Rafael Nadal News

Back in Paris for the first time since his fourth round exit at the French Open, Rafael Nadal doesn't hold a grudge toward the French crowd.

James Blake failed to impress in his first European indoor event of what could be a brief end-of-season, with the former Top 10 player eliminated 7-6 , 6-7 , 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Wednesday by Jeremy Chardy.

Second-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Swiss Indoors The former Australian Open champion Djokovic handled German Andreas Beck 6-3, 7-5 at St.

Ivan Ljubicic won his first ATP World Tour title in Lyon in 2001. No. 3 seed and 2001 champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia meets wild card and Frenchman Michael Llodra on Sunday in the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon championship.

Jurgen Melzer has a 1-6 record in ATP World Tour finals. Top seed and wild card entry Marin Cilic of Croatia attempts to capture his third ATP World Tour title of the season as he faces No.

Austria's Jurgen Melzer toppled Marin Cilic of Croatia in straight sets on Sunday to capture the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy title.

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix.

To drum up a bit of excitement for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, The International Olympic Committee has launched The Best of Us Challenge, a collection of fake sporting events which wil pit Olympic athletes against regular people.

Ana Ivanovic, the 6-foot-1 Serb, is currently the top ranked player in the women'sgame and the leading money winner for 2008.

Top seeds Marin Cilic of Croatia and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.

Garcia holds first-round lead Sergio Garcia, right, seen giving tennis superstar Rafael Nadal some advice on Wednesday, took the lead Thursday at the wind-delayed Castello Masters.

Tommy Haas and Feliciano Lopez put aside last week's injury dramas in Asia as the pair of seeds returned to apparent robust health with wins into the second round of the Stockholm Open Wednesday.

The three-week, five-tournament Asian swing has come to an end. With a 500 event in Beijing and a new Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, it appears that China is the future tennis center of Asia.

In this Sept. 26, 2009 file photo, Andre Agassi arrives at the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education's Grand Slam for Children benefit concert at Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino, in Las Vegas.

SHANGHAI: Luckless Juan Martin Del Potro suffered his second Asian collapse on Wednesday with the newly-crowned US Open champion failing to finish his opening match at the Shanghai Masters.

IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, right, applaud during the singles final match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia of Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament at Qizhong Stadium Sunday, Oct.

Tennis Davydenko takes Shanghai Masters title: Sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia knocked off top-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain 7-6... Tennis Davydenko takes Shanghai Masters title: Sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia knocked off top-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain 7-6 , 6-3 Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters in China for his fourth ATP ...

Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return during his victory over compatriot Feliciano Lopez - Nadal plays Nikolay Davydenko in today's Shanghai Masters final enlarge It has not been the best of years for Rafael Nadal, but the world No 2 is threatening to finish the season on a high.

Shanghai Masters 1000 - China Top seed Rafael Nadal survived a barrage of potent serves and groundstrokes to overcome an injured Ivan Ljubicic, 3-6, 6-3, ret.

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal eased past his compatriot Tommy Robredo to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 Event in Shanghai.