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Tsitsipas brothers join forces to play doubles at Wimbledon this year

World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas apart from looking to win his maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon this year, will also team up with brother Petros Tsitsipas in the doubles event.

World number five Dominic Thiem withdraws from Wimbledon with injured wrist

World Number five Dominic Thiem on Thursday announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury he suffered during his match Tuesday at the Mallorca Championships."I'm going to do everything the doctors say in order to recover as quickly as possible," Thiem said in the note which he posted on all social media platforms. "They've informed me that I might be out for several weeks, but I will do my best to be back on court soon."Tests in Barcelona found that the Austrian star has a "detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist". He will wear a splint for five weeks, and Dr. Angel Ruiz Cotorro and his team will monitor Thiem's progress.Thiem is the second top 10 ATP player to pull out of Wimbledon after two-time champion Rafael Nadal said he was pulling out of the tournament and Tokyo Olympics to rest after the French Open. The 27-year-old is 9-9 on the season.The US Open, where Thiem is the defending champion, gets underway on 30 August.

Zhang Zhizhen first Chinese man to qualify for Wimbledon draw in Open era

Zhang Zhizhen is the first man representing China to earn a spot in the main draw at Wimbledon in the Open era, which began in 1968 when professionals were admitted to Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Zhang won three matches in qualifying rounds for Wimbledon, capped by a 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) victory over Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina on Thursday. The 24-year-old Zhang is ranked 178th. He failed in three previous attempts to qualify at Grand Slam tournaments. China's greatest success in the sport came via Li Na, who won women's singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open and was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019. Main-draw play at the All England Club begins Monday.

French Open 2021: Barbora Krejcikova wins maiden Grand Slam title

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova won her first Grand Slam title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final Saturday.

Tsitsipas beats Zverev to register a place in French Open 2021 final

Stefanos Tsitsipas went from way ahead to suddenly stuck in a five-set struggle against Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday before emerging to earn his first berth in a Grand Slam final

French Open 2021 women's doubles final: Barbora-Katerina vs Iga-Bethanie

Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova could become the first woman since Mary Pierce of France in 2000 to clinch both the singles and doubles French Open titles

Naomi Osaka pulls out of Berlin event, question mark over Wimbledon

Osaka controversially exited the French Open tennis citing mental health issues

French Open: 2019 finalist Marketa Vondrousova reaches 4th round

Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic, who reached the 2019 French Open final, defeated Polona Hercog in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, to enter fourth round of French Open late on Friday

Pulling the plug

Naomi Osaka's run-in with the tennis authorities, shines a light on just how poorly the world tennis bureaucracy is equipped to deal with a young superstar confronted with mental health issues

French Open: World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty pulls out due to injury

Australia's Barty, who also used to play cricket, was one of the favourites to lift the title.

Sponsors hail Japan's Naomi Osaka's 'courage' on mental health issues

A few years ago, a star athlete dropping out of a major tennis tournament over mental health issues might have been seen as a sign of weakness

French Open: Nadal thrashes Gasquet for 17th time, enters 3rd round

Rafael Nadal defeated Richard Gasquet 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 on his 35th birthday to reach third round of French Open here late on Thursday

Men's doubles team test positive at French Open, dropped from tournament

French Open organisers say that both members of a men's doubles team have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been dropped from the tournament

We recognise Osaka's courage in sharing mental health experience: Nike

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has found support from Nike (NKE) and other major sponsors after deciding to withdraw from the ongoing French Open

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Osaka's concerns on mental health

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted to tennis star Naomi Osaka's stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players' concerns about mental health

French Open 2021: Nadal beats Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 7-6, advances to 2nd round

Nadal defeated Australia's Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 in the first-round match played at Court Philippe-Chatrier

French Open 2021: Bopanna-Skugor enters second round of men's doubles

India's Rohan Bopanna and Franko Skugor of Croatia sailed into the men's doubles second round at French Open with a straight-set win over Gerogia's Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andre Begemann of Germany

Novak Djokovic to participate in Olympics 2021 if fans allowed in stands

Novak Djokovic says he is planning to play at the Tokyo Olympics as long as local fans are allowed in stands

Naomi Osaka exposes sports' mental-health risks with French Open exit

An estimated one-third of athletes suffer at some point from a mental-health crisis that manifests as depression and anxiety, eating disorders and burnout, according to studies cited by academics and

I'm so sad about Naomi Osaka, truly hope she'll be okay: Navratilova

Tennis veteran Martina Navratilova said she was "sad" to know that World No. 2 Naomi Osaka decided to withdraw from the ongoing French Open on Monday.Osaka, the Japanese tennis player, pulled out of the French Open citing mental health and revealed she suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018."The truth is that I have suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018 and I have had a really hard time coping with that. Anyone that knows me knows I'm introverted, and anyone that has seen me at the tournaments will notice that I'm often wearing headphones as that helps dull my social anxiety," Osaka said in a statement on Twitter.Navratilova came out in support of Osaka after the incident and pointed out the need of prioritising the mental and emotional aspects of athletes."I am so sad about Naomi Osaka. I truly hope she will be ok. As athletes, we are taught to take care of our body, and perhaps the mental & emotional aspect gets short shrift. This is .