Andy Roddick of the United States celebrates after beating world number two Rafael Nadal of Spain in their quarterfinal match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships in the Gulf emirate on March 6, 2008.
Melbourne Park’s first glimpses of Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were brief on Tuesday but Serena and Venus Williams both gave full value at the Australian Open with their first round wins.
Andy Roddick struggled through nearly two sets against Lleyton Hewitt before pulling out a 2-6, 7-6 , 6-4 victory in the semifinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships on Saturday.
The Dubai Tennis Championships will start next week without five of the top seven men’s players scheduled to compete at the ATP Tour event, mostly because of injuries.
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal could face third-ranked Novak Djokovic on the red clay of Benidorm, Spain when Spain hosts Serbia in the March 6-8 Davis Cup first-round tie.
Posted by Christopher Glotfelty Aside from the four Grand Slams, the Davis Cup is the other internationally popular event during the tennis calendar.
Rafael Nadal made the 36th edition of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament a huge success, but it was Andy Murray who took home the 277,000 euro first prize on Sunday.
Hamburg: Spain’s Rafael Nadal continues to head the latest ATP men’s tennis rankings issued by the ruling body yesterday.
“Approach Shots” is Ricky’s weekly look at what’s ahead on the ATP Tour. Every Sunday he’ll preview all the tournaments scheduled for the upcoming week.
Bulgaria’s top-ranked male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was just two points away from winning against world number eight, Frenchman Gilles Simon, in the first round of the Open13 tennis tournament in …
Andy Murray of Britain holds his trophy after beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final of the Rotterdam Open yesterday.
Michel Therrien, his team fading in the Eastern Conference playoff race less than a year after making the Stanley Cup finals, was fired as the Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach on Sunday night and replaced by minor …
The World Anti-Doping Agency is sticking with its whereabouts rule for out-of-competition testing but will consider any proposed changes from athletes who consider the system intrusive.
Roger Federer has reluctantly pulled out of next week’s tournament in Dubai and Switzerland’s Davis Cup date in the U.S. as he bids to fully overcome a nagging back problem.
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