TENNIS

World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has ruled the Australian Open for over a decade winning nine titles at the first grand slam of the calendar year. But, 2022 will be the first year he won’t play in the grand slam tournament since 2005.

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai spoke with Olympic officials in a video call and told the international body that she is well, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday. There has been worldwide concern for her safety since she went missing shortly after accusing a former Chinese vice premier of sexual assault.

The tennis world was always expecting history to be made at the US Open; they just weren’t expecting it to happen on Saturday, too. Meet Emma Raducanu: the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title — any major, ever — in the Open Era.

It wasn’t going to be easy. Denis Shapovalov walked onto Centre Court knowing that. Everyone in the stands and in the broadcast knew that. But what those watching didn’t know, was that it wasn’t going to be easy for Novak Djokovic too.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams will not pursue a fifth at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Williams, who last won a singles gold medal at the 2012 London Games, declined on Sunday to say exactly why she opted not to play.