The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced that Nita Ambani, has been elected as an individual member of the IOC, and will become India's first woman to join the prestigious body.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
Agassi remains top of the 12-month rankings with 4,090 points followed by Ferrero and Federer.
Punjab Marshalls swept the first home tie 23-15 against Raipur Rangers in possibly the most exciting tie of the Champions Tennis League so far in Chandigarh on Friday.
The world number one beat compatriot Ivo Heuberger 6-1, 6-3 to ease into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.
The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.
The defending champion easily won his fourth round match against Croatian Ivo Karlovic at Wimbledon.
Former World No 1 Rafael Nadal says regaining control of his emotions has sparked a resurgence that continued on Thursday when he reached the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals with victory against Canadian Milos Raonic.
A summary of Tuesday's play at the French Open.
Wimbledon will herald a new men's champion and for the four players left in the draw, the moment has been a long time coming.
Glynn Hewitt says his son had been unfairly criticised after his first-round loss at Wimbledon to Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
The fifth seed Swiss, Ivo Heuberger, defeated Thailand's Danai Udomchoke 6-2, 6-3 to win the singles crown
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by second seeded Frenchman Gregory Carraz in the ATP Challenger.
Images from the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
The 2.08-metre qualifier earned the applause of a tightly packed crowd squashed on to benches round court number 14.
The defending champion was beaten by qualifier Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the first round at Wimbledon.
The fifth seed will play Thailand's Danai Udomchoke in the final of the ATP Challenger.
He was beaten by Arvind Parmar of Great Britain in the
Six weeks after completing one of the greatest seasons in tennis history, Novak Djokovic begins his 2016 campaign and warm-up for his Australian Open defense in Qatar.
Japan Warriors did not have to break much sweat in getting past Philippine Marvericks 29-15 but it was a tough day out for UAE Royals, who edged out hosts Singapore Slammers 27-23 in their IPTL match, riding on Roger Federer's win in the deciding men's singles, in Singapore on Friday.
Mirnyi will now play Swede Jonas Bjorkman in the fourth round on Monday.\n\n
The 22-year-old Australian breezed past the 15-times Grand Slam champion in about one hour and 20 minutes.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat 156-ranked Frenchman to make the second round in the ATP Challenger.
Martina Hingis, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Jankovic, Thomas Johansson and other top tennis players would cross swords when the Champions Tennis League (CTL) 2015 begins on November 23.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went through several anxious moments before getting past Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova in their opening doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. The reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions prevailed 7-6(4), 6-2.
Wily Czech Radek Stepanek, the oldest player in the men's singles, will take his bag of tricks out on Philippe Chatrier Court against World No 2 Andy Murray as the French Open plays catch-up on Monday.
World number one Novak Djokovic received a free pass into the third round of the U.S. Open when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their match on Wednesday due to a left forearm injury. The walkover provided the top-seeded defending champion with an extended break to improve his niggling left wrist injury before his next match against either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.
Not since Croatian Goran Ivanisevic beat Australian Pat Rafter in 2001 has there been a final featuring two players adopting the serve-and-volley style once deemed mandatory.
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Sania Mirza cruised into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of the French Open along with their respective partners in Paris on Thursday. While Paes and his Swiss Partner Martina Hingis, winners of three Grand Slam titles last season, beat German-Colombian pair of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 6-4 6-4 in the opening round, second seeded Sania and Ivan Dodig of Croatia eased past French duo of Mathilde Johansson and Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-3 in their opener later in the day. However, it was curtains for another Indian Purav Raja, who, along with Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, crashed out in the opening round of the men's doubles event. The duo lost 1-6 2-6 against ninth seeded Polish-Austrian pair of Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya.
Images from all the action from Day 1 of the French Open played at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
Divij Sharan recorded his first ever ATP Tour level win when he, along with partner Ivo Karlovic, saved five match points to advance to the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships even as Prakash Amritraj crashed out of the singles event, in Newport.
Rediff.com takes stock of the seeded casualties on the first day of the Australian Open.
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