Leander Paes and his American doubles partner Scott Lipsky went down in the final of the Auckland Open on Saturday. They were beaten by top seeds Martin Damm of Czech Republic and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden 7-5, 6-4.
Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic upset Spain's Fernando Verdasco 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to claim the men's singles title at the inaugural Brisbane International.
The chief executive of Ukraine's cricket board says it "ticks all the boxes" to become an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and that the game would not survive if it was denied entry.
The Indian challenge in the doubles event of the ATP Chennai Open ended on Friday when top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas were shocked by the unseeded Swiss duo of Jean Claude Scherrer and Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 6-3, 8-10 in the quarter-finals.
Miranchuk made all the difference with a sublime individual performance
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia on Wednesday pulled out of the Chennai Open ATP tournament and Australian Open Grand Slam owing to an injury to the heel of his left foot.
American fourth seed Andy Roddick and fifth seeded Gael Monfils of France reached the second round of the Qatar Open with easy wins in Doha on Monday. Roddick beat Spaniard Ivan Navarro 6-1, 6-3 in a little over an hour while Monfils outplayed Czech Republic's Jan Hernych in a 6-2, 6-2 victory.
World champions Italy face a tough task if they are to add the European title to their world crown after being grouped with the Netherlands, France and Romania in the finals of Euro 2008 on Sunday. The draw, made at Lucerne's Congress and Culture Centre, was not particularly kind to either of the co-hosts either with Switzerland facing the Czech Republic, Portugal and Turkey in their group while Austria meet Croatia, Germany and Poland.
The fifth seeds came back after losing the first set to down Giovanni and Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador in the men's doubles at Wimbledon.
She beat American wildcard Alexa Glatch in the first round of the Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic.
Muguruza seals semi-final berth, Pliskova beats Krejcikova at WTA Finals.
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