Australian Open News

Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters .

Andy Murray moved to within one win of a perfect return to the tour as he outbattled Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in a topsy-turvy semi-final at the Valencia Open last night.

Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said.

LINLITHGOW'S tennis star Colin Fleming and partner Ken Skupski won the doubles title at the St Petersburg Open last Saturday.

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France's Gael Monfils will make his SA Tennis Open debut in 2010. World No. 16 Gael Monfils has honoured a commitment he made to the South African Tennis Association earlier this year and will be participating in the R3.5-million SA Tennis Open to be played at Montecasino in Johannesburg from 1-7 FebruaryA 2010.

Greg Norman will miss the Australian Open after failing to recover in time from shoulder surgery .

Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tennis tour by earning $6545586 in 2009, according to the Women's Tennis Association.

Swiss wild cards Marco Chiudinelli and Roger Federer suffered defeat on their team's debut.

Second-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Swiss Indoors The former Australian Open champion Djokovic handled German Andreas Beck 6-3, 7-5 at St.

The French tennis federation is considering moving the French Open from Roland Garros if an expansion project does not get the green light within a year.

Mark Philippoussis hopes his appearance at London's Masters Tennis next month will spark a comeback that ultimately allows him to exit the sport on his own terms.

Serena Williams returns a shot in Doha, Qutar. She beat her sister Venus Williams to win the title.

Serena Williams beat sister Venus in straight sets on Sunday to capture the title at the Sony Ericsson Championships.

Austria's Jurgen Melzer toppled Marin Cilic of Croatia in straight sets on Sunday to capture the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy title.

World number four Caroline Wozniacki has been confirmed as the fourth top-10 women's player to use the Sydney International tournament as final preparation for next year's Australian Open, organisers said on Thursday.

Dinara Safina's retirement against Jelena Jankovic and subsequent withdrawal from the year ending championships was Wednesday's big news out of Doha.

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost in the Lyon Grand Prix quarterfinals on Friday, falling 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 to Arnaud Clement despite 27 aces.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Marat Safin advanced to his first semifinal in 23 events Friday, beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-0, 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the St.

Year-end No. 1 Serena Williams improved to a perfect 3-0 this week and secured a berth in Saturday's semifinals at the $4.55 million Sony Ericsson Championships.