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Charlottesville , Nov 7: India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman stormed into the semifinals while compatriot Sanam Singh went down fighting in the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals challenger.

Caption: Serena Williams outside the GMTV studios London, England .... WILLIAMS EYES ACTION ROLE Tennis ace SERENA WILLIAMS is eyeing a move into acting when her sporting career ends.

Andy Murray will bid for his sixth ATP World Tour title of the season on Sunday, after beating Fernando Verdasco to book his place in the final of the inaugural Valencia Open.

The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.

The Scottish Government has branded the Tories "utter hypocrites" over their opposition to an independence referendum.

The last two tickets to the World Tour finals are still to play for at the Paris Masters tournament starting on Sunday, with Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco ideally placed to grab them.

Bartoli joins Rezai in Bali semi-finals * Wickmayer withdraws after doping ban DENPASAR: Top seed Marion Bartoli joined French compatriot Aravane Rezai in the semi-finals of the Bali Tournament of Champions with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Shahar Peer of Israel on Friday.

Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub.

Flavia Pennetta can settle her score with American Alexa Glatch in the opening match of the Fed Cup final.

A ruling on Serena Williams' U.S. Open tirade is expected in the next two weeks.

Second seed Nikolay Davydenko remained on course for his fifth ATP Tour title of the season today with a straight-sets win against Argentinian Juan Monaco at the Valencia Open.

Veteran Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm upset fifth-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in Thursday's round-robin action at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.

Andre Agassi has pleaded for compassion from critics over his taking of crystal methamphetamine, saying he "needed help" to fight depression in 1997.

U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal Thursday, accused of failing to report her whereabouts to drug-testing officials three times.

Without Serena and Venus Williams, the United States is relying on 18-year-old Melanie Oudin and a veteran doubles specialist in the Fed Cup final against Italy.

Staff Report PARIS: Pakistan's tennis prodigy Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his partner James Cerritani brushed aside tennis great and world number one Roger Federer and his Swiss compatriot Marco Chiudinelli in the doubles event of the Basel Open on Tuesday in Switzerland.

BASEL: Novak Djokovic made a winning debut on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors as the Serbian claimed a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Andreas Beck in the tennis stronghold of Roger Federer.

Men's Tours Greg Norman ... shoulder surgery has finished his year. Reuters Greg Norman to miss Australian Open following shoulder surgery November 05, 2009 Greg Norman has pulled out of next month's Australian Open in Sydney following a slower than expected recovery from shoulder surgery.

Andy Murray breezed through his first match for six weeks as he began his Valencia Open campaign and admitted he hopes to "get more rhythm" back in his game.

No. 4 seed Marin Cilic progressed to the second round in Basel on Wednesday, defeating flat-hitting German Philipp Petzschner, 6-4, 6-4. Cilic, who currently stands in the 12th position in the race to qualify for the Tour finale in London, could add another 45 points to his total if he defeats his next opponent Viktor Troicki.