NEW YORK - British number three Heather Watson gave third seed Maria Sharapova a huge scare in the opening round of the US Open before going down 3-6 7-5 6-3 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 19-year-old from Guernsey, making her first appearance in the senior draw after winning the junior title two...

ZURICH - Roger Federer is to speak to Martina Hingis about the possibility of the pair representing Switzerland in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Olympics in London.
Hingis retired in November 2007 after a career that saw her win five Grand Slam titles although she has competed sporadically since...

SOFIA - Cyprus and Bulgaria are leveled 1-1 at the end of the first day of th Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II tie taking place in Sofia.

Cyprus took the lead with Marcos Baghdatis defeating Bulgaria's Tzventan Mihov with 3-0 (6-1, 6-4, 6-1) and Bulgaria leveled with Dimitar Kutrovsky's 3-0...

LONDON - Stuart Broad is bearing up admirably but deserves a break from his critics, his England and Nottinghamshire team-mate Graeme Swann believes.
The favoured theories of those looking for reasons why England have gone 2-1 down to Sri Lanka in the NatWest Series centre either on Broad's lack...

LONDON - Rafael Nadal admitted his Wimbledon final defeat against Novak Djokovic was forged not just on the grass of the All England Club but also on the hard courts of Indian Wells and Miami and the clay of Madrid and Rome.
Sunday's 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 loss was Nadal's fifth of the year to the...

LONDON - Andy Murray will leave the dreaming to the British public when he takes to the court for one of the biggest matches of his life later on Friday.
For the third year in a row the world number four is two victories away from becoming the first British man since 1936 to win the Wimbledon...

LONDON - Maria Sharapova stands out in the Wimbledon semi-final crowd as the only woman with a grand slam title but she has no doubts about the credentials of her remaining rivals.
Today sees Sharapova take on Germany's Sabine Lisicki, in the tournament on a wild card, for a place in Saturday's...

LONDON - Feliciano Lopez has told Andy Murray he is "ready for the battle" ahead of their quarter-final clash at Wimbledon.
The Spaniard has reached the last eight twice before at the All England Club but is unseeded this time and not the man Murray would have expected to face at this stage....

LONDON - Defending champion Rafael Nadal fears his Wimbledon campaign may be over after he suffered a foot injury in Monday’s four-set victory over Juan Martin Del Potro.
Nadal revealed he will have an MRI scan on the injury, which he sustained near the end of the first set of his 7-6 (8/6) 3-6...

LONDON - Rafael Nadal will face an early test of his title-defending credentials at Wimbledon when he meets Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round.
Nadal, who has yet to drop a set in this year's tournament, will put that statistic on the line against the former US Open winner who is back on...