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their tie with the doubles rubber

6:17 PM ET Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — The Canberra International tennis tournament scheduled to begin Monday will relocate to a city about 370 miles away because of continuing wildfires and smoke haze in the region, officials said. The event is on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women’s circuit. Tennis ACT chief executive

5:19 PM ET BRISBANE — Tennis Australia say plans are in place to support those impacted by the country’s bushfires after star Nick Kyrgios‘s proposal for a charity exhibition match to raise funds ahead of this month’s Australian Open gained rapid support. The world No. 30 posted his idea to Twitter late on Wednesday and

8:53 AM ET The year in men’s tennis launches in a radically different way in 2020, with a disruptive new mega-event — the ATP Cup — replacing all but two men’s tournaments as sanctioned preludes to the Australian Open. The ATP Cup, a partnership between the ATP and the hard-charging leadership of Tennis Australia, features

12:50 PM ET The inaugural ATP Cup launches Friday in Australia in three locations, although “fronts” might be a better word to describe the roles Sydney, Brisbane and Perth will play in what is shaping up as a potential clash of the Cups. In three short years, tennis has gone from having just one historic

10:02 PM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — Venus Williams has been forced to pull out of the Brisbane International following an undisclosed “setback” in training. Tournament officials said Wednesday a replacement for the 52nd-ranked Williams will be named on Thursday. Williams had been given a wild card for the Brisbane event which starts Jan.

8:51 AM ET Associated Press A day after Andy Murray put his Grand Slam comeback on hold, Japan’s Kei Nishikori has become the latest high-profile player to withdraw from next month’s Australian Open, citing a right elbow injury. Tennis Australia issued a statement Monday saying Nishikori had withdrawn from the season-opening major at Melbourne Park

6:08 PM ET Andy Murray has withdrawn from next month’s Australian Open and ATP Cup because of a pelvic injury, according to a statement from Murray’s management team released to British media on Saturday night. Murray, who was hoping to play singles at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since tearfully exiting the

1:21 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams dominated the decade, on the court and in conversation. There were, to begin with, the dozen Grand Slam single titles — no other woman had more than three over the past 10 seasons — and the 3 1/2 years in a row at No. 1 in the WTA

5:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Rio Olympics gold medalist Monica Puig had stitches removed Friday after surgery for a nerve problem in her right elbow that will sideline her for the start of the tennis season. The right-hander had the operation in New York earlier this month and announced that she would