US Open News

In this photo taken on Nov. 5, 2009, New Mexico defender Elizabeth Lambert , left, hits BYU forward Carlee Payne in the face during the second half of an NVAA college soccer match in Provo, Utah .

Roger Federer held court in a swish hotel on the banks of the River Thames on Friday and left nobody in any doubt he was determined to become only the second male player to reclaim the year-end number one spot.

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.

CLAIRE Vigrass has regained her US Ladiesa Open singles crown. The leading British real tennis junior, 18-year-old Vigrass, took the title on Sunday at the National Tennis Club, Newport, Rhode Island.

Andy Murray is relishing playing in front of great home support as he looks to emerge from a tough group in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, who both fell foul of anti-doping regulations, appealed against their one-year bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday.

American Sam Querrey is back practicing for his return to the ATP Tour after he cut two muscles in his right forearm when he sat on a glass table that broke in Thailand.

There's a certain commercial for the 2009 US Open - one where Serena Williams has two dolls in her lap.

It happened again. Days after I received Serena Williams' book 'On the Line,' she had her infamous tirade in the semifinals of the U.S. Open.

Former world number one Maria Sharapova was ousted in the third round of the US Open on Saturday, with US teen giant-killer Melanie Oudin eliminating the three-time Grand Slam champion 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Oudin, two weeks shy of her 18th birthday, will play for a berth in the quarter-finals against Russian 13th seed Nadia Petrova after her third upset ...

Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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.

Top seed Roger Federer exited the last tournament of the ATP regular season in disappointing style, taking a 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 second-round loss to Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday at the Paris Masters.

Atlanta resident Donald Young will try secure his spot in Oz from Atlanta next month.

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Rafael Nadal gained a semifinal matchup against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday.

Roger Federer lost 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 to Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday at the Paribas Masters tennis tournament at Paris.

A communication breakdown could create a one-year rupture in Yanina Wickmayer's career, but Wickmayer will fight for her right to play professional tennis in 2010.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has committed to play the Family Circle Cup next April.

A sluggish Andy Murray was knocked out of the Paris Masters third round after losing to Radek Stepanek 6-1 3-6 4-6. Despite his late-night efforts 16 hours before against James Blake, Murray took just 20 minutes to take the first set against the tentative 13th seed.