One year after Rafael Nadal, former world number one, was injured, and his physical problems forced him to step away from competition, he will return to the courts. The Spanish tennis player announced this on Friday, and the chosen venue for his comeback will be the Brisbane International, an event preceding the Australian Open held in January 2024.

Jan Paterson, Director of Sport at NEOM, stated: "Partnering with these two unique events supports NEOM's aim to develop a world-class high-performance ecosystem and welcome the world's best aspiring athletes and teams, all while supporting the national federations, the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and the Ministry of Sport."

In a world where every sport is a separate entity when it comes to the treatment of Russian and Belarusian athletes, the WTA and ATP are among the few organisations that allow them to compete in virtually every tournament, albeit as neutrals, with no flag and no anthem in the event of victory.

In 1976, Italy reached the pinnacle of world tennis by winning its first Davis Cup in a controversial final, with some sections of the country criticising the team for travelling to Augusto Pinochet's Chile; in the end, they did it, winning 1-4 with Adriano Panatta as the hero.

Novak Djokovic's 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jannik Sinner consecrated him even more as the greatest tennis player of all time with seven ATP Finals victories, surpassing the six of another legend, the now-retired Roger Federer.

This afternoon, the Davis Cup Final8 will be officially inaugurated in Malaga, Spain, with the match between Canada (defending champion) and Finland (debutant in the final phase). It will start at 4:00 PM CET.

As the months and years go by, few would dare argue that Novak Djokovic is the greatest tennis player of all time after more than a decade of the most spectacular duel in the history of the sport with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal.

Canadian players Marina Stakusic and Leylah Fernandez defeated Italians Martina Trevisan (7-5/6-3) and Jasmine Paolini (6-2/6-3) to clinch the Billie Jean King Cup with a 2-0 victory in the final held at La Cartuja Stadium in Seville (Spain).

Today at 3 PM in Turin (Italy), the draw for the ATP Finals Tournament took place. This championship will bring together the top 8 tennis players of the year from the ATP in singles and doubles.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has been officially announced as the city to host the Next Gen ATP Finals from 2023 to 2027. The tournament will take place over five days at the King Abdullah Sports City, on indoor hard courts, from November 28 to December 2, 2023, featuring a prize purse of $2 million.

Iga Swiatek needed just 59 minutes to defeat American Jessia Pegula in the WTA Cancun final, delivering a swift 6-1, 6-0 victory. The Polish player's remarkable solidity was pivotal, and her ironclad performance successfully reclaimed the world number one title. The final match was held at Cancun's Paradisus Stadium, where Swiatek was relentless, leaving Pegula no room to recover at any point.

Novak Djokovic continues to extend his legendary career, and this Sunday, he added to his list of achievements with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the final of the Paris Masters 1000.

Spanish energy company Iberdrola will be the Official Energy Partner of the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge, the women's tennis World Cup, whose finals begin this Tuesday 7 November 7 in Seville, Spain, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced.

The top eight players in the world have arrived in Cancun to battle it out for the season-ending Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals, scheduled to start tomorrow.

Russian Alina Korneeva and Austrian Joel Schwarzler underlined their burgeoning talent by capturing the respective girls' and boys' singles titles at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Junior Finals in Chengdu.