Tennis News

The story picks up on the fifth day of the 2009 Australian Open, where the tennis stars of the world had collected for the first leg of the tennis Grand Slam.

Damien Spizzo and Catherine Harrison will be pulling for one another during qualifying rounds this weekend for the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup.

“A festival of primitivism.” This is how a picture caption in today’s Jutarnji List , the best-selling tabloid in Croatia, summed up this year’s instalment of ethnic violence at the Australian Open, where a group of young Croatian-Australians gave the Nazi salute and chanted fascist slogans as they spat on a press photographer.

The Australian Open attracts fans from far and wide, but has seen trouble flare in recent tournaments.

Mark Petchey believes that Wokingham’s Marcus Willis should be given his chance in Great Britain Davis Cup team next year - at the expense of Andy Murray.

Former Illini and NCAA Singles Champion Amer Delic will be in the chat room Tuesday, Nov.

I’m going to use this space to post and collect player reactions on Andre Agassi’s crystal meth confession.

THE world’s leading anti-doping authority has implored the sport’s chiefs to shed light on the reasons Andre Agassi’s positive test to crystal methamphetamine never became public.

Serena Williams has been fabulously successful on the WTA Tour, but she would have to reach a higher level to beat a man.

ONE of the brawlers at a violent incident during the last Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne - that a court heard had ‘’tarnished’’ the worldwide image of the tournament - has been fined $500 without conviction.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images According toA Murray’s tweets, his Davis Cup teammate Hutchins is losing hair underneath that headband.

Looks a bit like Taylor Hawkins, the drummer from Foo Fighters. Anyway, Danny holds on for one more match at least at 3-5 in the fourth set.

While Feliciano Lopez argued with the chair umpire out on an overflowing Court 11, Taylor Dent stood patiently on the baseline until he could wait no longer.

Though by no means his best season, Lleyton Hewitt had put up a decent 2007 campaign.

Toronto released former closer B.J. Ryan yesterday and activated current closer Scott Downs from the 15-day disabled list.

Results Wednesday from the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships, a $500,000 ATP event on grass at the International Tennis Hall of Fame , Germany, def.

Alex Bogomolov Jr. unexpectedly found himself in the spotlight at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Wednesday, upsetting fifth-seeded Arnaud Clement of France 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the rain-hampered event.

Illinois’ Kevin Anderson returns the ball in a doubles match against Iowa at Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign on Sunday, April 22, 2007.

Violence has erupted at the Australian Open, with rival Serbian and Bosnian fans launching chairs and missiles at each other.

The 5ft 6in 18 year-old from Lincoln, who is ranked 629 in the world, justified his qualifying wild card with a 6-3, 1-6, 8-6 win over Ireland’s Conor Niland, who is six inches taller and 360 places higher in the rankings.

The first national collegiate tennis championships were held in 1883 at Hartford, Conn., and, they were simply called “The Collegiates.” Magill: Now an international game Athens Banner-Herald Story updated at 11:51 pm on 6/5/2009 The first national collegiate tennis championships were held in 1883 at Hartford, Conn., and, they were simply called …

Vince Spadea, Sam Warburg, and Alex Bogomolov Jr. - all ranked in the Top 200 in the world - will vie for the $7,200 first-place price money at the annual Carson men’s and women’s $50,000 USTA Pro Challengers being played at the Home Depot Center.

India’s Prakash Amritraj rallied from a set deficit to register a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Russian Michail Elgin and enter the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professional Challenger here.

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.

Dudi Sela celebrated reaching a career best number 56 in the world rankings on Monday by advancing to the second round of the Rhodes Challenger tournament in Greece.

The USTA announced the four coaches chosen to lead the USTA Men’s and Women’s Summer Collegiate Teams, an elite training program for the top American collegiate tennis players that began in 1996 and is funded by the USTA.

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Past champions James Blake and Mardy Fish rallied to defeat wild card duo Amer Delic and Robert Kendrick 4-6, 6-4, 10-7 in an all-American first round match Monday at the US Men’s Clay Court Championship, an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament.

Big-serving American qualifiers John Isner and Amer Delic advanced into the second round at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Thursday, on a day where American men posted a 4-2 record.

American men, seeded and not, took a hit on Saturday at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, compiling an 0-5 record on the day, with all five of those matches lost in three sets.