Tennis

8/6/2026 |  Coco Gauff supports 'fairness' in WTA test, not 'animosity' (ESPN) TORONTO -- Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour's newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn't favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called, "animosity towards the trans community."

8/6/2026 |  Gauff backs WTA gene-testing, while criticizing how it creates animosity toward trans community (Fox Sports) TORONTO (AP) — Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn’t favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called, “animosity towards the trans community.”

8/6/2026 |  Coco Gauff believes in fairness in sports — but not attacks on the trans community (NBC Sports) Tennis star Coco Gauff called for nuance in response to a new rule from the Women’s Tennis Association that requires its athletes to undergo genetic tests amid the ongoing debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports. 

8/5/2026 |  Million-dollar 1 Point Slam set to return to the Australian Open in 2027 (Associated Press (AP)) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The million-dollar 1 Point Slam is returning to the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2027.
Australian Open organizers announced Wednesday that the crowd favorite from last January would again be offering a top prize of a million Australian dollars ($705,000 at current exchange rates) when it is held next year before the Jan. 17-31 main draw at Melbourne Park.

8/4/2026 |  Serena and Venus Williams to play doubles together at the Cincinnati Open (Associated Press (AP)) MASON, Ohio (AP) — The Williams sisters are back on track to playing doubles tennis ahead of the U.S. Open.
Serena and Venus Williams are set to take part in the Cincinnati Open, which begins next week. Organizers announced Monday they had received a wild-card entry into the doubles field.
They last played a doubles match together at the 2022 U.S. Open. It is their first time teaming up in the hard-court tune-up tournament in Mason, Ohio.