Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles' lost to Mike and Bob Bryan in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Serena Williams retained her Sony Ericsson Open title with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 win over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic in windy conditions on Saturday. The eighth-seeded American, who is now tied with Germany's Steffi Graf for the record of five Miami titles, triumphed on her eighth match point with an overhead smash.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles beat Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner to set up a meeting with top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the final of the US $377,0000 Sony Ericsson Open. Bhupathi and Knowles beat their sixth seeded Czech opponents 7-6(5), 4-6, 11-9 to secure their fourth consecutive match tie-break victory.
Andy Roddick upset world number one Roger Federer 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open quarter-final on Thursday. It was only Roddick's second win in 17 career meetings against the Swiss, his last success coming in Montreal five years ago.
Rafael Nadal powered to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over James Blake to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Masters.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles beat Leander Paes and Paul Hanley 6-2, 6-7(8), 10-6 in the quarter-final of the Miami Masters.
Holder Serena Williams beat Justine Henin 6-2, 6-0 to reach the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open.
India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their respective doubles matches to set up a quarter-final clash at the Miami Masters.
Sania Mirza, struggling to recover from a wrist injury, moved one place up to 31 in singles and gained three spots in doubles to be 22 in the latest WTA tennis rankings.
Lindsay Davenport revived memories of when she was the game's top-ranked player by crushing Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2 in Miami.
Roger Federer beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 in an entertaining second-round match at the Miami Masters.
The eighth seeds beat Swiss Yves Allegro and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 2-6, 6-0, 10-3 in the first round in Miami.
Serena Williams breezed past Romanian Edina Gallovits 6-1, 6-2 while Justine Henin beat Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 6-2.
Holder Novak Djokovic lost 6-7, 6-3, 4-6 to South African qualifier Kevin Anderson in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Any female tennis player found guilty of match-fixing will be given a lifetime ban from the sport, the head of women's tennis Larry Scott said.
ARM has revealed plans to put chips into more mobile devices that will let chipmakers like STMicroelectronics, FreeScale speed up the development of ARM-based chips for smartphones and PDAs
Kim Clijsters won a dramatic semi-final battle of the Belgians against Justin Henin to reach the final of the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame an error-ridden performance to beat China's Peng Shuai 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open on a clear and cool day in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Cellular service provider Airtel on Wednesday extended BlackBerry wireless services to select Nokia and Sony Ericsson mobile handsets, extending the 'e-mail on phone' facility to a larger user base.
Fierce competition and a fall in hardware and component prices have resulted in handset prices dropping 10-50 per cent across brands over the last 12 months.
Leander Paes' impressive show at the ATP Masters has seen him rise four places to eighth in the latest doubles rankings.
The Serb beat Guiilermo Canas 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Miami Masters on Sunday.
Serena Williams fought off two match points on her way to an epic 0-6 7-5 6-3 comeback win over world number one Justine Henin to claim her fourth Sony Ericsson title on Saturday.
Argentine Guillermo Canas tamed big-hitting Croat Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 6-2 to reach the final of the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday, underlining his return to top form following a 15-months doping ban.
Henin and Williams have met eight times in their careers but Saturday's clash will be the first since the muscular American won a semi-final meeting with the Belgian at Wimbledon nearly four years ago.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick advanced into the last eight of the Miami Masters.
Serena Williams crushed top seed Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 to reach the last eight.
As Kim Clijsters's love affair with tennis comes to an end, fellow Belgian Justine Henin's has started to bloom again.
World number one Roger Federer moved closer to a Sony Ericsson hat-trick on Monday, easing into the fourth round of the Masters Series event with 7-5 6-3 win over Spain's Nicolas Almagro.
Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin pounded their way into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday but Martina Hingis fell to a Polish teenager
Top seed Maria Sharapova dodged the showers on her way to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan to set up a third round encounter against Venus Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday.
A back injury forced Lleyton Hewitt to withdraw from the Miami Masters before his second-round match.
The Indian ace and Italy's Mara Santangelo got the better of Neha and Shikha Uberoi 6-3, 6-1 at the Bangalore Open.
They beat Amanmuradova and Poutchek in the opening round of the Bangalore Open.
India's wild card entry went down fighting to Yaroslava Shvedova at the US $175,000 Sony Ericsson WTA Bangalore Open.
The newly-crowned Australian Open champion will play at the Bangalore Open, from February 12-18.
out-of-sorts Roger Federer smashed his racket in frustration as he fell to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 defeat to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Friday. Federer, who made 47 unforced errors, did not look like the man who dominated the sport for so long.
Serena Williams remains on course for a record sixth win at the Sony Ericsson Open after beating sister Venus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a final meeting with 19-year-old Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka defeated Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in Thursday's other semi-final to book her place in a top tier final for the first time.
World number one Serena Williams survived a scare to beat China's Li Na 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the Sony Ericsson Open semi-finals -- where she will meet her sister Venus.
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