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Andre Agassi will find Freedom in his return to competitive tennis this summer. The 38-year-old Agassi will play two matches for the Philadelphia Freedoms of the Advanta World TeamTennis Pro League.

No. 2 seed Gael Monfils dominated the third set Wednesday to defeat Thomaz Bellucci and reach the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open.

John Lloyd admits that next weekend’s Davis Cup tie against Ukraine in Glasgow may hinge on Andy Murray’s fitness, but the British captain has been heartened by the outcome of the play-offs for the final two …

Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev, the cousin of retired glamour girl Anna Kournikova, advanced to the final of the 500,000-dollar ATP Delray Beach International Championships on Saturday by defeating Belgium’s …

DUBAI: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have a chance over the next eight days to underline their contention that the 2009 ATP World Tour is not just a two-horse race.

Amazement mixed with a mocking incredulity and more than a touch of jealous envy was the best way to describe the opposing view of Britain’s ongoing play-offs for a place in the Davis Cup team from 3,500 miles …

Serbia’s tennis titans locked in their second round Australian Open spots on Monday while Andy Roddick scorched a sacrificial Swede and Roger Federer schmoozed his way through on Day One of the year’s first …

IT is the 20 brutal minutes that appear likely to have transformed the career of rising Australian star Brydan Klein.

February 28, 2009 © Getty Images Top seed Mardy Fish and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy will both be trying to reach their second ATP World Tour final of the year when they meet in Saturday’s semi-final. In the …

I hate to agree with Ehud Olmert, I really do, but the Prime Minister couldn’t have been more right when he praised Andy Roddick for choosing to boycott the Dubai Tennis Championships in protest of Shahar …

ACAPULCO: Defending champion Nicolas Almagro endured more than two and a half hours on clay to reach the Mexican Open quarterfinals, but two-time winner Carlos Moya lost in the second round on Wednesday.

During the days when much of the rest of the world is preparing for the holidays, some of the world’s best tennis players are in finishing school.

Seeded players David Ferrer and Marin Cilic both rallied Monday for first-round wins at the $2.2 million Dubai Tennis Championships.

Andy Roddick won his first title of 2009 and the 27th of his career, beating Radek Stepanek , 7-5, 7-5, in the final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis, Tenn.

ATP World No. 60 Christophe Rochus reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final since February 2006 by defeating Austrian Stefan Koubek 6-3, 7-6 on Friday at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, …

Eurosport’s tennis expert has some sympathy with recent critics of the LTA, but thinks that things have changed for the better.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates : Top-seeded Novak Djokovic rallied to beat third-seeded Gilles Simon of France 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Friday in the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

It seems like Andre Agassi will be picking up his tennis racquet again soon. Agassi is scheduled to play an exhibition match at Wimbledon with wife Steffi Graf in May to celebrate the completion of the overhead …

Should Andy Murray fail to recover from the ill-effects of a virus, the ‘veteran’ of Britain’s Davis Cup team to face Ukraine could end up being Ross Hutchins, whose experience of the competition is to have …

Andy Murray, who began 2009 as favourite to win the first grand slam of the year, admitted that he has been bugged by a virus ever since the Australian Open as he announced his withdrawal from the Dubai Open.

It took Andy Roddick three sets to get it done, but he advances to the title match at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships after defeating Lleyton Hewitt: 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. He will face Radek Stepanek in …

Hollywood hellraiser Mickey Rourke may have had his Oscars’ night heart broken by the death of his pet Chihuahua, Loki.

Andy Murray will be looking to win his third title of the year in the Dubai Championships.

ACAPULCO: Defending champion Nicolas Almagro endured more than 21 2 hours on clay to reach the Acpulco International quarter-finals, but two-time winner Carlos Moya lost in the second round on Wednesday.

RIGHT BEHIND IT: David Ferrer of Spain serves to Russian Igor Andreev during their ATP Dubai tennis championships quarter-final tennis match in the Gulf emirate DUBAI: Novak Djokovic reached the semi-finals of …

BATTLE OF AUSSIES: In another match in Memphis, Lleyton Hewitt defeated compatriot and Davis Cup team-mate Chris Guccione 6-2, 7-6 AP, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Saturday, Feb 21, 2009, Page 20 Lleyton Hewitt hits a …

When the WTA Dubai tournament announced at the last minute it was denying Israel’s Shahar Peer a spot in the field, the tournament went on .

Andre Agassi will pick up a racket again, playing two matches for the Philadelphia Freedoms in World Team Tennis this summer.

AS ANDY MURRAY prepares for Davis Cup duty in the heat of the Dubai desert, the man who will be asked to play back-up against Ukraine next week will be decided tomorrow.

Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/AP Andy Murray has admitted there is a doubt over whether he will play for Great Britain in next week’s Davis Cup tie in Glasgow against Ukraine, after pulling out of his …