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Spaniard Albert Montanes recorded his second successive victory over seventh seed Jose Acasuso of Argentina Monday for a place in the MercedesCup second round.

Dominik Meffert won his first ATP Tour match of the year with an upset victory over fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy at the Swiss Open on Tuesday.

No. 6 seed Agustin Calleri knocked out Austrian Jurgen Melzer 7-6 , 6-4 to secure his place in the second round of the MercedesCup in Stuttgart on Tuesday.

Shortly after Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Mercedes Cup, Albert Montanes of Spain upset seventh-seeded Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6 Monday in the first round.

ANDREW Murray was not the only British player to go out in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon - ” city lad Lewis Barnes managed the same feat.

NEWPORT, Rhode Island : Results Monday from the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships, a $385,000 ATP event on grass at the International Tennis Hall of Fame : Singles First Round Mikhail Ledovskikh, Russia, …

The USTA announced Monday that Amer Delic will be the top seed at the Comerica Bank Challenger tennis tournament at Seascape Sports Club in Aptos from July 14-20. Delic, of Jacksonville, Fla., is ranked No.

Andreas Beck, Germany, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def.

Perth’s rising star Casey Dellacqua is among four debutants confirmed in Australia’s Olympic tennis team.

Viewpoint: The old and carefree flourish on grass The experience and perspective of veteran competitors like Venus Williams gives them the ability to play reflexive and relaxed tennis on grass.

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Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta improved her clay-court record this season to 18-4 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Sandra Kloesel in the first round of the Palermo International on Monday.

LAURA ROBSON proved she packs more punch than Andy Murray after being crowned the new Queen of Wimbledon.

WIMBLEDON BBC1 and 2 Monday, 5pm CRIMINAL JUSTICE BBC1 Monday-Friday, 9pm FALLOUT Channel 4 Thursday, 10pm THE TV event of the week was Criminal Justice, a nightly legal drama and a tale of presumed innocence - …

British No1 Andy Murray has moved up from 11th to ninth in the new world rankings released this morning.

When a 17-year-old Donald Young defeated top-seeded Belarussian Vladimir Ignatik to win the 2007 Wimbledon Junior championship, the hype machine for the next American male tennis champion shook out its rust.

Murray, who was eight years old at the time, said in his autobiography that he remembered little about that day and revealed Hamilton was a family acquaintance.

Rafael Nadal cried in the locker-room after losing a superb five-set final to Roger Federer at Wimbledon last year, earning a rebuke from his uncle and coach, Toni, that no tennis match was important enough to …

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AUSTRALIA is likely to have multiple entries in each of the four Olympic tennis events, with the maximum four doubles teams accepted.

We’ve a topical trio of time-wasting videos for you today, including Wimbledon hero Andy Murray and Chelsea target Robinho showing off their respective ball skills, and new England rugby boss Martin Johnson …

LAURA ROBSON was the pride of Britain after winning the girls’ title at Wimbledon.

The United Kingdom had been waiting for the match between Andy Murray and Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon and when it arrived, it was better than anyone expected.

Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe shake hands after the 1981 Wimbledon final. Photograph: Getty Images.

IF I hear the words “dour Scot Andy Murray” once more I’ll explode. Andy is paying the price for once saying what most Scots would when asked who they were supporting in the World Cup - anyone but England.

Last week hundreds of young people queued overnight to watch Andrew Murray play a game of tennis.

SO IT’S the final everyone wanted, and the one everyone expected. It is a tough one to call, but while Roger Federer has looked supremely comfortable in his cardigan, the match may well hinge on Rafael Nadal ’s …

After beating Mario Ancic in straight sets, Roger Federer said he intends to carry on winning at Wimbledon for years to come.

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon quarter-final defeat at the hands of Spaniard Rafael Nadal was watched by a peak audience of 7.7 million viewers last night, July 2. The centre court clash, which saw Murray lose in …

Top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan found the rain delays at Wimbledon more agonizing than most Thursday.