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Five years ago, Alexa Glatch made her pro tournament debut at the Boyd Tinsley Tennis Tournament in Charlottesville.

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic needed just over an hour to thrash 13th seed Tommy Robredo in the ATP Rome clycourt Masters here on Thursday.

World number one Dinara Safina eased past Daniela Hantuchova to reach the last eight at the Stuttgart Grand Prix.

Photograph: Carlo Baroncini/AP For Andy Murray everything is carefully calculated.

Former French Open finalist Guillermo Coria has announced his retirement from professional tennis.

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Shahar Pe’er’s historic appearance in Morocco came to a swift ending after she suffered a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to Lucie Hradecka in the second round of the Fes tournament on Wednesday.

Andy Murray showed every sign of finding his feet on clay but ultimately had to bow to the master in Monte Carlo.

David Sanchez, 13, of Riverside gets a weaving lesson from master weaver Moira Leigh during School Day at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area in Irwindale on Friday, April 24.

Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic overcame a tough first set tiebreak to ease through to the third round of the Rome Masters here on Tuesday beating Spaniard Alberto Montanes 7-6 , 6-0. Serbian Novak Djokovic returns a ball to Spaniard Albert Montanes during their ATP Tennis Open in Rome.

Fourth seed Andy Murray and seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko suffered second round exits at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday, while ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and last week’s Barcelona runner-up/No. 11 seed David Ferrer lost in first round matches.

New World No. 1 Dinara Safina put her foot down in stomping through Italy’s Sara Errani, 6-0, 6-1, in a 51-minute battering at the $700,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart today.

No. 3 seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic along with No. 4 Andy Murray headline Tuesday’s second round action on Stadio Pietrangeli at the Internazionali BNL D’Italia. In addition, the top two Italian players on the ATP World Tour, Andreas Seppi and Simone Bolelli , begin the day session with first round matches.

Azarenka came into the tournament as one of the hottest players on the tour, with three tournament titles, including the Miami Masters.

Andy Murraya s Rome Masters campaign floundered at the first hurdle when he lost 1-6 6-3 7-5 to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco on Wednesday, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer enjoyed comfortable wins.

World number one Rafael Nadal went through to the last four of the Barcelona Open on Thursday after Argentine David Nalbandian was forced to withdraw from their quarter-final clash through injury.

Brooklyn Decker and Andy Roddick attending the Lacoste Spring 2009 fashion show in New York City.

Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix SAR after rallying to beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 1-6, 7-6 , 6-3. Medina Garrigues, who lost last year’s final to Gisela Dulko, had her serve broken eight times Wednesday but held on to set up an all-Spanish match against Lourdes […]

Andy Murray lost only his fourth match of the year, upset by Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday in his opener at the Rome Masters.

World number one Dinara Safina and fellow-Russian Elena Dementieva are through to the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, although they suffered varying fortunes on Tuesday.

The winning point, fittingly, came on a drop shot by Carly Gullickson. It was that shot which kept Evgeniya Rodina of Russia scrambling all day as Gullickson won the opening semifinal match 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 of the Movie Gallery Pro Classic tennis tournament at the Westgate Tennis Center on Saturday.

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Novak Djokovic began his Rome Masters title defense by losing his cool and smashing a racket during a 7-6 6-0 win over Spain’s Albert Montanes Tuesday.

ROME: Fourth seed Andy Murray’s match against Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco was postponed as rain continued to disrupt the Rome Masters for a second day running on Tuesday.

Entertainment Tonight Headlines Tennis ace Andy Roddick is revealing inside details about his wedding with Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker — including the “surreal” sight of Elton John performing at their reception! a oeIt was great to have so many of our family and friends make the trip and share the occasion with us,a Andy […]

The third round of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell features 13 of the top 16 seeds, including the top 10.

Tommy Robredo rallied to beat two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin 2-6, 7-6 , 6-2 on Tuesday in a rain-delayed match in the first round of the Rome Masters.

Having Sir Elton John perform at your wedding is a “very surreal” experience, according to Andy Roddick.

Maria Sharapova has pulled out of next month’s Italian and Madrid Open tournaments as she has failed to fully recover from a shoulder injury, the WTA Tour said in a statement on Tuesday.

Andy Roddick is used to the glitz and glam of Hollywood - but having Sir Elton John sing at his recent wedding to Brooklyn Decker was “very, very surreal,” the tennis champ writes on his blog .