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Federer to play first tennis match with new format
A new tennis format, dubbed the Twenty20 of tennis, is being piloted across Australia and the concept is meant to be a faster form of the sport.
Sexism and upsets take centre court at Wimbledon
Two surprise results by Lu Yen-Hsun and Li Na, and a sexism row triggered by Serena Williams took attention away from Thursday’s other tennis matches.
Soderling survives dramatic Hewitt test
Australian favourite Lleyton Hewitt lost in the second round of Wimbledon against Robin Soderling, while Li Na lost to German wildcard Sabine Lisicki.
Hewitt back in comfort zone as US Open looms
Lleyton Hewitt is back in his comfort zone at the ATP Atlanta Tennis Championships, with six weeks of hard court tennis to go before the US Open.
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…
Sharapova struggles as Nadal and Djokovic cruise
Maria Sharapova almost became the first women’s top seed in French Open history to lose in the opening round on Wednesday as Rafael Nadal showed her the way to master a Roland…
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…
South African Anderson reaches Las Vegas ATP final
South African Kevin Anderson reached the final of the ATP hard-court tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday with a straight-sets victory over American Robby Ginepri. Anderson,…
Nadal stunned in day of upsets in Rotterdam
Top seed Rafael Nadal was stunned 3-6 6-3 6-4 by Italian Andreas Seppi in one of series of second-round upsets at the World Indoor Tournament on Thursday. Second seed Nikolay…
The Aussie Open’s Serbian darling
Wimbledon crowds could learn a lot from the Australian Open. Like the British, the Australians have no players to speak of, so they do the next best thing and adopt a few for the…
Rivals talk up ‘beatable’ Federer
A bullish mood is spreading among his rivals that dominating world number one Roger Federer is beatable coming into the showpiece rounds of the Australian Open. The Swiss top…
Federer on track as Venus gathers steam
It was back to business as usual for Roger Federer on Monday as he clinically moved into an Australian Open quarterfinal against James Blake, with Venus Williams also working up…
Off-court dramas unsettle Hewitt
Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt says behind-the-scenes scheduling dramas unsettled his build-up to his big Australian Open match with Marcos Baghdatis that led to the latest finish in…
Fed Express steams on as Venus stutters
Roger Federer stepped up his unrelenting charge towards a third successive Australian Open title with an emphatic win on Thursday, but Venus Williams had to dig deep to reach the…
Federer bamboozles court magician
Roger Federer’s sleight of hand proved too bamboozling for court magician Fabrice Santoro as Melbourne Park was treated to a masterclass on Thursday. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus…