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The top-seeded pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the semifinals of the $869000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday.

There was no faulting the execution here; it’s the conception itself that is so excessive.

GREAT Britain captain John Lloyd will seek confirmation from Andy Murray that he is willing to play in the Davis Cup tie against Ukraine.

Austria, Chile, Croatia, Israel, the Netherlands and Romania all secured a place in the 2009 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group with victorious efforts in the reverse singles matches Sunday.

Andy Murray powered his way to a victory which kept Britain’s Davis Cup hopes alive in his grudge match with Austria’s Jurgen Melzer.

Andy Murray proved he is no Davis Cup choker with a straight sets victory over Alexander Peya that drew Great Britain level with Austria at one rubber apiece.

The closest that Britain’s Davis Cup team get to having a barmy army is the mild-mannered British Association of Tennis Supporters, the Bats.

Of the five possible matches contained in this weekend’s Davis Cup promotion tie between Great Britain and Austria on Wimbledon’s No.1 Court, none has quite the resonance of Andy Murray’s meeting with Juergen …

EVERY form of success comes at a price and for Andy Murray, the US Open finalist and the world’s fourth best tennis player, that price is wearing make-up. Since his return from New York, he has been keeping a …

Alex Bogdanovic is such a regular at the last chance saloon that his drink is probably poured the moment he enters the door.

Former Old Dominion standout Izak van der Merwe , 24, is making himself known all around pro tennis.

Ivan Navarro knew what to expect during his quarterfinal match in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

KITZBUEHEL, Austria : Results Thursday from the Austrian Open, a 571,000 ATP event on clay at the Sportpark Kitzbuehel : Singles Second Round Jurgen Melzer , Austria, def.

Mardy Fish is a two-time first-round loser as the top seed in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, but he is a champion as an unseeded doubles player.

Top-seeded Andreas Seppi withdrew from the Austrian Open on Tuesday shortly before the start of his first-round match against Nicolas Devilder of France.

Spadea advances Vince Spadea of the United States returns a shot to Alexander Peya of Austria during their quarterfinal match at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Friday in Newport, R.I. Spadea won 7-6 , …

American Vince Spadea was at his best when he needed to be yesterday, beating Austrian Alexander Peya, 7-6 , 7-5, to advance to the semifinals at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

NO.2 seed Fabrice Santoro of France advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championship with a 7-6 6-2 win over Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan.

He has played the pro tennis tour since 2004, so it’s easy to forget that Donald Young is still a teenager trying to make it in a game dominated by men in their 20s.

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, …

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.

India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their respective men’s doubles matches in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships here Thursday.

London: It might be the end of the road for Sania Mirza in the singles, but the Indian, along with her American partner Bethanie Mattek, made an impressive start to their doubles campaign routing English duo of …

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 LONDON: Five-time champion Roger Federer put his growing army of doubters firmly in their place by storming into the Wimbledon second round on Monday.

A Brit made it to the main draw after getting a wildcard to play in the qualifiers, a Belgian had to come through the qualifiers to play in his eighth Wimbledon and a former women’s quarter-finalist had to …

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McAllen native Alberto Francis was defeated in his second Wimbledon qualifying match Tuesday, ending his hopes of making the main draw.

“I was ready for everything out there today and was so focussed throughout. I played confidently and think it was one of my best performances”
British number three Jamie Baker will face Ivo Karlovic in the first round of the Australian Open after qualifying for the main draw. via Eurosport

“It was a tough match, Peya is a tricky player but I thought Jamie’s attitude was spot on and he really deserved that win”
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Four out of the five British players in action at the Australian Open qualifying tournament here defied the 40-degree heat to emerge as winners yesterday. via The Independent