Britain's Andy Murray says "life-changing" surgery rekindled his love of tennis as he prepares to make his comeback - five months after he was seemingly set for retirement.Murray, 32, will play doubles with Spain's Feliciano Lopez at Queen's on Wednesday.The three-time Grand Slam champion had planned to retire because of hip pain, before having an operation in January. "I didn't…

British number three Dan Evans has reached his second successive grass-court final with a 6-4 6-2 win over Japan's Go Soeda in Nottingham.The top seed, 29, will face Russia's world number 148 Evgeny Donskoy later on Sunday as he attempts to add to his Surbiton success last week.World number 70 Evans is already assured of a Wimbledon main draw slot.…

Britain's Dan Evans is into the last four of the second-tier Nottingham Challenge event after beating Dominik Koepfer in a lengthy three-setter.Evans, 29, took a 62-minute opener in a tie-break, before losing the second to German Koepfer on another shootout. The British number three eventually prevailed 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 in two hours and 41 minutes. Evans will play…

Johanna Konta has been handed a testing first-round match against Anett Kontaveit at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham.Estonia's Kontaveit is ranked 20th in the world, two places below French Open semi-finalist Konta.World number one Naomi Osaka plays Greek Maria Sakkari, while French Open champion Ashleigh Barty faces Croat Donna Vekic. Wildcard Heather Watson takes on Czech Barbora Strycova.Fellow Briton…