Pete Sampras & Roger Federer have spent a combined 559 weeks at World No. 1. The Hit For Haiti charity exhibition on Friday night at the BNP Paribas Open brings together four of the greatest players to have played on the ATP World Tour.
France got singles wins from Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday, as the host nation grabbed a commanding 2-0 lead against visiting Germany in a first-round Davis Cup World Group matchup.
The first round match between Americans James Blake and Taylor Dent at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships has been suspended by rain.
The NCAA is accusing Michigan of five potentially major rules violations under football coach Rich Rodriguez, who admitted making “mistakes” but will be back for a third try at putting the Wolverines back into the national title hunt.
Unseeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland have advanced to one semifinal at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
Defending champion Mardy Fish beat Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
Early in his career, he was “Benjamin Becker .” Although he still gets asked about that, oh, every day, he also has to deal with The Andre Agassi Question, since he’s the guy who sent Agassi into retirement.
BERLIN: Philipp Kohl sch reiber and Benjamin Becker will head the German challenge to France in their Davis Cup World Group first round clash to be held in Toulon from March 5-7. German No.1 Tommy Haas was not considered as the veteran is struggling for form, team skipper Patrick Kuhnen said.
Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and third-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany won first-round matches at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
German No. 1 tennis player Tommy Haas was not included in the German Davis Cup team because of his poor form, the team captain Patrick Kuhnen said Tuesday.
If you’re into sports oddities, consider Ivo Karlovic, the 6′ 10″ Serbian playing this week in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.
Following her 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over seventh-seeded Vania King, Sofia Arvidsson reaches today’s quarterfinal round as the only woman remaining who has won the Cellular South Cup.
Second-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco lost in straight sets to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in first-round action Tuesday at the $1.226 million Regions Morgan Keegan Championships tennis event.
Second-seeded Fernando Verdasco rallied to beat top-seeded Andy Roddick 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Sunday in the SAP Open at San Jose, earning his fourth career title.
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Top-seeded American Andy Roddick beat Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the $600,000 SAP Open.
Eighth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France’s losing streak extended to six matches on tour when he was eliminated by Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-3, 6-1 at the SAP Open on Tuesday.
Germany’s Bjorn Phau beat eighth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round of the SAP Open on Tuesday.
Defending champion Marin Cilic cruised into the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors on Thursday by defeating Daniel Koellerer of Austria 6-2, 6-1. The top-seeded Croat dropped only seven points on serve.
Santiago finalists Starace and Zeballos are playing together for the first time.
Benjamin Becker rallied past qualifier Andreas Vincuguerra 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors.
German World No. 84 Philipp Petzschner advanced to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since September 2009 at the Open de Moselle in Metz, after he knocked out sixth-seeded compatriot Benjamin Becker 1-6, 7-6 , 7-6 in two hours and 17 minutes.
Fifth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic was among Tuesday’s first-round losers at the Zagreb Indoors tennis event.
Croatian wild card Petar Jelenic earned his first tour-level win Tuesday. German Michael Berrer posted a first-round upset at the pbz zagreb indoors , ousting No.
Fifth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was beaten by German Michael Berrer 7-6 , 6-3 on Tuesday in the first round of the Zagreb Indoors.
Benjamin Becker rallied past qualifier Andreas Vincuguerra 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Zagreb Indoors.
And my mistake, it’s Sam Stosur v Kristina Barrois on Rod Laver Arena now. The Williams sisters are both in action on Hisense later.
Former top 10 players Richard Gasquet and Marcos Baghdatis both progressed to the second round of the Medibank International on Monday with straight set wins.
Fifth seeded American Sam Querrey took an early exit at the Medibank International tennis event, a final Australian Open tune-up. Querrey, coming off a 2009 that saw him win an event in Los Angeles, was beaten by Evgeny Korolev of Kazakhstan, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, in a first-round encounter on Tuesday.
Romping win… Richard Gasquet smashed Feliciano Lopez in straight sets. Former world top 10 player Richard Gasquet swept into the second round of the Sydney International Monday as he bids to put last year’s doping nightmare behind him.
