Stories from the Vancouver tennis community
Serena Williams has been granted a wild card to compete in women's doubles at Wimbledon alongside her sister Venus, marking her first Grand Slam appearance since 2022. The pair won their last Wimbledon doubles title together a decade ago.
Alex de Minaur topped Gabriel Diallo 7-6(8), 6-3 in the first round of the HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in London. Diallo's loss marks a difficult stretch after failing to defend his title at the Libema Open last week.
Bianca Andreescu faces defending champion Elise Mertens in the opening round of the WTA 250 in Den Bosch, a grass-court tournament that marks the start of the 2026 swing for the Canadian.
Denis Shapovalov defeated British wildcard Jack Pinnington Jones 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) in first-round action at the HSBC Championships, snapping a five-match losing streak that stretched back to April.
Frances Tiafoe defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 7-6(4) in the first round of the Halle Open, halting the French Open runner-up's transition from clay to grass courts.
Denis Shapovalov defeated British wildcard Jack Pinnington Jones 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) in the first round of the HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in London, ending a five-match losing streak that stretched back to April.
Félix Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 4 and second seed at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, defeated Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Monday to reach the grass-court tournament's second round.
Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz have withdrawn from the ATP 500 grass-court event at Queen's Club in London, a key Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Alexander Blockx and Jaume Munar also pulled out due to injury.
Denis Shapovalov defeated Jack Pinnington Jones 6-4, 7-6(7) in the second round at Queen's Club on Monday, advancing toward the later stages of the ATP 500 grass-court event in London.
Leylah Fernandez and Laura Siegemund fell to Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls in the women's doubles final at the HSBC Championships in London, ending the Canadian's bid for a first WTA doubles title.
Barbora Krejcikova, the tournament's highest-ranked player at No. 45, is seeded eighth at the Libéma Open WTA 250 event in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, running through June 14.
Tennis BC has launched a paid reservation system at Kits Beach and Queen Elizabeth Park courts in partnership with the City's Park Board. Players are divided on whether the system improves access or creates unfair advantages.
