Top Canadian Milos Raonic is on the shelf, rehabbing from hip surgery in Toronto and planning to hit some tennis balls for the first time this week.
4 hours agoSouth African Kevin Anderson continued the best season of his career on Wednesday, downing Michael Russell in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Atlanta Championships.
France’s Gael Montfils led the way as the top seeds advanced to the third round of the ATP Hamburg clay-court tournament here on Wednesday.
There was more than just a couple of singles titles on the line as the National Bank Granby Challenger tennis tournament wrapped up Sunday.
Russian tennis player Alisa Kleybanova, who celebrated her 22nd birthday on Friday, has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer.
Canadian Davis Cup captain Martin Laurendeau says he was happy to see Canada drawn against Israel in its World Group qualifying round tie, Sept. 16-18.
The last time tennis legend Jimmy Connors came to Montreal as a player, the tournament was sponsored by a cigarette brand and the competitors basically showered together, in a dank communal room left behind by the Montreal Expos when they moved to Olympic Stadium.
The 348th best hockey player in the world is playing in the National Hockey League.
Fred Niemeyer has always been a popular figure in this part of the world.
Former champion Mikhail Youzhny was an easy opening-round winner, while former top-five star Nikolay Davydenko was among Tuesday's losers at the $645,000 Mercedes Cup tennis event.
Some of the top women's softball teams in the province invade Victoria this weekend as the Victoria/Saanich Women's Softball Association gets set to host the Senior B provincial championship tournament.