Romania reached their first Fed Cup World Group semi-final with a thrilling 3-2 win over defending champions and hosts Czech Republic in Ostrava. With the tie level at 1-1 after day one, Simona Halep got the better of fellow former world number one Karolina Pliskova to put Romania 2-1 up. Katerina Siniakova then beat Mihaela
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his first ATP title since 2017, beating fellow Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-2 to win the Open Sud de France in Montpellier. Herbert, the seventh seed, was aiming for his first ATP singles title, but Tsonga only dropped four points on his serve. The 33-year-old was only in Montpellier courtesy of a
A “light-headed” Johanna Konta was given the option of retiring during her Fed Cup win over Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic by captain Anne Keothavong. The exhausted British number one – playing her third three-set match is as many days – was slumped on the floor during a break after the second set. But she recovered to
Former world number ones Karolina Pliskova and Simona Halep won their opening matches in the Fed Cup World Group to leave holders the Czech Republic and Romania tied at 1-1. Czech world number five Pliskova beat Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4 before Romanian Halep defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-0. Pliskova and world number three Halep meet
Fed Cup: Group I Europe/Africa Zone Venue: University of Bath Dates: 6-9 February 2019 Coverage: BBC website will have live text commentaries on selected GB matches Katie Boulter put Great Britain on the verge of April’s Fed Cup promotion play-offs by beating Serbia’s Ivana Jorovic in straight sets in Bath. The British number two’s 6-4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will contest an all-French final at the Open Sud de France. Seventh seed Herbert, the world number 44, saw off 2012 champion Tomas Berdych 6-2 7-5, Berdych double faulting to lose his serve at 5-5 in the second. Ex-Australian Open finalist Tsonga, now ranked 210, beat Moldova’s Radu Albot 6-1
Fed Cup: Group I Europe/Africa Zone Venue: University of Bath Dates: 6-9 February 2019 Coverage: BBC website will have live text commentaries on selected GB matches (GB sessions start at 16:30 GMT on Wed-Fri). British number two Katie Boulter survived a scare to beat Greece’s Valentini Grammatikopoulou and continue the hosts’ winning start to their
Fed Cup 2019 Venue: University of Bath Dates: 6-9 February 2019 Coverage: BBC website will have live text commentaries on selected GB matches from 16:30 GMT on Wed-Fri. Katie Boulter gave Great Britain a winning start to their first Fed Cup tie on home soil for 26 years by overcoming Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan in straight
World number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of next week’s Qatar Open with a back injury. It was scheduled to be the Japanese’s first tournament since triumphing in the Australian Open in January to win back-to-back Grand Slam titles. “I am sorry to have to withdraw from Doha this year as I was looking
Media playback is unsupported on your device Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova has given a graphic testimony at the trial of the man accused of stabbing her in her home in the Czech Republic. She suffered damage to ligaments and tendons in her playing left hand when fighting off an intruder. “There was blood all