Jelena Dokic News

Fuelled by a rising self-belief, world No.13 Sam Stosur is determined to become a top-10 player before too long.

Jelena Dokic won the first title of her career yesterday, beating Amelie Mauresmo 7-6, 6-1 in yesterday's Italian Open final in Rome.

IT'S the titanic tennis clash the globe can't wait to watch - supermum Kim Clijsters versus former world No.1 Justine Henin.

Brisbane International target... Lleyton Hewitt . Map: Brisbane 4000 Brisbane International director Steven Ayles says he will try to bring Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur to the event in 2011.

MELBOURNE: Former world number four Jelena Dokic will play at the Hobart International from Jan 8-16 as she fine tunes her preparations for next year's Austra lian Open, organisers said yesterday.

Crowd pleasing American James Blake is the latest addition to the field for January's Brisbane Tennis International.

CASEY Dellacqua's long-delayed singles comeback has stalled again. After last week partnering Alicia Molik to reach the doubles semi-finals in Esperance in her first tournament since January, Dellacqua's name has been scratched from this week's Pro Tour event in Kalgoorlie.

Email your top clashes to: tennisfeedback@sportinglife.com Click here for full Net Talk blog The year-long debate about the 'real' number one on the WTA Tour proved a little tiresome but also helped highlighted lack of quality at the top of the women's game.

Sergiy Stakhovsky won the St. Petersburg Open by beating Horacio Zeballos 2-6 7-6 7-6 in St.

Former world number one Justine Henin will make her return to tennis at the Brisbane International in January.

SYDNEY: Belgium's seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin yesterday confirmed she would make her comeback from a 15-month retirement at Australia's Brisbane International in January.

Former world No.1 Justine Henin has confirmed she will make her competitive tennis comeback at the Brisbane International in January.

SAMANTHA Stosur's breakthrough win in Japan on Sunday has propelled her past two of the biggest names in women's tennis in the rankings as her season comes to a close.

GEOFF Pollard has been in charge of Australian tennis for umpteen years. Both as president and chief executive.

Former world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt has criticised Australian tennis administrators for presiding over a period of decline in the nation's game and backed a leadership challenge to drive change.

Email your comments to: tennisfeedback@sportinglife.com Click here for our full Net Talk blog Dinara Safina's miserable summer hit its nadir this week with a shocking defeat to Shuai Zhang at the China Open.

The English Football League is demanding that all its clubs reveal the identities of their owners.

Add Damir Dokic to the ever growing list of tennis fathers whose passion has driven them to extreme measures .

Tennis player Jelena Dokic's jailed father launched a hunger strike to protest the 15-month prison sentence he received for threatening the Australian ambassador.

Jelena Dokic and Ana Ivanovic will join Kim Clijsters in the women's draw after Brisbane International organisers on Thursday bolstered the drawcards for the first tennis tournament of 2010.