Australian Open News

Fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens was a mild quarterfinal upset victim on a rainy Thursday at the $690,000 Brussels Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Eighth-seeded Chinese Peng Shuai ousted the 20-year-old Stephens 6-2, 6-3 at Royal Primerose Tennis Club.

Before Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams get their chance to shine in the main draw at the 2013 French Open in Roland As second-round qualifying action comes to a close, a handful of underdogs are just one win away from joining tennis' top stars in next week's main draw.

After 30 years without a male grand-slam winner, France's tennis establishment is beginning to question whether the absence of success is purely down to a lack of natural-born winners.

Rafael Nadal will attempt to win his eighth French Open title in nine years when he takes the court at Roland this weekend.

This is possibly the most bizarre tennis match I've ever seen. Rewind to the pre-Nadal era and Coria was widely regarded as the top dog on clay - now all he had to do was prove it at Roland Garros.

This look ahead at the Roland Garros women's field mirrors the format used for the men's companion article yesterday.

Whether Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams can live up to their favorite status in the world's preeminent clay-court tournament remains to be seen.

Andy Roddick, at one time the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world and a Grand Slam singles champion, is joining FOX Sports 1, America's new sports network launching Aug.

The international tennis sensation talks to Kommersant about the on-going WTA season, her playing career and her forays into business.

Not every sport needs a feel-good story, but they really help bring in fans that might otherwise not be so interested.

Sergio Garcia calls for golf to unite behind the decision to ban the anchoring of putters, which will commence at the start of 2016.

Submitted by Steve Reynolds Bud Cox, Marco YMCA tennis instructor, seems to take on a Yoga position as he prepares for the Summer Junior Tennis Clinic on the Y courts.

Amir Weintraub advanced to the second round of the Roland Garros qualifying tournament in Paris on Tuesday, beating Ti Chen of Taiwan 6-1, 6-3. Weintraub, who plummeted 30 places to No.

ESPN will be the main telecaster for three out of four Grand Slam events when it takes over the US Open from Flushing Meadows, NY in 2015.

The Rafael Nadal 2013 Clay Domination Tour continues apace. Nadal took the Italian Open on Sunday, one week after winning the Madrid Open.

Todd Woodbridge has called ''disappointing'' the defection of former Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein to Britain, his mother's birthplace, while insisting that the combustible 23-year-old must take responsibility for the poor behaviour that led to Tennis Australia cutting off the last of its funding assistance in 2010.

With his emphatic win today at the Rome Italian Open final, Rafael Nadal improved his head-to-head record over rival Roger Federer to 20-10 and 13-2 on the clay courts.

While attention focuses annually on a small group of contenders, Roland Garros would be much less intriguing without the upset threats that populate each year's draw.

In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title.

A win in a PGA Tour of Australasia event might well have immediatley enticed many 18 year old amateurs into a professional career but it would not be the case for West Australian Oliver Goss.