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Venus Williams receives Australian Open wild-card entry

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams received a wild-card entry into the main draw of this month's Australian Open, event organizers announced Friday in Australia (Thursday night U.S.).

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Venus gets wild-card invite to play Australian Open

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne.

Stefanos Tsitsipas News / Last Word On Sports / January 1

Shock Admission: Former World No.3 Tsitsipas Reveals He Considered Retiring From Tennis

Being an individual sport, one of the truly remarkable aspects of tennis is the extreme highs and lows players experience over the course of a career, shaped by weekly results that can shift momentum in an instant.

Taylor Fritz News / Last Word On Sports / January 1

United Cup Day 2 Predictions Including Taylor Fritz vs Sebastian Baez

The United Cup group stage matches continue at the RAC Arena in Perth as the defending champion, Team USA, takes on Team Argentina in the night session.

Tennis News / Field Level Media / January 1

Stefanos Tsitsipas considered retirement during injury-plagued 2025

The back issues Stefanos Tsitsipas fought in the second half of the 2025 season were so serious that the Greek tennis star wondered about the future of his playing career.

Bjorn Borg News / Tennis Infinity / January 1

Bjorn Borg reveals shocking details of how he overdosed during drug addiction

11-time Grand Slam champion Bjorn Borg has provided additional details about his drug issues after retiring from tennis. The Swedish ATP legend stunned fans and fellow players when he announced his retirement at 26 in 1983.

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / January 1

ATP United Cup Best Bets Including Tsitsipas vs Mochizuki

Munar – Baez: 02.01.2026 03:00 CEST H2H: 1-1 Jaume Munar has lost four of his last five matches. The last match he played was in last season’s Davis Cup, where he lost to Cobolli in three sets.

Emma Raducanu News / Last Word On Sports / January 1

Emma Raducanu Silences Injury Talk as Nike Exit Rumors Intensify

Emma Raducanu’s arrival in Australia ahead of the United Cup and the Australian Open was always going to draw attention, but the early conversation around her return has centered more on speculation than on her tennis.

Coco Gauff News / Total Apex Sports / January 1

Is Coco Gauff Ready to Dominate 2026? Serena’s Ex-Coach Certainly Thinks So

Let’s be honest for a second: the tennis world loves a good hype train. We build players up to god-tier status before they can even legally rent a car, and then act surprised when they stumble.

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / January 1

3 Tennis Players Retire in December 2025

The tennis off-season is one of the shortest in professional sports. Tennis players and fans can start counting days as the new season begins this week.

Tennis News / HITC / December 31

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka post end-of-year messages on social media

Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka enjoyed strong seasons in 2025, adding to their Grand Slam tallies… The American number one picked up her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, defeating Sabalenka in the final.

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

United Cup Day 1 Predictions Including Naomi Osaka vs Maria Sakkari

The 2026 ATP and WTA seasons begin with the opening day of the United Cup. Naomi Osaka’s Team Japan will face Stefanos Tsitsipas’s Team Greece in Perth, after Team Spain’s tie with Team Argentina.

Tennis News / HITC / December 31

Victoria Mboko and Felix Auger-Aliassime both speak ahead of the United Cup

Victoria Mboko and Felix Auger-Aliassime have both committed to the 2026 United Cup, where they will represent Canada. Both Mboko and Auger-Aliassime enjoyed fantastic 2025 seasons, with the former having risen to 18th in the WTA Tour rankings.

Tennis News / Athlon Sports / December 31

2025 Year in Review: Unpredictability Rules Women’s Tennis

[Editor’s note: This article is from Athlon Sports’ 2025 “Year in Review” magazine, which celebrates the year’s champions and relives the biggest moments from across the world of sports.

Tennis News / Athlon Sports / December 31

2025 Year in Review: Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner Dominate Men’s Tennis

[Editor’s note: This article is from Athlon Sports’ 2025 “Year in Review” magazine, which celebrates the year’s champions and relives the biggest moments from across the world of sports.

Aryna Sabalenka News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

Aryna Sabalenka in 2025: The Tour’s Undisputed No. 1

In tennis, being the world’s best player doesn’t automatically guarantee a clean sweep at the title in every tournament. Aryna Sabalenka epitomized this point in 2025.

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Aryna Sabalenka News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

Did we learn anything about Aryna Sabalenka from the Battle of the Sexes?

The original Battle of the Sexes wasn’t necessarily hugely informative from a sporting perspective – Bobby Riggs was in his mid-fifties and thirty years removed from his sporting prime – but it had huge symbolic significance.

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

Predicting the 2026 WTA Year-End Top 10

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka holds over a 2,000 point lead at the top of the WTA rankings. But will she keep that lead by the end of 2026? Will rival Coco Gauff keep on breaking down Sabalenka’s power?

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

Ten Things To Look Forward To In Tennis In 2026

No fewer than three players have the chance to complete a Career Grand Slam in 2026 by winning the one Major that they have not yet won throughout their career: Carlos Alcaraz; Iga Swiatek; and Jannik Sinner.

Tennis News / Last Word On Sports / December 31

3 WTA Players Likely to Drop Out of the Top 10 in 2026

The Top 10 is a fluid thing. While players don’t shuffle in and out every week, there tend to be quite a few changes over the course of a season. So we looked at the current Top 10 before the year begins and identified three players who are most likely to fall out by the time 2026 wraps up.

Nick Kyrgios News / Total Apex Sports / December 30

Nick Kyrgios Risks Losing Australian Open Wildcard After Bizarre Dubai Exhibition

Let’s be real for a second: we all want the Nick Kyrgios comeback story to be good. The tennis world is just infinitely more entertaining when he’s on the court, smashing rackets, arguing with umpires, and occasionally pulling off the most insane shots you’ve ever seen.

Tennis News / FirstSportz / December 29