Tennis Players News

Paul-Henri Mathieu fought back from a set down Monday to upset fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 , 6-4 in the opening round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open on Monday when Carla Suarez Navarro withdrew midway through their match because of a back injury.

Milos Raonic pulled out of Canada's Davis Cup match against France on Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, because of a knee injury.

Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria on Sunday.

Andy Murray will bid for a hat-trick of titles at the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club this summer.

Speaking ahead of an exhibition match at the Open GDF tournament in Paris on Sunday, Navratilova said Azarenka and Kvitova have all the right attributes.

Canada's Milos Raonic was replaced for a key Davis Cup singles match against France on Sunday because of a knee injury.

Dan Evans produced one of the most extraordinary performances in Great Britain's recent Davis Cup history to beat Martin Klizan 6-1 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3 and give Leon Smith's side a 3-2 victory over Slovakia at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.

"Even after I lost the first set, I kept fighting and never looked back," said Hantuchova, who successfully defended a title for the first time.

Angelique Kerber of Germany won the WTA Paris Open on Sunday by defeating France's Marion Bartoli 7-6 , 5-7, 6-3 in the final.

From left, US tennis Davis Cup team captain Jim Courier poses with players Roy Harrison, Mike Bryan, John Isner and Mardy Fish after winning the Davis Cup World Group first round doubles match between Switzerland and the US in the Forum Arena in Fribourg, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb.

Australia showed depth to complement the star power of Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt by completing a 5-0 clean sweep of China in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania tie in Geelong.

When John McEnroe picks up his racket Monday night at HP Pavilion, the clock will turn back.

Argentina's David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank rallied from two sets down in doubles against Germany on Saturday, reaching the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup with a 3-0 lead.

Johan Brunstrom and Robert Lindstedt beat Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 , 6-7 , 10-8. Serbia hopes to wrap up the best-of-five series in the reverse singles on Sunday.

Switzerland has been knocked out of the Davis Cup by the U.S. after Roger Federer and StanislaWawrinkas lost their doubles match against Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish in Fribourg on Saturday.

Russia kept alive its hopes of reaching the Davis Cup semi-finals Saturday by beating Austria in a marathon doubles rubber to leave the scores at 2-1 ahead of Sunday's closing singles rubbers.

Great Britain moved to within one rubber of a fifth consecutive Davis Cup win under captain Leon Smith after Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins beat Michal Mertinak and Filip Polasek of Slovakia at Glasgow's Braehead Arena.

The Russian, who won the title in 2009 and 2010, quit her quarter-final against seventh-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea after winning the first set 6-2, losing the second set 6-4 and at 2-2 in the third.

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was ousted from the Open GDF Suez on Friday, beaten by Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.