Wimbledon News

FOUR potential Wimbledon stars of the future from South Somerset were whittled down from 450 young tennis enthusiasts last week to compete for the 2009 South Somerset Schools Mini Red Tennis champion title.

Canada will look to hold on to its place in the Davis Cup when it faces Peru in a five-match first-round playoff starting Friday.

Nobody at Centre Court Sunday was rooting harder for Andy Roddick than a tennis crazy young man from The Woodlands, who was visiting Wimbledon for the first time.

Israel took a surprising 2-0 lead over Russia in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday after Dudi Sela rallied to beat Mikhai Youzhny in the second singles match.

Tests have revealed Jelena Dokic has been struggling because of glandular fever .

Yesterday afternoon, Celtics fans were celebrating their newest member as Rasheed Wallace was being introduced to the media in Boston.

WIMBLEDON hopeful Simona Halep has decided only the tennis balls should bounce on court and had her 34DD bust reduced.

The variation of the age-old question relates to LeBron James: If a college basketball player dunks on him, but the video evidence is confiscated, did it really happen? After Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunked on James at his skills camp Monday in Akron, Ohio, freelance photographer Ryan Miller told CBS Sports that a Nike representative took his ...

Russia's Marat Safin will not play singles matches in the Davis Cup quarterfinal against Israel.

Argentina will face a weakened Czech Republic in this weekend's Davis Cup quarter-final tie after Radek Stepanek was ruled out of the opening singles due to a knee injury he suffered at Wimbledon last week.

POREC, Croatia - James Blake will face Ivo Karlovic in the opening singles match in the Davis Cup quarterfinal between the United States and Croatia.

Comment about "Nadal, Roddick injuries cloud quarters" Phone Name Comment 0 Tennis - Davis Cup Nadal, Roddick injuries cloud quarters Champions Spain host Germany, US play in Croatia Iain Rogers, Reuters Rafael Nadal... unavailable for Spain in Davis Cup quarter-finals this week.

Gisela Dulko of Argentina saved four match points in ousting fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 to reach the Swedish Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Organizers of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament are keeping their fingers crossed Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be able to play next month in Montreal.

NEVER HAVE we seen anything like them, such extraordinary athletes sharing the same blood.

Israel is looking to qualify for its first ever Davis Cup semifinal when it faces a strong Russian team this weekend in Tel Aviv.

Beyonce has topped a list of high-earning celebrities under the age of 30. The singer and actress brought home an estimated 87 million dollars in the year to June 1, according to Forbes magazine.

POREC: Even without Andy Roddick, United States captain Patrick McEnroe is feeling good about his team's chances of winning this weekend's Davis Cup quarterfinal against Croatia.

Before taking the court, Venus Williams performed the usual glad-handing inside the hospitality tent, doing her bit to promote World Team Tennis on a humid evening in downtown D.C. She posed for photos, smiled graciously and impressed everyone in her wake.

Wimbledon champion Serena Williams of the U.S., and world No. 1 Dinara Safina of Russia will play in the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament next month.