MONTE CARLO - Former world number one Kim Clijsters will miss out on a final chance to claim an elusive French Open title after opting to skip the entire claycourt season due to a hip injury.

The popular Belgian has been laid low by numerous injuries throughout her 13-year career,...

PRAGUE - A trip to Argentina might not be every tennis player's idea of a good Davis Cup draw, but there is little wonder it left Tomas Berdych and his Czech Republic team-mates breathing a sigh of relief.
Berdych led his team through a tough battle with 2010 winners Serbia in Prague at the...

BEIJING - China's top tennis player Li Na has blasted media scrutiny of her Olympic preparations by insisting she will not be giving her hen-pecked husband coach the boot for this year's London Games.

The reigning French Open champion, who has always had an uneasy relationship with...

BELGRADE - Novak Djokovic may not be able to match last year's sensational 41-match winning streak but the world number one believes he is in just as good form heading into the claycourt season.

The Serb successfully defended his Sony Ericsson Open title with a 6-1 7-6 win over...

MIAMI - Venus Williams returned to action for the first time since August with a straight-sets win over Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Williams, who had not played since pulling out of the US Open before her second-round match against Sabine Lisicki...

INDIAN WELLS - World number one Novak Djokovic powered into the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a commanding 6-3 6-4 victory over Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Thursday.

The top-seeded Serb, champion here in 2008 and last year, will face big-serving John Isner in...

INDIAN WELLS - Roger Federer has so far survived the odds at Indian Wells, having battled flu and a temperature to beat three opponents and reach the quarter-finals at the elite ATP tournament.

A triple champion at the desert venue, Federer had initially been worried he would not be...

INDIAN WELLS - Fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was ousted from the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Tuesday as Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer both moved into the fourth round.

Ferrer was upset 6-4 6-3 by Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, Nadal swept past fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers...

INDIAN WELLS - Cypriot tennis star Marcos Baghdatis was edged out of the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells late on Tuesday after going down 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to the Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov.
In-form Dolgopolov secured eight aces while double-faulting only once but he still...

INDIAN WELLS - Defending champion Novak Djokovic moved through to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells with a 6-2 6-3 win over South African Kevin Anderson.
Djokovic, seeking a third career title at the tournament, seized both his break-point opportunities in a tight...