Rafael Nadal ended Andy Roddick's bid for a record fifth title at the ATP tournament at Queen's Club by charging into the final with a 7-5 6-4 win yesterday. The top-seeded Spaniard, bidding for his first grasscourt title, will face Australian Open...
Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro gained wildcards for Wimbledon this week after their impressive displays at the French Open. The 21-year-old Chardy knocked Argentine sixth seed David Nalbandian out of Roland Garros during a...
After winning the Shield in 2006 and 2007, Joe Vella's team succeeded in making it a hat-trick last month by winning the 2008 edition of the tournament, sponsored by San Michel at Tennis Club Kordin. Vella is the first captain to achieve this honour in...
World number one Roger Federer said his third consecutive French Open final defeat to Rafael Nadal would not affect his hopes of a record sixth straight Wimbledon title. The Swiss top seed was handed a 6-1 6-3 6-0 thrashing by the Spaniard, who...
Rafael Nadal produced a flawless exhibition of claycourt tennis to demolish world number one Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 yesterday and win his fourth straight French Open title. The Spaniard was at his relentless best as he tore Federer apart in one hour...
Serbia's Ana Ivanovic claimed her maiden grand slam title when she beat Russian 13th seed Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final yesterday. The 20-year-old second seed became the first woman representing Serbia to win a major title. Last year's...
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play out Act III of their intriguing Roland Garros rivalry after they both trudged into the French Open final yesterday. Raw desire and an indomitable spirit allowed three-times champion Nadal to survive a late...
For once, Dinara Safina chose not to live on the edge yesterday and swept into a French Open final 6-3 6-2 against Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova. There she will meet the new queen of women's tennis, Ana Ivanovic, who produced a scrappy,...
Roger Federer's pursuit of an elusive Roland Garros crown gathered momentum with a 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 quarter-final win over Chilean Fernando Gonzalez yesterday. Next up for the Swiss world number one will be Gael Monfils, who became the first Frenchman...
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic set up the semi-final clash the French Open had demanded yesterday while Ana Ivanovic suggested only a minor miracle could stop her from being crowned the new queen of Roland Garros. Three-times champion Nadal evidently...
Japan's Akiko Morigami said she did not receive instructions from a coach to throw a doubles match at the French Open last week, the WTA said yesterday. Morigami had been widely reported in Japanese media as saying a national team coach had asked her...
Maria Sharapova's French Open hopes were shredded by a familiar foe yesterday, while Roger Federer plunged a dagger into French hearts. Sharapova has never felt at home in the heartland of claycourt tennis and yesterday her weakness was unashamedly...
Three-times champion Rafael Nadal pummelled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco into a 6-1 6-0 6-2 submission to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open yesterday. Verdasco was the fourth successive left-hander to take on the Mallorcan but he...
Maria Sharapova led a trio of Russians into the last 16 of the French Open yesterday while a relieved fifth seed David Ferrer was given an unnerving reminder of just how effective Lleyton Hewitt's grit can be. Top seed Sharapova, so unconvincing in her...
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros yesterday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents. A day after the French Open lost three top 10 seeds, including David Nalbandian and James...
Reputations counted for little at the French Open yesterday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the world's top 75. Triple champion Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Venus Williams and Jelena...
Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic made light work of their opponents as the sun made a welcome return to the French Open yesterday, but high winds and a grand slam debutante almost blew out top seed Maria Sharapova. Nadal could hardly be any more at home...
Rain brought an early end to the day's action at the French Open yesterday. Three-times defending champion Rafael Nadal was tied at 1-1 in the first set with Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci when the courts were covered for the final time at 7.45 p.m. on the...
Roger Federer, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic all ran into a spot of bother yesterday before emerging unscathed to kick-start their French Open campaigns. Williams suffered the biggest scare of the trio when she looked flat-footed for much of the...
The Vittoriosa Lawn Tennis Club (VLTC) will once again be organising its annual Samsung Rennie Tonna Summer Team Tournament between June and September. The competition starts on June 20 and will be played over two rounds on a two-set basis with games...
Gustavo Kuerten briefly rekindled his Parisian love affair yesterday before bidding a tearful farewell to the French Open. The Brazilian has enjoyed a special relationship with Roland Garros since he celebrated his third and final triumph in 2001 by...
Door open for Sharapova
Triple champion Rafael Nadal faces a tough task in his bid to win a fourth consecutive French Open following yesterday's draw for the tournament starting tomorrow. The second seed, who has never been beaten at Roland-Garros since his debut in 2005, is...
Novak Djokovic has a warning for anyone who thinks his charge up the rankings is about to grind to a halt at Roland Garros. For the Serb, playing on clay feels just like coming home. "I grew up on clay," Djokovic told Reuters in an interview. "In...
Rafael Nadal has won 21 matches out of 21 in three years at the French Open yet even that perfect record will not stop him feeling butterflies in his stomach when he starts his bid for a fourth title next week. "Of course, I'll feel nervous," Nadal...
Second seed Rafael Nadal beat holder and top seed Roger Federer 7-5 6-7 6-3 in the final of the Hamburg Masters yesterday. The French Open champion had never won the title at the Rothenbaum, the only Masters Series on clay to have eluded the Spaniard,...
Holder and top seed Roger Federer beat unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-1 in the Hamburg Masters yesterday to set up a final with Spain's Rafael Nadal for the second year in a row. Second seed Nadal won a magnificent three-hour semi-final battle...
The Table Tennis Academy has just completed the second part of its coaching and participation phase for 2007/2008 and is now rigorously preparing the Summer School schedule. After last year's success, the Academy has taken the initiative to engage...
Justine Henin appeared to have it all, ranked world number one and with the consistency and mental strength to dominate her sport for years to come. On Wednesday, however, the Belgian abruptly announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25. Her...
World number one Justine Henin announced she was retiring from professional tennis with immediate effect yesterday. "It's the end of a wonderful adventure but it's something I have been thinking about for a long time," the Belgian told a news...
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