American men’s tennis is rapidly ascending with more players making deep runs at majors. Just look at this week’s DC Open ...

The former world No 1 spent 21 weeks atop the WTA Rankings in her career and won an impressive 36 tour titles, including 14 ...

The only older woman to win a tour-level singles match was Martina Navratilova, whose last triumph came at 47 in 2004.