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The Latest Breaking News from Tennis

Why Is the WTA Requiring Players to Undergo Genetic Sex Screening?

The new eligibility policy sits at the center of the heated debate over transgender participation in sports. So, why did the tour decide to make this move now?

Sports Illustrated

Tennis star collapses on court during three-hour match in 34C heat

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The Independent UK

Tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova collapses in 34C heat in Memphis Classic

World No 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova was taken off court in a wheelchair after collapsing on court due to high temperatures

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Cruz control: Hewitt takes top-100 scalp in ATP first

Cruz Hewitt has won for the first time at ATP Tour level, his Washington upset of former world No.37 Marcus Giron set to rocket him up the tennis rankings.

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Former Thai tennis player found dead with signs of assault

Police are investigating the death of Natthawee Sukantharun, better known as “Coach Nat,” a former Thai national tennis and beach-tennis player who was found dead at his home in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri province, on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Tennis Star’s Wife Exposes Nantucket Store With ‘No Influencers’ Sign In Lengthy Rant, But They Hit Back

Influencer Paige Lorenze, who recently married Tommy Paul, took one look at a sign in a local Nantucket store and decided to take things quite personally.

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Andy Roddick ‘crushes it’ with acting debut in Apple TV’s pickleball comedy The Dink

Co-star Jake Johnson admits tennis star’s casting was a ‘gamble’ but says it’s one that paid off

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All India Tennis Association cuts overseas travel allowance to $450 from $700

The All India Tennis Association approved governance reforms, cutting official overseas travel allowances significantly. Officials will now receive USD 450 daily, a reduction from the previous USD 700 entitlement. Foreign tour durations are capped at four days, and only current office-bearers can travel officially. Junior players will receive overseas training…

The Economic Times

'I fell blindly in love...': How former US Open champion and four-time Grand Slam winner Arantxa Sánchez Vicario lost £31 million after trusting her ex-husband with her finances

Former tennis champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who has won US Open, French Open and Grand Slam titles four times, lost millions after trusting her ex-husband with finances. She revealed this devastating experience led to emotional distress and therapy. A Spanish court found the former couple guilty of fraud in January…

The Economic Times

Tennis Becomes the First Major Women's Sport to Require Genetic Testing as Rights Advocates and Scientists Sound Alarm

The WTA began mandatory SRY gene testing for all players in July 2026, becoming the first major women's sports league to require genetic testing. Experts warn the policy could harm intersex women.

Medical Daily

As A Tennis Player, I Wasn't Planning To Watch The Dink, But Then The Reviews Dropped

I'll try to keep my feelings about pickleball out of it.

Cinemablend

Nagaland Is the Northeast Indian State That Will Rearrange Your Assumptions About India

The India you thought you knew stops at the foothillsKohima sits at roughly 1,500 metres above sea level, and the air there does something immediate to your assumptions. The town is the capital of Nagaland, a state that shares borders with Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh, and it looks nothing like…

Times Life

What Tennis Could Learn From the World Cup

Would third-place matches work at majors? Plus, a check-in on Félix Auger-Aliassime and more in this week’s mailbag.

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Evening Standard

Second challenge to Wimbledon tennis expansion plans goes to Court of Appeal

A campaign group’s second legal challenge against the expansion of the Wimbledon tennis site has been allowed to go to the Court of Appeal.

The Independent UK

I stayed at Andy Murray’s five-star country house hotel – here’s what I thought

HOTELS: As the tennis star serves up a new spa and restaurant at his hotel in Dunblane, Amelia Neath checks in to try them out

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From Bond to Hitchcock: 7 non-sports movies with brilliant sports scenes

Absolute scenes! Movies where sport and games take a pivotal role

The Guardian - UK

The Dink review – Jake Johnson’s pickleball comedy serves up engagingly silly laughs

Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury

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WTA's New DNA Test Rule: One Swab Determines Your Tennis Career

The Women's Tennis Association will require a one-time DNA sex test for eligibility on its tour from 2026, aiming to ensure fair competition by confirming biological sex through an SRY gene test.

The Independent UK

WTA introduces gene testing for all players on women's tennis tour

The Women’s Tennis Association is introducing one-off mandatory gene-testing for all players effective from Tuesday – a requirement to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The Independent UK

Female tennis players must undergo genetic sex testing to play on WTA Tour

The decision sees the WTA move in line with the IOC and other sporting governing bodies including World Athletics, despite there being no transgender women in professional tennis

AAP

Breakthrough for Tomic after lean tennis times

Veteran Bernard Tomic continues to toil away on the world tennis circuit and has been rewarded with his first Challenger tour victory in eight years.

Radio France Internationale

Gym culture on the rise in France, as young people reshape ideas about exercise

France is better known for football, cycling, tennis and skiing than weightlifting. But gym culture is on the rise, especially among young people – many of whom have been inspired by social media, with France’s most popular YouTuber building his audience around bodybuilding.

The Independent UK

Kimi Antonelli reveals Roger Federer advice on handling F1 title race pressure

Kimi Antonelli met Roger Federer at Wimbledon and received advice from the tennis icon

The Guardian - UK

The Dink to Wicked Little Letters: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A fun sports comedy about a failed tennis prodigy, plus Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman go at it in a gloriously sweary and scandalous period drama

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