Tennis

Novak Djokovic kept alive his hopes of reaching the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals as the defending champion defeated Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 on Friday. With Sweden's Robin Soderling already through from Group B and Nadal out after successive defeats, Djokovic is competing with Nikolay Davydenko for the last semi-final spot at the prestigious season finale. Djokovic already knew his fate was out of his hands as even this victory over Nadal won't be enough to qualify him if... Read Full Story

India's Leander Paes believes his doubles partnership with Lukas Dlouhy will get even stronger in 2010 after this year's grand slam triumphs. Paes and Dlouhy are the world's fourth ranked doubles team and their victories at the French and US Opens suggest they are capable of climbing even further up the charts. Although their challenge at the prestigious ATP World Tour Finals in London ended with a disappointing 7-6, 6-4 defeat to Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram on Friday, Paes insists that several... Read Full Story

  Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women’s tennis in 2009 and was a landslide choice as Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Williams received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the AP. No other candidate got more than 18 votes in the tally, which was announced Tuesday. Clearly, Williams’ most infamous on-court episode — a tirade directed at a line... Read Full Story

There will be no change at the top of the spectacularly successful Spanish Davis Cup team after captain Albert Costa confirmed he will remain in the job. The 2002 French Open champion will now try and follow up a breakthrough first year in which he led the Rafael Nadal-Fernando Verdasco side to a fourth trophy of the decade in the international team competition. All details were worked out satisfactorily as the Spanish federation extended his contract less than a fortnight after... Read Full Story

It was a nailbiting situation at London's O2 Arena as three of the planet's top tennis players were left clueless as to whether they had made it through to the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. Two of them had qualified from Group A -- Del Potro and Federer, as it turned out -- with Murray edged out of the five-million-dollar tournament by the tightest of margins on an ATP statistics boffin's calculator. "Anyone know what's going on? I think I'm audi (out) but the rules... Read Full Story

It was a nailbiting situation at London's O2 Arena as three of the planet's top tennis players were left clueless as to whether they had made it through to the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. Two of them had qualified from Group A -- Del Potro and Federer, as it turned out -- with Murray edged out of the five-million-dollar tournament by the tightest of margins on an ATP statistics boffin's calculator. "Anyone know what's going on? I think I'm audi (out) but the rules... Read Full Story

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Serena Williams has confirmed her participation in next year's Sydney International, a lead-up to the Australian Open, after escaping a ban over her U.S. Open tirade. The world number one was fined $175,000 and placed on a two-year probation for her foul-mouthed attack on a line judge at Flushing Meadows in September. The suspended ban means Williams will be able to defend her Australian Open title in late January and the American said she planned to warm up for the first... Read Full Story

Watch Free Live Stream of Federer vs. Del Potro Federer is the favorite heading into the last cycle of the round robin stage in London. Even though Roger Federer lost their last match, he has still come in favored against Juan Martin Del Potro in London at Barclay's ATP World Tour Finals.   Federer leads their head to head series 6-1 overall with a 3-1 edge on hard court.  However Juan Martin Del Potro has really come on strong in their last two matches.  Though never being able to take down... Read Full Story

Rafa is the nick name of Rafael Nadal Parera, a young man who has the world of tennis wowed by his fast rise to success. After entering the professional tennis arena at the tender age of just 15 years he has enjoyed a magnificent run of wins. This short Rafael Nadal biography is a brief look at what he has achieved in the few years he has played this widely loved spectator sport. Reaching the pinnacle of his success as the number two tennis player in the world seems to have come very... Read Full Story

LONDON (Reuters) - It seems hard to believe that only six months ago Andre Agassi was predicting Rafa Nadal would complete a calendar grand slam in 2009. Agassi's statement proved to be the kiss of death for Nadal's season as instead of emulating the feat last achieved by Australia's Rod Laver 40 years ago, his winning run instantly dried up and he failed to win a title since May. The year that started with much promise when he captured the Australian Open crown before adding another four... Read Full Story