Wednesday August 20, 2008
Injured Hewitt out of US Open
Australia's former US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt said today he had withdrawn from next week's event in New York after having arthroscopic surgery to his hip.
Monday August 18, 2008
Nadal takes tennis top spot
Rafael Nadal replaced Roger Federer as world No.1 in ATP rankings.
Saturday August 16, 2008
Umpire was serious - McEnroe ejected after triple fault
NEWPORT, Rhode Island: It was just like old times for John McEnroe. Volatile as ever, McEnroe got tossed from his opening match at the over-30s Hall of Fame Champions Cup on Thursday for a new kind of triple fault - cursing, arguing with the chair umpire and making an obscene gesture at fans.
Sunday August 10, 2008
Pollard pleads for time to create more Hewitts
TENNIS AUSTRALIA president Geoff Pollard has launched an
impassioned defence of the governing body as the sport in Australia
attempts to drag its way out of the mire.
Monday August 4, 2008
Murray beats Djokovic to win first Masters crown
Andy Murray lifted his first career Masters title as he beat Novak Djokovic for the second time in as many weeks claiming a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) win at the Cincinnati event.
Djokovic rains on king Rafa's parade
CINCINNATI, Ohio: Novak Djokovic handed world No.1 in waiting Rafael Nadal his first defeat in nearly three months, stunning the Spaniard 6-1 7-5 to reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters.
Sunday August 3, 2008
Nadal assures rise to number one ranking
Rafael Nadal marked a changing of the guard in tennis today with a quarter-final victory at the Cincinnati Masters, which will insure he replaces Roger Federer atop the rankings this month.
Slow grass helped Rafa to No.1: Rafter
RAFAEL NADAL has overtaken Roger Federer as the No.1 tennis player in the world. Climbing the peak seemed impossible at the start of the year. Impossible is next to nothing.
President Pollard may be on borrowed time
Exclusive: TENNIS AUSTRALIA is approaching its moment of truth.
Saturday August 2, 2008
Shaky Roger losing his grip
CINCINNATI: Roger Federer left his 235-week hold on the men's world No.1 ranking in jeopardy after losing in the third round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Friday August 1, 2008
Nadal eyes number one spot as Federer falls
Roger Federer opened the door for Rafael Nadal to claim the men's world No.1 ranking for the first time after losing to Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) at the Cincinnati Masters.
Monday July 28, 2008
Victory sees Nadal close in on Federer
Rafael Nadal lifted Spanish hopes of a dramatic change at the top of world tennis with his Toronto Masters victory on Sunday, the same day countryman Carlos Sastre won cycling's Tour de France.
Thursday July 24, 2008
Federer suffers shock loss in Masters opening match
TORONTO - Swiss world No.1 Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat in his first match since losing the Wimbledon final as he went down 2-6 7-5 6-4 to Gilles Simon of France today.
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Hopman Cup scores a first as Safin, Safina team up
CHARISMATIC former world No.1 Marat Safin will join his younger
sister, Dinara Safina, at next year's Hopman Cup tournament in
Perth.
Sunday July 20, 2008
Stosur fails in return clash with Wozniak
STANFORD, California: Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak has beaten Australian lucky loser Samantha Stosur 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic.
Tiley feels the heat as Gooch goes it alone
LAST summer, John Newcombe compared Chris Guccione's potential and
progress and said: "Geez, with his height and his serve, he could
be f---ing lethal out there. He should be top 30 in the world and
trouble anyone, if he was properly fit."
Sunday July 13, 2008
Nadal gets ready to swoop in Beijing
RAFAEL NADAL could become the No.1 tennis player in the world at the Olympics.
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Gripping epic simply the greatest game of all time
Nadal won and Federer lost, but we are all victorious after
watching the pair's battle in their Wimbledon finale, writes Bill
Dwyre.
Five great men's grand slam finals
1 Bjorn Borg beat John McEnroe (Wimbledon, 1980) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (16-18), 8-6.
Light aside, there was nothing dull about Nadal claiming epic encounter
RAFAEL NADAL'S celebration after allowing Roger Federer just four games in the final of the French Open was muted by his respect for the humiliation he had inflicted upon the player he regards as history's finest. In the gloaming on Wimbledon's centre court on Sunday night, Nadal's reaction to a famous victory was as different as this remarkable match had been to the one played just four weeks ago.
Monday July 7, 2008
Stosur wins Wimbledon mixed doubles title
Australia's Samantha Stosur won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with American partner Bob Bryan today.
Nadal ends Federer reign at Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal beats defending champion in five sets to win Wimbledon
men's singles.
Voracious Venus courts history
VENUS WILLIAMS'S first thought at the end of her seventh Wimbledon
final was of "five titles, just five titles". The number matters,
as the 28-year-old is conscious of the history she is making at a
venue where only Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Steffi
Graf have been more successful in the Open era.
Dynamic duo have the power to rule world again: Stosur
LONDON: Samantha Stosur believes Venus and Serena Williams can regain the dominance they once held over the women's tennis circuit.
Sunday July 6, 2008
Williams sisters put on a classic final
THERE has been a theory that Venus Williams is too nice to be able
to beat her sister in grand slam event finals, which may help to
explain why Serena had won five of the pair's first six.
