India's Somdev Devvarman slipped eight spots to 124 in Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings released on Monday despite one of his best performances of the season.
 
Somdev lost to second-seeded American Kevin Kim in the final of the Charlottesville Challenger ...

Somdev Devvarman was ousted by American Kevin Kim in the finals of ATP Challenger tournament. He lost to Kim by  4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6 in the $50,000 event.
 
The Indian lost the first set but came back strongly in the second set to draw level. But Kim, ranked No.87, managed to edge past ...

The governing body of women's tennis wants modification in the whereabouts'  clause of WADA to give more flexibility to players during competition.
 
Last week, the Belgian players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse were suspended for one year  as they failed to notify their ...

Andy Murray clinched his sixth title of the year winning the Valencia Open on Sunday. He ousted unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets by 6-3, 6-2.
 
The world number four, who missed the September's US Open due to a wrist injury, easily dominated the match on the hard court in ...

Novak Djokovic ended Roger Federer’s Basel reign defeating the world number one in his home ground. Djokovic registered a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Federer to claim the Swiss Indoors title on Sunday.
 
The  22-year-old world number three turned the game in his favour  in a ...

Somdev Devvarman of India will play against American Kevin Kim in the finals of ATP Challenger tournament at Charlotteville in USA.
 
Somdev, seeded third, outclassed Ryan Sweeting by 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in a see-saw semi-final clash. American Kevin Kim, seeded second eased into the finals ...

Roger Federer won his 19th match at home to reach a fourth consecutive Swiss Indoors final at Basel, where he will be meeting Novak Djokovic.
 
Federer, 59-8 in this season of four titles including the French Open and Wimbledon, beat longtime friend Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 in the ...

Top seed Marion Bartoli quit the final of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali on Sunday with a thigh injury, giving French compatriot Aravane Rezai her third title of the season.
 
Number 12 Bartoli was in the hunt for a number 10 finish, had she won the trophy. But the ...

Italy claimed their second Fed Cup title on Sunday. Flavia Pennetta earned the winning point of the weekend  with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over American Melanie Oudin in the final.
 
Pennetta, first Italian woman to crack the world top 10, wrapped up the second championship for the host in ...

Roger Federer will play against his childhood mate Marco Chiudinelli in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals. Friendship will be on the back burner in a battle of Basle boys for a place in the final of the Swiss Indoors.
 
Top seed Federer has been a winner of last three editions of his home event. ...

Prakash Amritraj and Purav Raja were ousted from singles and doubles event at the Korea ATP Challenger. The Indian challenge in the $100,000 Flea Market Cup ATP Challenger ended with both the Indians losing out their respective matches on Friday.
 
Prakash struggled but went down to Dutch ...

Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh of India entered the quarter-finals at the $50,000 Virginia National Bank ATP Challenger.
 
Third-seed Somdev ousted South African Davis Cupper Izak Van Der Merwe by 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in his second round encounter on Thursday .He will face Dutchman Matwe ...

Top-seeded Andy Murray advanced into the quarter-finals of Valencia Open on Thursday after defending champion David Ferrer withdrew injured on Thursday.
 
Andy Murray, making his return from a wrist injury, defeated Leonardo Mayer of Argentina by 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Murray will meet Albert ...

Novak Djokovic clinched his career best victory on Thursday at Basel. He crushed Czech Jan Hernych by 6-0, 6-0 to advance into the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals.
 
The Serb registered his win in a 52 minute encounter .Novak bettered his last best win where he had outclassed Argentina's David ...

Fourth seed Fernando Verdasco entered the second round of Valencia Open on Wednesday. He advanced into the next round as Spanish compatriot Oscar Hernandez pulled out of the tournament with back trouble.
 
Verdasco dominated the game from the start and was leading 6-1,0-1 when Hernandez ...

Roger Federer cruised into the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday. He earned a 6-3, 6-3 sixth straight victory against the Italian Andreas Seppi in just an hour game.
 
