Tennis

Tiger Woods will begin his latest comeback alongside Justin Thomas in the opening round of the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. According to Sky Sports, the tournament host has been paired with the reigning FedExCup champion at Albany for the elite 18-player tournament, which features eight of the world's top 10 players.

Serena Williams can “absolutely’’ surpass Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles if the American returns to tennis after giving birth earlier this year, a women tennis legend says. Former world number one Steffi Graf said that her ability to do this will however be dependent upon her determination and will.

Nigeria’s top ranked player, Aruna Quadri, has moved up seven places in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking released on Wednesday, Completesportsnigeria.comreports.‎

Quadri gained 23 points from his victory in the men’s singles of the Polish Open in Poland as well as claiming some points from his qualification to the main draw at the ITTF World Cup in Liege, Belgium in the month of October.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria was forced to make light of his work as he topped Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3,5-7, 5-7 in a gripping afternoon duel at the O2 Arena on Monday. Dimitrov held his nerve to launch his ATP Finals campaign with the hard fought victory as Rafael Nadal prepared to start his quest for the biggest title missing from his impressive collection.

World No 1 Rafael Nadal had to withdraw from the Paris Masters with a knee injury just hours before he was due on court for the quarter-finals that now leaves his place in the ATP World Tour Finals uncertain. He told a news conference ahead of scheduled quarter-final match against Serbian Filip Krajinovic on Friday in the last eight this afternoon but withdrew from the tournament and is now a doubt for London.

Rafael Nadal secured the year-end world number one ranking with a 7-5, 6-3 second-round victory over South Korean Hyeon Chung at the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The 16-time Grand Slam champion is the oldest man to finish a season at the top of the rankings at the age of 31, after a year that saw him win the French and US Opens.