French Open News

ROGER FEDERER and Rafael Nadal will stage the last chapter of their battle to finish the year as world No.

All the involuntary rest because of injuries gives Rafael Nadal a good feeling heading into the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.

Read a guide to the top eight players competing at the season-ending tournament which takes place at the O2 Arena in London from Sunday, 22 November 2009.

French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova will launch her 2010 Australian Open campaign at the Sydney International.

A bad year for the Kansas football team just got worse. The school said Tuesday that it is investigating an unspecified personnel issue involving coach Mark Mangino , the national coach of the year two seasons ago.

World No 1 will arrive in London for the end-of-season event with a new entourage, his twin girls, and a renewed sense of focus .

Originally published November 17, 2009 at 3:07 p.m., updated November 17, 2009 at 3:09 p.m. LONDON a ' Andy Roddick is withdrawing from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals because of a left knee injury.

Considering she was resting between engagements yesterday, Serena Williams seemed to be fretting rather a lot as she fussed over designing her latest outfit and planning her next foray into acting.

REVEALING ISSUES: Andre Agassi has emphatically denied rumours he took crystal meth - or P - while playing in an exclusive interview with Fairfax.

World number two Nadal, who has won the French Open on the other side of town four times but never this event at the Bercy hall, will meet Novak Djokovic for a place in Sunday's final.

U.S. tennis great Andre Agassi bid farewell Wednesday night on "Late Show with David Letterman" to the mullet-style hairpiece he used to wear.

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.

's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters yesterday.

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World #1 tennis player Roger Federer went down in a stunning three set defeat at the hands of unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday afternoon during their second round encounter at the Paris Indoor Masters.

By Thomas Hochwarter Tennis legend Andre Agassi has revealed how he was enraged when Austrian ace Thomas Muster almost pulled his toupee off on court.

Known for furious, racket-throwing rants, Marat Safin would rather be remembered for the hard work he put in during a 12-year career marked by two Grand Slam titles and a Davis Cup win.

Former world tennis No 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero has confirmed he will return to Auckland in January to chase an elusive Heineken Open victory.

Rafael Nadal returns to Paris for the first time since his fourth-round exit at the French Open.

Novak Djokovic celebrates after beating Roger Federer for the third time in five meetings this year.