More videos from the fourth annual Novak Djokovic Foundation Gala which was held last night at the Castello Sforzesco in Cortile Delle Armi in Milan, Italy.

“I was blessed to have a supportive and loving family who believed in my dream of playing tennis among the world’s best players.” Djokovic said. “As a father, the Foundation’s mission means …

During his “Djokovic and Friends” exhibition event on Tuesday, Novak Djokovic brought out his imitations again, this time going after Fabio Fognini who was on the court.

That’s pretty funny.

Djokovic and Fognini were joined by Serena Williams and Flavia Pennetta.

Djokovic will face Rafael Nadal later today.

The 2017 Davis Cup draw was released earlier today and among the first round highlights are a trip for the Swiss to the U.S. in early February.

Great Britain will also host Canada and Spain will travel to Croatia.

With the Olympics over, how many top players will be available to play right after the Australian Open to play on a different continent to their own? Will Roger Federer and/or Stan Wawrinka …

World No. 164 Constant Lestienne has been suspended 7 months and fined $10,000 for betting on tennis matches, according to the Tennis Integrity Unit.

The TIU reported the 24-year-old from France placed 220 online bets on tennis matches between February 2012 and June 2015, though none on himself.

Lestienne was in the Metz qualifying draw this week but in the second round he gave a walkover to Nikoloz Basilashvili.

At a …

American Vavara Lepchenko was cleared of her doping violation for taking meldonium, the ITF announced today.

The 30-year-old tested positive for the drug four times in January, February, March and April but she successfully argued that the drug was in her system from using it BEFORE the 2016 ban. And she didn’t take it again after December 20.

“Lepchenko made a successful application to the Chairman of the Independent Tribunal established to …

The ITF has announced a new series of proposals for the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup. In the plan, the Davis Cup finals will be hosted at a neutral venue selected by a bidding process. Matches will also be best-of-3 sets under the proposal.

The Fed Cup will also see changes. The draw will expand to 16 to match the men’s competition and the semifinals and the finals will …

After a busy summer, Andy Murray is finally ready for a break, he said yesterday in Scotland. Murray and his Great Britain team fell just short to Argentina in the Davis Cup semifinals losing 3-2.

Murray played all three rubbers in a bid to continue their title defense. He fell in over five hours to Juan Martin del Potro in the Friday first rubber, but rebounded to win the doubles Saturday …

As if you needed proof Juan Martin del Potro is back, after his 5-hour, 7-minute win over World No. 2 Andy Murray Friday in the Davis Cup, the Argentine now has wins in recent months over the entire Top 4!

Del Potro beat No. 1 Novak Djokovic in Rio in August. He also beat No. 4 Rafael Nadal at the Olympics and before then at Wimbledon he beat current …

After crashing out in the semifinals for a second straight year at the US Open and losing her No. 1 ranking, Serena Williams is on vacation.

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French teenager Oceane Dodin and 24-year-old American Christina McHale won WTA titles over the weekend, both career firsts.

Dodin won her first-ever WTA title, at the Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City beating American Lauren Davis 6-4, 6-3 in the final.

Dodin said she enjoyed the “home cooking” in Quebec City.

“I’m just very, very happy to be in my first final,” said the 18-year-old Frenchwoman after the semifinals. She had never before …

Croatia downed France, and Argentina topped Andy Murray and Great Britain in the Davis Cup semifinals over the weekend, setting up a final where the Croats will host Argentina at the end of November.

The Croats won in their first singles match on Sunday when Marin Cilic straight-setted Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 to clinch the tie 3-1.

“It’s been a great weekend and I am at a loss for words to …

Three WTA events this week are headed by the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The tournament features five of the Top 10 including US Open finalist Karolina Pliskova and a number of dangerous unseeded players, including a former No. 1 and a former Olympic gold medalist:

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN
Tokyo, Japan: Surface: hard

Seeds: Garbine Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwanska, Karolina Pliskova, Carla Suarez Navarro, Madison Keys, Dominika Cibulkova, Petra Kvitova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Floaters: …

The St. Petersburg Open in Russia welcomes US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and three of the Top 10, while the Moselle Open in France features Dominic Thiem and a strong French contingent this week on the ATP World Tour:

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN
St. Petersburg, Russia; Surface: hard

Seeds: Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, Roberto Bautista Agut, Alexander Zverev, Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Viktor Troicki, Joao Sousa

Floaters: Lukas Rosol, Fernando “Hot Sauce” Verdasco

Notes: First appearance …

After a disappointing opening day at home, brothers Andy and Jamie Murray teamed to get Great Britain on the board against Argentina with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer.

With Great Britain down 2-0 leading into Saturday’s doubles, it was a must-win for the Murrays in Glasgow.

“The atmosphere was brilliant,” Jamie said. “From the first point to the last, the crowd was something …

It’s a big Davis Cup semifinal weekend coming up. In the World Group, Andy Murray and his British team will host Argentina while the France travels to Croatia.

In the Friday opener, Murray will battle Juan Martin del Potro in a rematch of their gold medal match in Rio last month.

“It will be a very tough match. We obviously had a great battle in Rio. It was four hours, lots of …