Strong title contenders Marin Cilic and Stanislas Wawrinka were knocked out of the Chennai Open by their respective opponents on Friday.
Whack. Whack, whack, whack. Whack. Whack. Four broken racquets, $1,250 worth of fines and more than 200,000 hits on video sharing website YouTube was all it needed for Marcos Baghdatis to enter Australian Open folklore.
A look at the wives and girlfriends of various players competing at the 2009 Wimbledon.
India's Sumit Nagal gave a mighty scare to three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka by taking off the first set but then wilted under pressure to bow out of the Prague Open in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
Two-time former singles champion and world No.15 Marin Cilic and Stanislas Wawrinka are set to take part in the 18th Aircel Chennai Open, to be held from December 31 to January 6.
If Stanislas Wawrinka's hot streak extends another four days, the Swiss might be unstoppable in his quest for a second French Open title, three-time former champion Mats Wilander said.
Title holder Andy Murray beat fellow racquet-trasher Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Friday in a match which had both men at boiling point.
Rafael Nadal wins his 10th French Open title beating Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday.
Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic ousted France's Julien Benneteau in straight sets on Sunday to cruise into the US Open fourth round.
The gap between the leading four, which also contains Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, and the chasing pack was again evident as Djokovic beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-2 before Federer saw off fellow-Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6, 6-3.
World number two Novak Djokovic has a shot at revenge against Juan Martin del Potro, who ended the Serb's medal hopes at the London Olympics, when the two clash in the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Saturday.
World number five David Ferrer overwhelmed local favourite David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday and will meet holder Nicolas Almagro in Sunday's all-Spanish Buenos Aires Open final.
Holder and World number 17 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland faces a daunting task to retain his title as the 17th edition of ATP Chennai Open unfolds, on Monday, promising a keen tussle among top players.
Switzerland's former world number one Roger Federer will join Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka in their Davis Cup first-round tie against Serbia next weekend.
The ace Indian doubles duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi take on Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka in the men's doubles quarter-finals.
Swiss second seed Stanislas Wawrinka was pushed again to three sets before he progressed to the quarter-finals of the Buenos Aires Open on Wednesday.
Somdev Devvarman was handed an easy opener but a tough second round match at the Chennai Open.
World No. 17 and defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland sounded a note of caution ahead of the Chennai Open, saying the field is 'very interesting' and nothing could be taken for granted in the world of professional tennis.
Two-time winner Marin Cilic of Croatia has been ruled out of the 2012 Chennai Open, India's only ATP World Tour event, due to an injury.
Swiss tennis ace Stanislas Wawrinka has revealed this week that his on-off relationship with wife Ilham has ended.
Roger Federer held firm against a furious fightback from fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, edging his former apprentice 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 in a Melbourne Park classic to reach the final of the Australian Open on Thursday.
As his blazing backhand skidded off from inside the baseline, Stanislas Wawrinka sent his racket rocketing skywards after dashing Novak Djokovic's French Open dreams with a victory barely anyone expected on Sunday.
World number one Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from next week's China Open in Beijing because of an elbow injury.
German teenager Alexander Zverev won his first ATP Tour singles title with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 upset win over Switzerland's world number three Stan Wawrinka at the St Petersburg Open on Sunday.
Britain's Andy Murray became overwhelming favourite for an Asian hat-trick as main rival Rafa Nadal was beaten in the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.
Stanislas Wawrinka emerged from teammate Roger Federer's shadow to seal Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group after finishing off Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in the deciding singles rubber of their playoff on Monday.
Seedings for the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon men's singles championship were announced on Wednesday.
Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione won the doubles rubber to give Australia a 2-1 lead against Roger Federer's Switzerland in the Davis Cup world group playoff tie on Saturday.
Roger Federer toughed out a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Australia's Lleyton Hewitt to level Switzerland's Davis Cup World playoff tie at 1-1 on Friday.
World number two Murray, who smashed a frame in anger in the final game, said the proximity of next week's Davis Cup final on a claycourt in Ghent had not been a factor in his defeat.
World No 8 Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka confirmed, on Monday, his participation in the 19th edition of the Aircel Chennai Open, India's only ATP World Tour tennis event, starting December 30.
Images from the matches played at the Australian Open on Sunday.
Stanislas Wawrinka did what he had to do with victory over a weary David Ferrer at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday and now needs a favour from Rafael Nadal to reach the semi-finals.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi gave the Indian fans something to cheer about by advancing to the semi-finals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their first round match at the Chennai Open, beating the Canadian-Swiss combine of Frank Dancevic and Stanislas Wawrinka on Monday.
Images from Day 8 at the French Open in Paris, on Sunday.
Roger Federer failed to make the quarter-finals of a tournament for the first time in a year on Thursday while Rafa Nadal returned to form in the third round of the Rome Masters despite almost withdrawing with a fever.
Roger Federer will not warm up for the Australian Open at this week's Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, prompting organisers to target Briton Andy Murray for the vacant eighth spot in the invitational field.
How former champion Juan Martin del Potro won the crowd at US Open is amazing.
Stanislas Wawrinka was not supposed to play at the Chennai Open this year. However, following a change of schedule (and desire), the Swiss requested for and obtained a wild card for the event.
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