Flavia Pennetta News

SIGNED AND SEALED: Italian tennis star Flavia Pennetta, the world number 12, models an outfit in Milan in 2009, has signed to play at next year's Auckland ASB Classic.

Italian Flavia Pennetta will follow up a successful year on the professional women's tennis circuit with a first appearance in January's ASB Classic at Auckland.

World number 12 Flavia Pennetta has been confirmed as the ASB tennis Classic's top seed.

PARIS: France's Aravane Rezai moved up 18 places in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday after her victory at the weekend in the Bali Tournament of Champions.

When Italy won the Fed Cup final last weekend, the screaming crowds and the buzzing media covering the event showed just how much tennis has moved up on the public radar in the soccer-mad nation.

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy - The Williams sisters were conspicuous by their absence on Sunday when Italy completed a shutout of the United States to win its second Fed Cup title in four years.

Share + Nov 8, 2009 11:03 am US/Central REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy 1 of 1 American Melanie Oudin reacts during her U.S. Open quarterfinal match against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sept.

Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament in Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday, falling to Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, in the Swiss Indoors final.

Players have called on the International Tennis Federation to make changes to their dope testing rules in the wake of bans handed out to two Belgian players who missed tests.

Racing around the clay with the confidence of a woman retracing her steps in a homecoming sprint, Flavia Pennetta reeled off six straight games to complete a 6-3, 6-1 conquest of American Alexa Glatch and stake host Italy to a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five match Fed Cup final on the red clay of the 5,400-seat "Rocco Polimeni", in Reggio Calabria ...

The United States feel like underdogs in their Fed Cup final against Italy this weekend after Serena Williams pulled out, captain Mary Joe Fernandez said on Friday.

Alexa Glatch of the United States will open against Flavia Pennetta in the Fed Cup final against Italy.

Without Serena and Venus Williams, the United States is relying on 18-year-old Melanie Oudin and a veteran doubles specialist in the Fed Cup final against Italy.

Serena Williams of the USA, left, and sister Venus shake hands at the net after their match this week at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.

You got the feeling that some day, someone somewhere was going to get a kicking from Villarreal.

Host nation Italy has named its roster of the four players who will compete in the upcoming Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final against the United States.

Serena Williams has been officially included on the United States team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final.

Italian Francesca Schiavone easily defeated Belarus' Olga Govortsova for her second career WTA Tour title Sunday at the $1 million Kremlin Cup.

The Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska gave an interview to Sport Express at the Kremlin Cup that started yesterday.

Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, China Russian Nikolay Davydenko improved his chances of qualifying for the ATP year-end championship on Sunday after giving world No.