Monday proved to be a good day for the South African interest at the Soweto Open for Women being played at the Arthur Ashe Complex in Jabavu, Soweto. Chanel Simmonds, Madrie Le Roux and Natasha Fourouclas all won through to the second round. Unfortunately two other South African wild card’s Ilze Hattingh and Zanmarie Pienaar failed to make it through the opening day. [More]

The heavily South African team took a major knock on Saturday in their quest for another Davis Cup World Group playoff clash, with Rik de Voest and Jean Andersen going down in straight sets in their doubles tie against the Polish pairing of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. The South African duo fought hard but struggled against Fyrstenberg [More]

Tennis will introduce biological passports for players and increase the number of blood tests done each year, the sport's anti-doping agency said on Thursday. A number of players, including 17-times grand slam winner Roger Federer, had called for the sport to up its anti-doping measures in the wake of high-profile cases in othe [More]

While the other candidates have made themselves available for South Africa's Euro-Africa Davis Cup tie against Poland in April, potential kingpin Kevin Anderson remains non-commital about participating in the crucial tie in Warsaw. “Time is running out. I need to announce our squad before the end of the week,” SA Davis [More]

Rafael Nadal made a triumphant singles return after a seven-month absence, beating qualifier Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the ATP claycourt tournament in Chile. "I'm happy to play a singles match after so long," Nadal said. "I need days and time to [More]

World No. 5 Rafael Nadal made his long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour on Tuesday evening in Vina del Mar as he and Juan Monaco recorded a 6-3, 6-2 victory over second seeds Frantisek Cermak and Lukas Dlouhy in the first round of the VTR Open. Nadal has been sidelined for seven months with a left knee injury, not [More]

Not what Davis Cup captain John-Laffnie de Jager was looking for - but South Africa will face Poland on their home ground in the next Euro-Africa Group One round of the competition in April. This is the outcome of Poland's week-end 3-2 win over Slovenia, with De Jager on Monday confessing [More]

The 26 year old Johannesburg based professional will be undergoing surgery in Melbourne, Australia following his best showing as a professional in a Grand Slam since turning pro in 2007. Anderson reached the fourth round on the Australian Open losing to world number six Tomas Berdych of the Czech [More]

Remember Wayne Ferreira? Well, Cape Town's Wayne Montgomery, South Africa’s top world ranked junior tennis player is into the finals of the AGL Loy Yang Traralgon International, a Grade 1 ITF junior event being played in Traralgon Victoria, Australia. Montgomery, seeded 6 in the tournament and ranked 8 on the [More]

Kevin Anderson fought off two match points to deny Frenchman Julien Benneteau and become the first South African to reach the final of the Sydney International on Friday. The 36th-ranked Anderson prevailed 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) in two hours 23 minutes to get into Saturday's decider where he will face either [More]