ACAPULCO - Former world number one Rafael Nadal breezed through to the semi-finals of the Mexican Open on Thursday, dispatching Argentine Leonardo Mayer in straight sets 6-1 7-5.

The second-seeded Nadal will face fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Friday.

It was...More

ROTTERDAM – Marcos Baghdatis cruised through to the second round of the Rotterdam Open on Wednesday after his opponent, France’s Benoit Paire, retired with the Cypriot tennis star well out of sight.
Baghdatis had been leading 6-0, 6-7(3), 4-0 when Paire was forced to retire the match citing...More

SANTIAGO - Argentine Horacio Zeballos sprung a major surprise by beating Rafa Nadal 6-7 7-6 6-4 to win the Chilean Open on Sunday and clinch the first title of his career.

World number 73 Zeballos held his nerve in the final set, breaking Nadal when he was serving to stay in the...More

ZAGREB - Marcos Baghdatis suffered early elimination from the Zagreb Indoors tournament yesterday after going down in three sets, 6-3, 6-7[2-7], 4-6 to unfancied Blaz Kavcic.
After bouncing back from a set down to beat Germany’s Tobias Kamke in the first round, sixth seeded Baghdatis looked...More

ZAGREB – Cypriot tennis star Marcos Baghdatis moved into the second round of the Zagreb Indoors where he is set to face Blaz Kavcic on Thursday after a 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Tobias Kamke on Wednesday.
Kamke converted his second set point in the tiebreak to take the lead but...More

 MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third-seed Andy Murray 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2 in a battle of attrition on Sunday.

The Serb, who has now won four of his six grand slam titles in...More

MELBOURNE - Defending champion Victoria Azarenka suffered a panic attack trying to close out her Australian Open semi-final against American teenager Sloane Stephens on Thursday and needed a long medical timeout before setting up a final against Li Na.

Immovable object Li had earlier...More

MELBOURNE - Andy Murray ruthlessly dismissed unseeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-1 6-2 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals for the fourth year in a row on Wednesday.

The third seeded Briton had spent just over seven hours on court in his previous four matches and only needed...More

MELBOURNE - Fourth seed David Ferrer stared defeat full in the face three times but battled back to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 4-6 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

The 10th seed Almagro absolutely dominated one of the world's best...More

MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic survived an almighty scare from an inspired Stan Wawrinka in a five-hour, five-set thriller at the Australian Open on Sunday, reaching a 15th consecutive grand slam quarter-final but only after digging himself out of a huge hole.

For the first 50 minutes of...More