Wimbledon News

So as one sport's season ends another approaches its most important phase. Men's tennis does not have that much in common with the Premier League but they share a top four that is incredibly difficult to break into - for Djokovic, Murray, Federer and Nadal read Manchester United and City, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Submitted by Steve Reynolds Bud Cox, Marco YMCA tennis instructor, seems to take on a Yoga position as he prepares for the Summer Junior Tennis Clinic on the Y courts.

Andy Murray has withdrawn from the French Open with the back injury that forced him out in Italy last week.

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were both eliminated from the first round of the Strasbourg International on Tuesday.

A 50-acre compound on the Greenwich waterfront with a pair of private islands, a driveway longer than most highway interchanges and a 19th-century French Victorian mansion with as many bedrooms as there are days of Christmas hit the market Friday at an other-worldly $190 million.

Lleyton Hewitt will head into next week's French Open feeling positive despite a distinct lack of tournament play following a first round exit at the ATP event in Nice.

ESPN will be the main telecaster for three out of four Grand Slam events when it takes over the US Open from Flushing Meadows, NY in 2015.

All of Monday's scheduled opening-round action was postponed because of rain at the $235,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Seven matches, including ones for top seeds Marion Bartoli of France and Tamira Paszek of Austria, were pushed back to Tuesday at Strasbourg Tennis Club.

Todd Woodbridge has called ''disappointing'' the defection of former Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein to Britain, his mother's birthplace, while insisting that the combustible 23-year-old must take responsibility for the poor behaviour that led to Tennis Australia cutting off the last of its funding assistance in 2010.

My first reaction was relief - relief in the realization that it is not possible or realistic to get everything done.

After decades on the network that saw stars from Ashe to Navratilova to Federer win, the U.S. Open is leaving CBS.

We counted Roger Federer out for the clay-court season this year. After all, he didn't even bother preparing for the red dirt.

When the crunch comes, injured Andy Murray will jettison his participation at the French Open in order to salvage his Wimbledon dream.

The 38-year-old former England captain leaves the field in tears after helping his team to victory in Paris.

It's hard to choose a standout accomplishment in the legendary playing career of Swiss superstar Roger Federer - whether it's capturing the most Grand Slam singles titles, sitting atop the rankings for more than 300 weeks or the multiple double-digit winning streaks.

A 50-acre compound on the Greenwich waterfront with a pair of private islands, a driveway longer than most highway interchanges and a 19th century French Victorian mansion with as many bedrooms as there are days of Christmas hit the market Friday at an other-worldly $190 million.

TOP sports broadcaster Sue Barker has agreed to become patron of a major fundraising appeal for Cockington Country Park.

Czech slugger Tomas Berdych came from way behind to upset two-time champion Novak Djokovic and reach the semifinals at the $3.475 million Italian Masters tennis event.

Tomas Berdych tasted only his second victory in 15 clashes with Novak Djokovic to reach the semifinals of the Rome Masters.

Here is a look at the life and career of former England captain David Beckham who announced his retirement on Thursday.