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Andre Agassi wanted to smack some tennis balls around this summer, so he decided to take Billie Jean King up on her offer.

LONDON: India’s Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Brazil’s Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-3 to storm into the semi-finals of Wimbledon mixed doubles here Thursday.

The area’s oldest professioinal sports franchise, the Springfield Lasers, open their 14th season on Thursday night at 7 at the Cooper Tennis Complex against the Philadelphia Freedoms.

For Novak Djokovic’s side, check out Long John Silver’s contribution here. IntroductionAll of Wednesday’s men’s quarterfinal matches at Wimbledon are intriguing for different reasons… by Rob York 38 23 reads Preview/Prediction July 01, 2009 For Novak Djokovic’s side, check out Long John Silver’s contribution here.

China’s Yan Zi and Zheng Jie celebrate a point against Akiko Morigami and Ayumi Morita of Japan during their second round women’s doubles match at Wimbledon yesterday.

Ricky Rubio, chosen fifth by the Minnesota Timberwolves, may play another year or two in Europe, his father told a Spanish news organization.

The Men’s semi-final line up has been decided at Wimbledon with Andy Murray and Roger Federer still on track to meet in the final.

London - Profit-minded Wimbledon officials are laying the groundwork for future night matches at the hallowed home of grass, driven by the lure of a massive increase in television income.

The New York Buzz are coming into the 2009 season with fresh faces and a fresh venue.

The South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association says the Health Department has failed to protect health workers from swine flu.

American duo James Blake and Mardy Fish reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon doubles tournament, putting them two wins away from a first Grand Slam title.

Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor are looking to reach their second straight Wimbledon final.

Justin Timberlake made reigning junior Wimbledon champion Laura Robson’s day after he posed for a photo of her.

After enduring almost four hours on court the night before, you’d think he might just want to put his feet up.

After so many early exits, Paul Newman asks why the home hopefuls fail to make an impact on the world stage DAVID ASHDOWN ‘Boggo knows the clock is ticking fast and as far as Wimbledon is concerned it may have stopped,’ says Paul Annacone, the LTA head coach, of Alex Bogdanovic enlarge Players come and go, as do Lawn Tennis Association executives …

EIGHT years after Goran Ivanisevic wrote his name in Wimbledon history, another Croatian blasted his way into the second week with an awesome display of serving.

London, June 29 : The brand-new unused Wimbledon roof may go through the entire fortnight without any real-world use with hot and dry weather forecast for much of the concluding week of the Championships.

Game on: Ai Sugiyama, the unseeded Japanese, arrives at Court 18 ahead of her second-round women’s singles match with Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain on the third day of the Wimbledon Championships Picture: GETTY IMAGES http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/picturegalleries/5623611/Wimbledon-2009-day-three.html

Wimbledon quarterfinalist Ivo Karlovic and Marin Cilic were named in Croatia’s team for the Davis Cup quarterfinal against the United States alongside Roko Karanusic and Lovro Zovko, coach Goran Prpic announced Tuesday.

BRITISH tennis ace Andy Murray has reportedly found a new way to beat stress in the run-up to the tense Wimbledon finals.

London: Now that Roger Federer’s near-incomparable greatness has been extravagantly lauded by the whole world, including perhaps by the Piranha hunter-gatherers deep in the Amazon rainforest, it is time for normal service, just so we don’t miss the wood for the trees.

Defending champion Venus Williams hammered out a warning to her Wimbledon rivals as she cruised into the semi-finals with a 6-1 6-2 victory over 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

The gathering head of steam behind Andy Murray, the sense of destiny growing around his Wimbledon challenge, the idea that this could be his year what with his Fred Perry shirts and all, has one serious obstacle.

Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray produced a superb performance to reach the third round of the men’s doubles.

Former LSU tennis player Ken Skupski capped his run at Wimbledon on Saturday with doubles partner Katie O’Brien in the second round of mixed doubles at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

A host of British hopefuls will be in action at Wimbledon on Monday as the tournament enters its second week.

That was the verdict today of legendary American coach Nick Bollettieri, the man who moulded former Wimbledon champion and world No.1 Andre Agassi.

Maybe it was that he lost his first set of the tournament or the creeping derision over his unfolding career as a fashion model or the tensions that can come with impending fatherhood.

Five-time champion Roger Federer overcame an early hiccup to book a place in the second round at Wimbledon with a 7-5 6-3 6-2 win over Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun. Swiss Federer, accorded the honour of opening proceedings on Centre Court in the absence of champion Rafael Nadal through injury, went an early break down against the only Asian player in the …

While it seems as though Canadians are having a rough go at Wimbledon this year, the country did see some success yesterday in the form of Daniel Nestor.