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Tennis stars take to pitch for Japan quake relief

Tennis stars take to pitch for Japan quake relief

Some of the world’s best tennis players traded in their racquets for football boots on Wednesday on behalf of Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims.

Seventh time lucky for Baghdatis

Marcos Baghdatis toppled Roger Federer 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) on Tuesday to claim his first victory in seven tries against the world number one.

Baghdatis, Gasquet second round at Sydney

Marcos Baghdatis beat Nick Lindhal on Monday to reach the second round of the Sydney International, a key warmup tournamant in the tennis calendar.

Australian Open gets off to heated start

Australia’s notorious summer sun made an unwelcome appearance on the opening day of the two-week tournament.

Federer in French Open cruise as rain holds up Nadal

Roger Federer cruised into the French Open second round on Monday while rival and triple champion Rafael Nadal was left kicking his heels in the locker room as torrential rain…

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,…

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…

Roddick warms up for Open with Kooyong win

Andy Roddick warmed up for next week’s Australian Open in ideal fashion with a 7-5 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus on Saturday to win the Kooyong Classic for the third…

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…

Federer looking for turnaround in Shanghai

World number one Roger Federer will aim to put an unusually patchy tennis season behind him with victory number four at the elite Masters Cup starting on Sunday. The defending…

Nalbandian to face Nadal in Paris final

Argentine David Nalbandian extended his brilliant run of form by crushing local favourite Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-4 on Saturday to set up a Paris Masters final against world number…

Federer, Henin, Williams sisters win at US Open

World number ones Roger Federer and Justine Henin breezed over qualifiers on Monday into the second round of the United States Open, while reigning grand-slam champions Serena…