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Nadal crushes Tsonga to fire Spain into final

Nadal into last eight, Djokovic gets semis pass

Rafael Nadal has reached the French Open last eight as title rival Novak Djokovic was handed a free pass into the semifinals.

Nadal crushes Tsonga to fire Spain into final

‘Struggling’ Nadal powers to French Open last 16

Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal had coasted into the last 16 of the French Open after beating Croatian qualifier Antonio Veic.

Ljubicic powers past Roddick at Indian Wells

Ivan Ljubicic celebrated his first Masters 1000 title after upsetting seventh-seeded Andy Roddick 7-6, 7-6 at the Indian Wells tournament.

Monfils flies the flag for France

Gael Monfils has found himself with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders after he blasted his way into the quarterfinals of the French Open on Monday with a four-set win over…

No sweat for top seeds at French Open

Top seeds Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova both moved smoothly into the last 16 at the French Open on Saturday. Federer outplayed close friend Mario Ancic of Croatia, winning…

Gustavo set for final Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten has just two more tournaments left before he slips reluctantly into retirement, a desperate leave-taking forced on him by a crippled hip that simply refuses to…

Federer strolls at Indian Wells, Davydenko exits

Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko became the highest seed to exit the Pacific Life Open but three-times champion Roger Federer barely broke sweat in reaching the fourth round on…

De Voest sets up battle against Ljubicic

Fifth seed Rik de Voest won the battle of the South Africans and set up a quarterfinal clash with top seed Ivan Ljubicic at the South African Airways Tennis Open on Wednesday. De…

Ljubicic sneaks into second round at SAA Open

Top seed Ivan Ljubicic had to survive a second-set scare before putting away qualifier Lamine Ouahab of Algeria in the first round of the SAA Tennis Open at Selborne Park on…

Roddick rolls into fourth straight Kooyong final

Andy Roddick continued his bid for a Kooyong Classic hat-trick on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Marat Safin to reach his fourth consecutive final. Roddick braved 41°C…

Ailing Federer pulls out of Aussie Open warm-up event

Roger Federer’s Australian Open preparations suffered a blow on Monday as the defending champion was forced to withdraw from the Kooyong Classic warm-up event owing to a virus.…

Djokovic and Ferrer set up US Open semifinal

Serb shot-maker Novak Djokovic and Spanish grafter David Ferrer on Thursday set up a US semifinal showdown for a possible challenge to top seed and defending champion Roger…

Sharapova lets fly at US Open

Maria Sharapova opened the defence of her United States Open crown in commanding style on Tuesday by overpowering Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-0, 6-1 in less than an hour. There were…