Friday November 16, 2007
Nadal digs deep to down Djokovic
SHANGHAI: Second-ranked Rafael Nadal kept his chances of reaching the Masters Cup semi-finals alive by beating No.3 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4 in a match between two players clearly weary from a long season.
Thursday November 15, 2007
Federer back on track and Roddick reaches semis
World No.1 Roger Federer got his quest for a fourth Tennis Masters
Cup title back on track with a 6-4 6-3 win over Russian Nikolay
Davydenko.
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Nadal shocked in Masters marathon
World No.2 Rafael Nadal was shocked in three marathon sets by
fellow Spaniard David Ferrer today in the second surprise result at
the Masters Cup in as many days.
Two losses in a row: Federer keen to bounce back
SHANGHAI: World No.1 Roger Federer is eager to prove he's not
slipping after losing consecutive matches for the first time in
four-and-a-half years.
Tuesday November 13, 2007
Federer shocked in Masters opener
World No.1 Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat to Fernando
Gonzalez to put his Masters Cup defence in doubt today.
Monday November 12, 2007
Seven secures Australian Open rights
Tennis Australia today secured a long-term agreement with the Seven Network to broadcast and expand the coverage of the Australian Open until 2014.
Henin rallies to master Sharapova
Justine Henin rallied to beat Maria Sharapova 5-7 7-5 6-3 and win the WTA Championships in the longest three-set final in the tournament's history.
Federer slams the gamblers
ROGER Federer, the world No.1, gave his full support to the
crackdown on corruption, following the suspension of Italian player
Alessio di Mauro. Di Mauro, an Italian claycourt specialist, was
banned for nine months and fined $60,000 for gambling on matches.
Sharapova last hurdle for Henin
MADRID: Justine Henin remained on course for a successful defence of her WTA championships crown when she secured her place in the final against Maria Sharapova with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ana Ivanovic at the weekend.
Friday November 9, 2007
Fresh match-fixing claims hit ATP Tour
Jan Hernych is alleging he was offered a bribe to intentionally
lose two matches.
New drama as Haas 'poisoning' claims probed
TOMMY Haas's apparent garden-variety stomach virus that sidelined
him on the decisive day of the Davis Cup semi-final against Russia
in Moscow in September took on sinister implications when
allegations surfaced that he was poisoned.
Henin strides, Serena limps
MADRID: Defending champion Justine Henin secured a place in the semi-finals and Ana Ivanovic moved closer to the last four after both progressed easily at the Sony Ericsson Championships.
Thursday November 8, 2007
Haas claims he was poisoned
German tennis star Tommy Haas revealed he believes he was poisoned
during his country's Davis Cup semi-final defeat to Russia in
Moscow last September.
Wednesday November 7, 2007
Henin dominates Chakvetadze, Sharapova makes winning return
World number one Justine Henin began the last lap of her remarkable
2007 with a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) win over Anna Chakvetadze in her opening
match at the year-end WTA Championships in Madrid today.
Monday November 5, 2007
Nalbandian the master of Nadal at Paris
David Nalbandian of Argentina handed out a tennis lesson to world
No.2 Rafael Nadal to win his second straight Masters Series title
on Sunday.
Sunday November 4, 2007
Swiss Miss will be sorely missed, says McNamee
FORMER tournament director Paul McNamee says Martina Hingis was an "institution" at the Australian Open who will be sorely missed at the season-opening grand slam in Melbourne.
Bookie slams fixing inaction
ONE of Australia's most experienced bookmakers says tennis
authorities have been slow to act on long-held suspicions of
match-fixing and that the delay might have resulted in thousands of
people becoming involved in rigging the outcome of matches.
Pint-sized prodigy on the road to big things
AT five, Jan Silva is barely bigger than the racquet he holds. Barely tall enough to see over the net. Barely old enough to know who James Blake is, let alone be cracking one-handed backhands just like the American pro. Yet, unlike his idol Blake, Californian child prodigy Silva - dubbed "the Tiger Woods of tennis" - is already tipped to make it to No.1.
Saturday November 3, 2007
Gasquet shatters Murray's Masters Cup hopes
Richard Gasquet has beaten the British number one 6-3 0-6 6-4 in the Paris Masters Series quarter-finals.
Trying times: 'Davytanko' accused again
PARIS: Nikolay Davydenko has again been accused of not trying his hardest in a match, with the chair umpire criticising the Russian's serving during a 6-2, 6-2 defeat to Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of the Paris Masters.
Swiss amiss
A positive test to cocaine at Wimbledon has ended Martina Hingis's
career, write Mark Hodgkinson and Martyn Herman in London.
From Wimbledon prodigy to oddity in space of a decade
TWO very different Wimbledons. Rewind a decade, and Martina Hingis was celebrated as the Little Swiss Miss of tennis, with the 16-year-old becoming the youngest women's Wimbledon champion of the professional era.
Friday November 2, 2007
Nalbandian upsets Federer again
David Nalbandian enhanced his reputation as Roger Federer's
nightmare opponent by upsetting the world number one again.
ATP head would kick out fixers, give drug cheats second chance
The head of men's tennis would ban players for life if they are caught match-fixing.
Davydenko accused again of not trying
Nikolay Davydenko was again accused of not trying his hardest in a
tennis match.