The top seed claimed his 17th straight match in Basel and his 57th of the season as he entered the last eight ...

Prakash Amritraj of India entered the quarter-finals in Korea ATP Challenger. He earned a 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(4) win over Andis Juska to book a quarter-final berth in the $100,000 hard court event.
 
The unseeded Indian started on a brilliant note routing his Latavian rival in the first set ...

Somdev Devvarman of India advanced into the second round of Charlottesville challenger .He ousted Hungarian wildcard Denes Lukacs by 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round of $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament.
 
Third-seeded Somdev will play against South African Davis ...

Novak Djokovic stormed into the second round at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The Serbian defeated Andreas Beck by 6-3, 7-5 in the opening round.
 
Djokovic  registered his win in just under 90 minutes in the match played at the St Jakobshalle.Third-ranked Djokovic will take on ...

Prakash Amritraj of India ousted Kyu Tae IM to enter the second round of Korea Challenger. The Indian stunned the fifth seed and local favourite Kyu Tae IM by 6(2) 6-2 in the opening round of the $1, 00,000 hard court event.
 
Prakash will play against  Latvian Andis Juska in his second ...

Roger Federer claimed his 16th straight victory at his home Swiss Indoors. The top seeded world number one defeated Belgian qualifier Olivier Rochus by 6-3, 6-4 on Monday in just 66 minutes.
 
The Swiss earned his first two break points with aces, only to see them saved by the battling ...

Serena Williams has set the record for single-season prize money in women's tennis. The eleven times grand slam winner has earned USD 6,545,586 in 2009.
 
Williams broke the Justine Henin’s record of $5.5 million, which she had earned in 2007.
 
The American who triumphed over ...

India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman is advancing towards the top-100 mark in the ATP chart. He bettered his career-best ranking to 116th jumping five places in the rankings released on Monday.
 
Somdev last week had improved his career best rankings of 124 to 121.
 
Prakash Amritraj climbed ...

Jurgen Melzer stunned Marin Cilic to clinch the Austria Tennis Trophy. He outclassed the Croatian in straight sets and earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over Cilic. The home hero became the first Austrian to lift the trophy since Horst Skoff in 1988, who had defeated Thomas Muster.
 
Melzer who earned ...

Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine claimed the St Petersburg Open title defeating Horacio Zeballos of Argentina on Sunday’s final clash. Stakhovsky established a 2-6, 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (9/7) victory over the Argentine in a match played for two hours and 19 minutes.
 
This was ...

 
Croatian Ivan Ljubicic captured the Lyon Grand Prix title on Sunday. He crushed Michael Llodra of France by 7-5, 6-3 to earn his first ATP title in 2 years.
 
The World number 29 Ljubicic had earned his last title at the Den Bosch Open in 2007 and was the only non-Frenchman to ...

Serena Williams won her second career WTA Championship title on Sunday. She crushed Venus Williams by 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to earn the prize money worth $1.55 million.
 
Serena's second season-ending trophy made her just the second player after Justine Henin in 2007 to win two Grand Slam titles as ...

Jeev Milkha Singh failed to make it into the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play championships on Friday.
 
Jeev, who at one stage fell four holes behind Ross Fisher after 10 holes, narrowed the gap down to just two with two holes to go. A missed putt on 17th ended his hopes despite ...

FIFA has shortlisted Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the 2009 World Footballer of the Year award. The world football ruling body published the names of 23 shortlisted players on Friday.
 
Ronaldo was the winner of the prestigious prize last year who joined Real Madrid in summer from ...

Marat Safin crushed Denis Istomin to enter the St Petersburg Open semi-finals on Friday. Safin defeated Denis Istomin by 6-0, 7-6.
 
Safin won the first set in less than 25 minutes .He took a 2-0 lead in the second against 101st-ranked Uzbek.
 
The 29-year-old Russian, who has ...