Rafael Nadal booked his semi-final berth at Indian Wells Masters defeating Czech Tomas Berdych. Nadal moving closer to the title glory registered a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) win over the Czech in a game that lasted for about 2 hours.
 
The third seed will face Ivan Ljubicic in his semis clash. Ljubicic ...

After a humiliating defeat to Lithuania Britain's Davis Cup captain John Lloyd offered his resignation.
 
Britain already faces a relegation playoff against Turkey at Eastbourne in July as they have lost their last five Davis Cup ties. They need a win to avoid dropping into Europe/Africa ...

Maria Sharapova will be out of action for six weeks as she has sustained an elbow injury. The announcement came from organisers of Sony Ericsson Open that is commencing next week.
 
The three-times grand slam champion was gearing up for the event Key Biscayne, Miami but a bone bruise on her ...

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Limited has signed Indian tennis ace Yuki Bhambri. The promising tennis star with this collaboration had his first corporate sponsor. One of the leading leisure and hospitality brands MHRIL will sponsor the Australian Open junior champion for five ...

Justine Henin's return to tennis stalled on Friday with a second-round loss at the Indian Wells Masters as Argentine Gisela Dulko carved out a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 upset.
 
Henin, who reached the final of the Australian Open six weeks ago, had not come to California with huge expectations. But her ...

Justine Henin stormed into the second round of Indian Wells WTA hardcourt tournament on Wednesday. The former world number had a comfortable win over Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets in 68 minutes clash.Hennin outclassed the Slovak by 6-2, 6-2 to set up her second round encounter ...

Britain's 3-2 Davis Cup humiliation against lowly Lithuania looks likely to produce a major shake-up in the coaching ranks, with former player Greg Rusedski being tipped to replace disgraced John Lloyd.
 
The British team - minus Andy Murray who was listening on the internet from California ...

Russians wrapped up both the opening day singles to take a 2-0 lead in the first round of Davis Cup World Group at Luzhniki arena on Friday.
 
Somdev lost a tough four set battle by 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 3-6, 4-6 to last minute inclusion Igor Kunitsyn. Rohan Bopanna also suffered 4-6, 2-6, 3-6 ...

Tommy Haas will not play tennis for several months as the German star underwent a hip surgery on Saturday. Tommy’s unavailability was announced by his agent.
 
Team Lagardere added "Haas will be unable to practice and compete for the next several months and will be sidelined at ...

India’s Somdev Devvarman will face Igor Andreev of Russia in the Davis Cup World Group singles first round on Friday. The match will be played at Small Sports Arena "Luzhniki" in Moscow.
 
The 128 ranked Somdev will meet 38th-ranked Andrev, for the first time. Andrev has come ...

David Nalbandian who has recovered from his leg injury will join Argentina's Davis Cup team in Sweden. Nalbandian left for Stockholm on Wednesday, the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT) said.
 
The AAT statement said, “Captain Modesto Vazquez and vice-captain Ricardo Rivera confirmed ...

Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Indian Wells tournament to be held next week. The Russian said on Wednesday that the persistent problem with a back injury is the reason behind her pull out.
 
World number two in her official website stated, “Unfortunately, I will not be able to play ...

The Indo-Czech combo of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy lost the summit clash at Dubai Tennis Championships. The Swede-Australian pair of Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley disappointed the second seed pair in staright sets by 6-2 6-3 in just 57 minutes.
 
Paes admitting a poor game play said, ...

The Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the finals of Dubai Tennis Championships. Paes-Dlouhy marked a stunning comeback from behind to outclass the German-Belgian combo of Christopher Kas and Dick Norman in the semi-final encounter.
 
The Indo-Czech pair, seeded ...

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered the quarterfinals in men’s doubles at Dubai Tennis Championships.The Indo-Czech pair registered a straight set win over Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland in their opening round encounter.
 
Paes and Dlouhy outclassed the Polish ...

