Xavier Malisse News

Ryan Harrison ripped through Andy Murray like a hurricane from his native Texas at the Australian Open, but then blew himself out before he could wreak too much damage.

In the men's tournament, one of the favorites to win outright is Andy Murray of Scotland.

The Scot - the beaten finalist in each of the last two years in Melbourne - will meet the 19-year-old, one of the rising stars on the ATP Tour, with the winner moving on to play either Xavier Malisse or Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic meets Italy's Paolo Lorenzi while both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal take ... (more)

Colin Ebelthite of Australia and Marinko Matosevic of Australia in a doubles match against Xavier Malisse from Belarus and Dick Norman from Belarus at the Apia International Sydney Olympic park tennis centre.

Fifth-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki came from behind to beat Aussie hero Lleyton Hewitt in opening-round action Tuesday at the $434,250 Sydney International tennis event, a final Australian Open tuneup.