Flavia Pennetta, Italy's newly-crowned US Open women's singles champion, will represent Mumbai Masters in this year's Champions Tennis League along with 1996 Wimbledon men's champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands following the players' draft, in Mumbai, on Wednesday. The second edition of the Champions Tennis League, the brainchild of former India Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj, will be played from November 23 to December 6, an increase of four days from last year's ten-day duration, announced Amritraj at a media conference after the players' draft.
World number one Roger Federer had to play three sets to reach the Qatar Open semi-finals on Thursday, while number two Rafael Nadal had an easier ride when his opponent retired injured to put him in the last four. Swiss Federer survived a scare from 21-year-old Latvian Ernests Gulbis before winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to progress to the next round where he will face Russian third seed Nikolay Davydenko who beat big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6.
Indian wildcard Somdev Devvarman toppled world number 25 Ivo Karlovic to reach the semi-finals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
Spain's veteran Carlos Moya, who was stunned by Somdev Devvarman in the Chennai Open on Thursday, says India's rising star is armed with a strong game and predicted that he will soon break into the top 100. Somdev defeated the two-time champion in the second round to set up a quarter-final clash against big serving Croat Ivo Karlovic.
American Sam Querry became the latest Wimbledon giant slayer on Saturday as he beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) in the third round. The defeat ended Djokovic's run of winning 30 consecutive grand slam matches. The world number one had arrived at the All England Club as the reigning champion at all four grand slam tournaments.
Indian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved the biggest win of his career when he stunningly knocked out World No 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili at the Indian Wells ATP Masters event, continuing his dream run.
Three-time champion Andy Roddick defeated bullet-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6 on Friday to book a spot in the semi-finals of the Washington Classic. Roddick won the tiebreakers 7-4 and 7-5 to set up an all-American affair with John Isner, who beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 at the $1.4 million hardcourt event.
Andy Murray took another step closer to becoming the first British champion at Queen's Club for more than 70 years when he beat American Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals on Friday. Andy Roddick made sure he stayed in the hunt to set up a final date with Murray, scoring a 7-6, 7-6 win over fellow big server Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-1, 7-5 on Saturday to reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters and bring the Spaniard's 32-match unbeaten streak to a halt. Serb Djokovic will meet Andy Murray in the final after the 21-year-old Briton overcame giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the day's other semi-final.
Andy Murray's Rome Masters campaign floundered at the first hurdle when he lost 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco on Wednesday. Roger Federer, who like Murray had a bye into round two, had a much easier time and eased into the third round with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ivo Karlovic.
Roger Federer felled big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-3 on Monday to reach the fourth round of the ATP event in Indian Wells. The Swiss world number two, aiming to win the title for the fourth time, snatched the first set on a tiebreak and broke once in the second to clinch victory.
Major corporate sponsors of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are standing by the International Olympic Committee after the Games were postponed and experts familiar with the deals said the companies would not likely seek the return of billions of dollars committed to the agreements. Fourteen global companies including Coca-Cola Co, Procter & Gamble Co and Intel Corp spent $500 million this year and have committed close to $4 billion on multi-year contracts that designate them as top-tier sponsors, according to research firm Global Data.
Women's top seed Russian Maria Sharapova will play France's Camille Pin in her first round match at the Australian Open.
France's Arnaud Clement beat Jonas Bjorkman indoors at the Nottingham Open for his second successive victory over a previous tournament winner, having earlier disposed of defending champion Richard Gasquet.
Frenchman Fabrice Santoro crushed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Paris Masters.
Thomas Johansson saved five match points to upset defending champion James Blake and reach the final of the Stockholm Open.
World number one Roger Federer and Andy Roddick also advanced into the third round.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Chris Haggard and Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (3), 6-3, 10-8 in the quarterfinals.
Prakash Amritraj began his campaign at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships with an easy straight sets win over Flavio Cipolla, in Newport.
Top seed Ivan Ljubicic was the only seed to reach the quarter-finals of the Zagreb indoor tournament
Mardy Fish beat Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-4 to reach the final of the ATP event in New Haven.
The semi-final line-up at the Rome Masters ATP tournament resembles a Davis Cup tie after Spanish and Argentine players claimed all four berths.
Cash believes there will never be a return to the golden era of serve-and-volley tennis, however, not while the court speeds were so much slower than when he was winning at the All England Club.
Lleyton Hewitt breezed into the last four of the Tennis Channel Open with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Philip Kohlschrieber
Britain's Johanna Konta overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-2 in a one-sided victory in the final of the Sydney International on Friday to claim her second career WTA title.
Defending champions Andy Murray will play Ivo Karlovic in the final of the San Jose Open.
In the other semi-final at the San Jose Open, German sixth seed Benjamin Becker, who upset Marat Safin will take on Ivo Karlovic.
The American was beaten by world number 103 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the second round.
Photos from the Wimbledon matches on Day 1
Gael Monfils loses in Cincinnati amid accusations of tanking.
The French flag flew proudly in Montreal on Monday as Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup.
The third seeds went down to the unseeded Croatian pair of Ivo Karlovic and Lovro Zovko at the Swiss Indoors tournament.
Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
The American won his third successive Stella Artois title with a tight 7-6, 7-6 victory over Croatian Ivo Karlovi.
Agassi remains top of the 12-month rankings with 4,090 points followed by Ferrero and Federer.
The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.
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.
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.
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