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi overcame the first set challenge from the wildcard pair of the UAE's Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi and Kuwait's Abdullah Magdas to advance in the doubles quarterfinals of the $1,619,500 Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.
 
The ...

The Indian-south African combo of Rohan Bopanna and Jeff Coetzee were knocked out in the doubles semifinals of the 512,750 euros Open 13 tennis tournament.
 
The top seeded team of Julian Knowle of Austria and Swede Robert Lindstedt outclassed the Indian-south African pair by 6-4,0-6,10-6 on ...

The Indian - South Africa combo of Rohan Bopanna and Jeff Coetzee advanced into the doubles semifinals of the Open 13 tennis tournament. The pair registered a thrilling win over Spaniards Marc Lopez and Tommy Robredo in the 512,750 euros extravaganza.
 
Bopanna and Coetzee crushed Marc Lopez ...

Venus Williams will face Shahar Peer of Israel in the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships. Venus surpassed Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in Thursday’s clash in straight sets by 6-3, 6-4.
 
Peer who could not participate in the championship last year as refused entry permit ...

Yuki Bhambri has decided to skip India's Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Russia in Moscow which facilitated Sanam Singh’s inclusion in the five-member squad. The tie will take place from March 5 to 7.
 
Yuki, who started his Davis Cup career winning a dead rubber against ...

World number one Serena Williams is all set to launch her own nail collections in collaboration with HairTech.The tennis ace is training to become a nail technician.
 
Williams said,"I am coming out with a nail collection with a company called HairTech. I also intend on being the most ...

The Indo-South African pair of Rohan Bopanna and Jeff Coetzee entered into the doubles quarterfinals of 512,750 euros Open 13 tennis tournament.
 
They outclassed Belgium's Christophe and Olivier Rochus in straight sets by 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday. Bopanna and Coetzee will next play against ...

India's Prakash Amritraj and American James Cerretani advanced into the doubles semi-final of 10, 65,000 euros Challenger tennis.
 
The Indo-American pair is seeded fourth in the tournament. The combo crushed German-Slovak pair of Julian Reister and Grega Zemlja .Amritraj and Cerretani ...

India's Sania Mirza has dropped down to the 77th spot in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday. She slipped 18 rungs after her failures in recent events.
 
Sania attained victory only once in her five singles outings this season. She advanced into the ...

Sania Mirza was ousted at the opening round in USD two million Dubai Tennis Championships.The Indian tennis ace went down to her opponent Anabel Medina Garrigues by 3-6, 4-6.
 
The Hyderabad girl has suffered defeat since her failure in the second round of Auckland event at the start of ...

Robin Soderling won the World Indoor Tournament title at Rotterdam as Mikhail Youzhny pulled out of the game on Sunday’s final. The Swedish third seed was declared winner as Youzhny withdrew due to injury after trailing by 6-4, 2-0 in the final encounter.
 
After semis win over Novak ...

Novak Djokovic advanced into the semi-finals of the World Indoor Tournament at Rotterdam on Thursday. A pullout from his next opponent Florian Mayer due to injury facilitated  the Serb’s advancement into the next stage.
 
Djokovic had crushed Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in ...

Novak Djokovic advanced into the second round of the World Indoor Tournament as Sergiy Stakhovsky pulled out due to knee injury while trailing 6-2, 4-1.The Serb clinched the first set in just 32 minutes with two service breaks.
 
Djokovic was playing his first match after his suffered defeat ...

US-based Indian Prakash Amritraj was ousted in the first round of Bergamo Challenger tennis. Prakash lost to Italian wildcard Marco Crugnola on the hard court on Monday. Crugnola crushed Pakash by 7-5,1-6,7-5 in the 425,000 event.
 
The 222nd-ranked Indian is also playing in the doubles. He ...

Robin Soderling claimed his first victory in 2010 defeating Frenchman Florent Serra at the ABN-AMRO World Tennis in Rotterdam. He overcame a shaky start for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Florent Serra.
 
The 2009 French Open finalist against Roger Federer had been beaten in first round at Chennai ...