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Top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic advanced to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Masters Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over French wild cards Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Paris .

American James Blake and German Benjamin Becker each defeated French opponents Sunday on the first day of play at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the year.

American James Blake and German Benjamin Becker each defeated French opponents Sunday on the first day of play at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the year.

Pakistan thrash Russia 5-0 to continue their winning spree * Japan surprise Poland 3-2, France humble Italy 3-0 By Muhammad Ali LILLE: Pakistan continued their winning spree in the Hockey World Cup 2010 Qualifiers when they thrashed Russia 5-0 at the Metropole Club... South Africa win Hong Kong Sixes HONG KONG: South Africa won the 2009 Hong Kong ...

AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani via Daylife Andre Agassi wasn't the only bald tennis-playing daddy making news this weekend.

Notes: Valencia moves from a spring claycourt event to an indoor hardcourt event; openers of interest include Ferrer vs.

Serena Williams said she didn't arrive at the Sony Ericsson Championships expecting to win.

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix, where he'll play wild card Michael Llodra.

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga led five Frenchmen into the Lyon Grand Prix quarterfinals on Thursday by beating Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-2. Tsonga was joined by second-seeded Gilles Simon, former Lyon finalist Marc Gicquel, Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra.

VICTORIA Azarenka of Belarus made a winning debut yesterday in the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, defeating Jelena Jankovic in the first round-robin group match.

David Nalbandian will test his surgically-repaired right hip in Auckland in January.

The last thing the American will want is for this set to go to the lottery of a tie-break Llodra M.-Robredo T. 1-4 - With the rain having stopped outside, Tommy Robredo has raced out to an early break lead against qualifier Michael Llodra and already leads 4-1 Blake J.-Karlovic I. 5-4 - Blake forces Karlovic to serve to stay in the set, pouncing on ...

Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez and former world No. 1 Marat Safin were among Monday's opening-round winners at the $5.25 million Shanghai ATP Masters.

James Blake rallied to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6 , 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.

FOUR Scots won tennis tournaments at the weekend a ' and none of them was Andy Murray.

England's Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia was held up by a swarm of flying ants.

COLIN Fleming hopes to build on his first ATP title win by earning a crack at Gland Slam doubles glory.

Trick shots are always a welcome site when watching a tennis match. Throughout the course of a season, many behind the back, flick cross-court, and aerobatic dive volleys are performed.

GREAT BRITAIN'S search for a Davis Cup doubles pair worth their salt could be over after Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski won their first ATP Tour title at the weekend.

British doubles pair Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski have reached their first ATP tour event final at the Open de Moselle in France.