Australian Open News

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.

Second seed Roger Federer will meet six-time winner Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters after a hard-fought 7-6 , 6-4 semi-final win over Frenchman Benoit Paire.

FORMER Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein has told of his gut-wrenching decision to switch allegiances to Great Britain.

Jessica Korda shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.

Question: Who was the last Australian man to reach the semi-finals at Roland Garros? Clues: It was 1997.

Bell Media's TSN and RDS have extended their partnership with the United States Tennis Association with a new 11-year multimedia rights agreement for the US Open.

Roger LaLonde Staff 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.

Stars from different eras included, from left, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Rod Laver.

Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi left Nike eight years ago to become sponsored by adidas, only to return to the "Swoosh" this past Monday.

ROME WEDNESDAY PREVIEW THREE OF TOP FIVE, MURRAY, FERRER, NADAL, PLAY OPENING MATCHES The second round concludes on Wednesday at the Internazionali BNL D'Italia with 10 matches on the schedule.

Heather Watson has returned to the practice court after suffering a worrying bout of glandular fever and is hoping to make a comeback next week at the Strasbourg Open with a view to playing at Roland Garros later this month.

As Tuesday dawned in Rome, there were quite a few women who fell into the "could really use a win" category.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki is still without a win in a major clay-court tournament this season as the French Open approaches after losing a marathon match to Bojana Jovanovski 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 at the ATP/WTA Rome Masters on Tuesday.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki is still without a win in a major clay-court tournament this season as the French Open approaches after losing a marathon match to Bojana Jovanovski 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 at the ATP/WTA Rome Masters on Tuesday.