Tennis

America's Lauren Davis is the champion of the ASB Classic following her straight sets victory over the Croatian eighth seed, Ana Konjuh, in the Auckland final.

Croatian tennis player Ana Konjuh might be four years younger than her American opponent Lauren Davis, but the teenager's the favourite to walk away with the ASB Classic title in Auckland.

The world tennis number one and two, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, will go toe-to-toe in the Qatar Open final in Doha tomorrow.

Australian Open junior champion Oliver Anderson has been charged with match-fixing in his native Australia.

After knocking Serena Williams out of the ASB Classic, Madison Brengle was stopped in the quarter finals by Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko.

Top seed Serena Williams hasn't held back in assessing her error-strewn performance during a shock defeat at the ASB Classic.

The 17-time tennis grand slam winner, Roger Federer, hit a road bump on his comeback trail from injury, losing to German teenager Alexander Zverev in three sets at the Hopman Cup in Perth.

Serena Williams has been knocked out of the Auckland Classic with a 4-6 7-6 4-6 loss to fellow American Madison Brengle.

Second seed Venus Williams says she was impressed with the fire that New Zealand teenager Jade Lewis showed in their first round match at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

World number one Andy Murray extended his career-best winning streak on the ATP Tour to 25 as he swept past Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-0 7-6(2) in his opener at the Qatar Open.

Serena Williams shook off the cobwebs from four months away from tennis with a straight-sets victory in the first round of the Auckland Classic.

The Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer showed no signs of rust in his first competitive match for six months when he outclassed Briton Dan Evans 6-3 6-4 at the Hopman Cup in Perth.

World women's tennis number two Serena Williams will open up action on centre court at the ASB Classic in Auckland today, following yesterday's washout.

Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki is banking on this week's Auckland Classic to help her shake out the cobwebs for a 2017 grand-slam tilt.

Auckland's festival of tennis starts off with a bang today when arguably the best player of all time takes center court.

All Blacks Julian and Ardie Savea picked up racquets against Serena and Venus Williams today in Auckland.

National tennis champion Jade Lewis has been drawn to meet second seed Venus Williams in next week's first round of the ASB Classic in Auckland.

Olympic athlete Mo Farah and world tennis number one Andy Murray have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honours List.