Australian Open News

Montcourt will be cremated on Friday just outside Paris after which relatives will join French tennis officials for a memorial at Roland Garros, home of the French Open.

Frederic Niemeyer and Daniel Nestor secured their twelfth win as a team. THE CANADIAN PRESS LIMA, Peru -- Canada leads Peru 2-1 heading into the final day of play in first-round playoff action in Davis Cup qualifying.

Israel also upset seven-time champ Sweden in the first round, and come September will take on either Germany at home or Spain away.

Monica Seles leads this year's class of inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Sampras was on hand to witness the marathon, the longest Grand Slam final in history, 77 games.

DD 'NO STARS, NO TICKET SALES' ENDANGERED SPECIES: Jenson Button wins the 2009 Australian GP.

Doctors have diagnosed a "mystery" ailment that has plagued Jelena Dokic since the French Open as a common viral illness, and told the former Australian number one to rest for two weeks.

Fernando Verdasco is ready to carry the weight of expectation for Spain when the Davis Cup holder faces Germany in the quarterfinals without Rafael Nadal.

The variation of the age-old question relates to LeBron James: If a college basketball player dunks on him, but the video evidence is confiscated, did it really happen? After Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on James at his skills camp Monday in Akron, Ohio, freelance photographer Ryan Miller told CBS Sports that a Nike representative took his ...

West Australian tennis player Brydan Klein has been banned from the world tour for six months after racially abusing a black South African opponent.

Wimbledon champion Serena Williams wants more than her current 11 Grand Slam singles titles, and has Billie Jean King in her sights.

The Serbian fourth seed, looking nervous from the start and rarely taking the initiative, managed to salvage one set but looked a pale shadow of the scintillating player who won last year's Australian Open [ Images ]. The pressure of expectation now seems to weigh heavy on the 22-year-old's shoulders.

Even after winning three of the last four major titles, Serena Williams is still a little bit upset about the one that got away.

Defending champion Venus Williams hammered out a warning to her Wimbledon rivals as she cruised into the semi-finals with a 6-1 6-2 victory over 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska on Tuesday.

Tuesday is ladies' day at the All England Club, with all four singles quarterfinal matches in contention.

In the well-worn form of Andy Roddick, a good bit of 1930s great Don Budge and his irreverent, long-deceased tennis coach have found their way to the regal grounds of Wimbledon.

WIMBLEDON, England a ' Dinara Safina of Russia regrouped from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to power her way to victory over Amelie Mauresmo of France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Safina, the top seed despite never having won a major international title, helped shake some of the dust gathering on her ranking as the worlda TMs No.

Stretching out ... Roger Federer was too good for Tommy Haas. Photo: Reuters Richard Hinds ROGER FEDERER has moved to within one victory of standing alone atop his sport's Mount Everest, following a comprehensive victory in his Wimbledon semi-final. His win over Germany's Tommy Haas leaves the Swiss champion poised to seize a sixth Wimbledon crown ...

LLEYTON Hewitt will take greater self-belief into next month's US Open after exiting Wimbledon with a gallant quarter-final loss to Andy Roddick.

FRENCH Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the third round on a day of upsets in the women's event at Wimbledon.