Leander Paes has pulled out of the Asian Hopman Cup due to finger injury.
The American former champion has decided to skip French Open in 2006
The world number one Federer lost just five of the 97 matches he played in 2006 and four of those were to Rafael Nadal.
World number one Roger Federer won a four-way shave-off in Shanghai on Friday in an unusual warm-up for the Tennis Masters Cup.
Argentina's Gaston Gaudio proclaimed Roger Federer the best tennis player in history after being crushed 6-0, 6-0 at the Masters Cup on Saturday.
Roger Federer believes that criticism from tournament organisers of a spate of pullouts at the year-ending Masters Cup was fully justified
The Argentina ace beat his compatriot to earn his first victory at the season-ending Masters Cup.
Leander Paes will be on the BBC radio team at Wimbledon
Portugal's football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo's agent has revealed that the forward would play out the rest of his career at Real Madrid, shunning reports of a return to Manchester United.
The Swiss world number one starts his bid for a second Australian Open title in his familiar role as outstanding favourite.
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic will replace the Spaniard who had to pull out due to a prolonged injury he suffered in October.
The ATP will scrap the third set for doubles and replace it with a tiebreak to speed up play
After two wins, the Indo-Serbian pair lost in their third outing in the Tennis Masters Cup doubles but qualified for the semi-finals.
Andy Murray's charge towards the world number one ranking continued as he beat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6(6) to claim the Vienna Open title on Sunday. The Briton, seeking to end Serbian Novak Djokovic's stranglehold on the number one spot by the end of the year, was cruising towards his third consecutive title before Tsonga turned the match into a real fight.
The fifth seeded Indo-Serbian pair beat seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley in their second match of the Masters Cup tennis tournament.
The third seeds went down to the unseeded Croatian pair of Ivo Karlovic and Lovro Zovko at the Swiss Indoors tournament.
Paes and Nenad Zimonjic entered the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Damm on Friday.
Seeds David Ferrer, Taylor Dent and Fernando Verdasco suffered surprise first-round defeats at the Stockholm Open on Monday.
Leander Paes, who along with his Czech partner Martin Damm bowed out in the semi-finals of the ATP Masters in Shanghai, is still in 12th place with 3285 points.
The Indo-Czech duo lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in a thriller at the Tennis Masters Cup.
The Indian ace (70) outscored Tiger Woods (72) by two shots in the opening round of the HSBC Champions in Shanghai.
The French Open champion beat Gaston Gaudio 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Mercedes Cup
There comes a moment in all great sporting careers when the puzzle fits together and for Kei Nishikori it arrived on a sweltering early September afternoon in New York.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
India's Amritinder Singh moved to tied 22ned place after shooting superb round of six-under 66.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
Grigor Dimitrov stood one win away from the biggest title of his career on Saturday after ending his Jack Sock jinx to reach the final of the season-ending ATP Finals at the 02 Arena.
The age-old Indian practice has brought people from different cultures and countries together.
The 26-year-old has not always handled the expectations placed on his shoulders after he won the Wimbledon junior title in 2008 with a game style uncannily like Federer's.
Rafael Nadal has played down the significance of his quarter-final defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem at the Madrid Open
With three of the four Grand Slam titles and a record six Masters Series crowns scooped up in a year of domination, Novak Djokovic could be forgiven for using the ATP Tour Finals in London as a well-earned lap of honour.
Federer has been brandishing an aggressive style of play, forcing the action and rushing in to half-volley weak second serves to forge an advantage.
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