Tennis News

With Wimbledon just around the corner, Harborough's Dr Tracy Dixon has compiled a handy guide to help people avoid tennis injuries.

Last year's Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska is hoping to improve her grass-play consistency on what she calls her favourite surface as she starts her grand slam preparation as women's top seed at the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International.

In the category of no rest for the weary, yet another Grand Slam event will swing into action next week when Wimbledon commences, with Roger Federer as the defending champion.

The third-seeded American lost 6-7 , 6-3, 6-4 to Evgeny Donskoy on Monday. No. 6 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, No.

Heather Watson secured her best win since returning from glandular fever to reach the second round of the AEGON International in Eastbourne.

Elena Vesnina beat seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the grass-court Aegon International.

After Rep. Trent Franks' comment that pregnancies resulting from rape are "very low," House Republicans went into quiet damage control mode on his bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks - first adding an exception for rape and incest, and then putting conservative Rep. Marsha Blackburn in charge of overseeing the legislation.

Andy Murray was pleased to shake off any ring-rust as he claimed his third Aegon Championships title by beating Marin Cilic 5-7 7-5 6-3 at Queen's.

Restless residents displaced by Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever are returning to previously closed neighborhoods as firefighters continue to tame the blaze.

BIRMINGHAM: Daniela Hantuchova won the sixth title of her career and a battle of the generations, which saw the defeat of the new golden girl in the Birmingham WTA final.

Urszula Radwanska was among Sunday's first-round winners at the $235,000 Topshelf Open, a final tune-up for Wimnbledon.

Returning to grass in his favorite warm-up for Wimbledon, the top-seeded Federer looked lethargic until the middle of the second set, when he started hitting shots with confidence.

Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her sixth career title Sunday, beating Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 7-6 , 6-4 in the final of the Aegon Classic.

Bernard Tomic will attempt to salvage something from a worrying Wimbledon build-up at the grass-court event at Eastbourne this week.

Before 1975, when three of the four Grand Slam events were played on grass, proficiency on grass courts was necessary to achieve tennis stardom.

John Senden and Justin Rose replaced Phil Mickelson and Billy Horschel atop the leaderboard Saturday early in the third round at the U.S. Open, becoming the only players under par on the tough and tight little Merion Golf Club course.

Garry Van Arkel got a taste of what was in store when the U.S. Golf Association commandeered part of his property for parking and turned his tennis court into a security tent worthy of Philadelphia International Airport.

Andy Murray and Marin Cilic were semifinal winners on a rainy Saturday and will meet for the title at the Queen's Club.

The seventh-seeded Romanian had six aces and broke serve for a 2-0 lead in the second set.

Robson turned to Maclagan for help on a temporary basis after she split with Croatian Zeljko Krajan just before the French Open.