The Kooyong Classic, a major Australian Open warm-up event usually played in the weeks leading up to the year's first Grand Slam, has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Olympic gold medallist Alexander Zverev has said he does not consider the Davis Cup Finals as the "real Davis Cup" after opting to skip this year's event which has attracted some of the biggest names in men's tennis.

World number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia has opted not to defend her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals title after bringing her season to a premature end.

Tennis players who are not fully vaccinated against coronavirus in time for the Australian Open will be denied entry into the country, it has been confirmed.

World number one and 20-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic has cast doubt over whether he will defend his men’s singles title at the Australian Open after refusing to reveal his vaccination status.

Spain's Paula Badosa triumphed in a thrilling women's singles final at the Indian Wells Masters decided on a third-set tiebreak to deny Belarus' Victoria Azarenka a historic third title in California, while Britain's Cameron Norrie overcame Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in the men's singles final.

Britain's Cameron Norrie will play Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in the men's singles final of the Indian Wells Masters as both players moved to within a win of their maiden Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour Masters 1000 title.

The men's singles draw at the Indian Wells Masters was blown wide open as second and third seeds Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Alexander Zverev of Germany suffered shock defeats, while Belarus' Victoria Azarenka will contest the women's singles final for the chance of her third title at this event against Spain's Paula Badosa.

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur and Spain's Paula Badosa complete the women's singles semi-final line-up at the Indian Wells Masters as they both earned straight-sets victories in California.

Top seed Daniil Medvedev is out of the Indian Wells Masters men's singles after losing to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, while second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece had to go the distance to beat Australia's Alex de Minaur in California.

British tennis star Sir Andy Murray said he would welcome stricter restrictions on players who are not fully vaccinated against coronavirus in time for next year’s Australian Open.

Three more highly-ranked seeds were knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in California as Iga Świątek of Poland, Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine suffered straight sets defeats in the last 16.

The Sports Minister of Victoria, Martin Pakula, has urged tennis players to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if they want to play in the Australian Open next year.

Top seed Karolina Plíšková and defending champion Bianca Andreescu both suffered third-round exits at the Indian Wells Masters in California, stopping the two from meeting each other in the fourth round.