Russian top seed Nikolay Davydenko claimed the Kuala Lumpur title defeating Spain's Fernando Verdasco on Sunday. He pulled back a second-set break of serve on his way to a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
 
The world number eight made a hat-trick of titles this season after triumphing on clay two months ...

Frenchman Gilles Simon defeated Viktor Troicki to claim the Thailand Open. He registered a 7-5, 6-3 win over the Serb on Sunday. Tenth seeded Simon is battling for one of eight places in the ATP World Tour Finals in London next month. Simon claimed the sixth trophy of his career but first in more ...

Nikolay Davydenko and other top three seeds have entered into the semi-finals of Malaysia Open with their respective wins over their compatriots.
 
The top seed hammered the Frenchman in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 as Monfils dropped his serve four times.
 
Davydenko will now clash with ...

Maria Sharapova clinched her first title after 18 months of hiatus by winning the Pan Pacific Open.
 
The former world number ones came to action on Saturday, where the Russian prevailed over the Serbian seventh seed, Jelena Jankovic to win the set 5-2. Then Jelena Jankovic retired because ...

Andy Murray, the world number three tennis player has withdrawn from Japan Open tennis, to be played from Oct. 5-11due to his wrist injury.
 
Earlier in he had suffered an injury in a match in US Open and in spite of this he resumed playing against Poland on Sept. 18.
 
It has been a ...

World No. 1 Roger Federer will not be playing at the Asian swings of ATP, which is slated to be held in Tokyo and Shanghai on October. The 15 Grand Slam holder mentioned that he is withdrawing from the event as he is badly in need of a break.
 
The Swiss world number one had been expressing ...

Poojashree Venkatesha will face compatriot Rushmi Chakravarthi at the$10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Dehradun on Saturday.
 
The 19-year-old Poojashree managed to defeat fourth-seeded Japanese player, Miki Miyamura for a 6-1, 7-6(1) where as Rushmi took over ...

Top seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils has defeated compatriot Sebastien Grosjean for a 6-1, 6-1 to enter the quarter finals of the Open de Moselle on Thursday.
 
After a first round bye, Monfils showcased 10 aces and managed to break Grosjean six times in the first match they played against each ...

India, which has made an entry into the World Group after 11 years, has to prepare itself for a tough task. India will be facing the fourth seeds and former champions Russia in the first-round tie of the Davis Cup 2010, which is slated to take place from March 5 till March 7.
 
India, which ...

Justine Henin, a former World No.1, is all set to make a comeback to professional tennis. She had announced her retirement from professional tennis in May 2008.
 
The twenty seven year old Henin is expected to announce her comeback during the evening news shows on RTBF and RTL, which are ...

India has been placed along with the eight other un-seeded nations during the Davis Cup World Group seeding which was announced on Monday.
 
The announcement for the Davis Cup 2010 World Group draw will be made on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland.
 
India had taken over South Africa ...

Rafael Nadal has discarded his plans for playing at the Thailand Open which is scheduled to kick off next week. He has dropped his plans for playing at the tournament as he is fighting his injured abdominal muscle.
 
The world number two had been fighting his injury since August but he had ...

Young Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman crushed South African Rik De Voest for a 4-6, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4, in a five-hour game of the first reverse singles held on Sunday to reserve India’s berth in the Davis Cup World Group.
 
India has taken an incontrovertible 3-1 lead in ...

Sanaa Bhambri lost to eight seeded compatriot Rushmi Chakravarthy for a 3-6 1-6 at the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament played in the DLTA complex at New Delhi on Saturday. 
 
Rushmi, 31, has lost to Sanaa at the only meeting in Ahmedabad ITF tournament in 2006. ...

Andy Murray aggravated his sore wrist in the Davis Cup relegation tie. This has left him doubtful for the rest of Britain's key weekend Davis Cup Euro zone relegation tie. He took the hosts into lead defeating Poland’s number 678 Michal Przysiezny by 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
 
Murray is afraid ...

Eighth-seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi will play against Sanaa Bhambri in the finals of $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the DLTA stadium. Rushmi knocked out top seed Poojashree Venkatesha by 6-4, 6-2 on Friday while Sanaa Bhambri defeated Chinese qualifier Sirui He by 6-4, ...

Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman gave India a 2-0 lead against South Africa in Davis cup by winning their respective matches. Rohan Bopanna shocked first seed Rik de Voest of South Africa while Somdev Devvarman won the first rubber on Day One of the World Group tennis play-off on ...

Sanaa Bhambri of India defeated Sheethal Goutham to reach the semi-finals of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament. She won the match in straight sets by 6-2, 6-3.The match was played at the DLTA stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.
 
Sanaa will play against Chinese Sirui ...

Rohan Bopanna will team up with Mahesh Bhupathi for the crucial doubles tie in the Davis Cup. India will take on South Africa in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tennis tie which will be held from Sep 18-20, at the Ellis Park Indoor Arena on Friday.
 
Bopanna had to be teamed with Bhupati ...

Bangalore's Sheethal Goutham beat fourth-seeded Isha Lakhani to enter the quarter-finals the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament. Sheethal overcame Isha by 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the game played at the DLTA stadium on Wednesday.
 
Sheethal will play against seventh-seeded ...

Defending champion and top seed Nadia Petrova of Russia needed just 51 minutes to send off Gullickson at the $220,000 indoor tournament on Tuesday. She defeated Carly Gullickson in straight sets by 6-2, 6-0 to enter the second round of Quebec Open. 
 
In other match, third seeded ...

India’s chances to qualify for Davis cup received major setback as injured Leander Paes pulled out of the play-off tie against South Africa in Johannesburg. The 17-year-old Yuki Bhambri will now play in the main team.Yuki was earlier included as fifth member of the squad.
 
The ...

India's Somdev Devvarman moved up 29 places to claim the 133rd spot in the latest Association of Tennis Professional rankings.
 
Somdev qualified for his first Grand Slam singles event at US Open and reached the second round.
 
Somdev defeated Frederico Gil of Portugal in the first ...

Leander Paes' ATP rankings remained stable at the eighth position in the doubles list of ATP ranking in spite of his stupendous win over Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles at the US Open. Sania Mirza moved up in the WTA charts despite a devastating exit from the Flushing Meadows Open.
 
In ...

Indian women tennis players, Poojashree Venkatesha, Isha Lakhani and Rushmi Chakravarthi started their campaigns in the $10,000 ITF tournament with straight set wins in their first rounds over their compatriots at the match which took place in the DLTA Complex, New Delhi, on Tuesday.
 
In ...

The Indian-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy clinched the men’s doubles title in US Open on Sunday. The fourth seeds Paes and Czech Dlouhy defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. Leander claimed his 10th Grand Slam title with the win.
 
Paes and Dlouhy registered a ...

Belgian Kim Clijsters won the US Open women's title on Sunday. She defeated Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in straight sets by 7-5, 6-3.
 
Clijsters was playing her third tournament after taking more than two years hiatus. She clinched the title in a match played for 93-minute.
 
This ...

World No 1 Roger Federer is now just a step away from his 16th Grand Slam title. He took over Novak Djokovic to enter the sixth consecutive final at the US Open.
 
The Swiss player will face Argentine Juan Del Potro Monday in a rain-delayed final.  Argentine Juan Del Potro crushed World ...

The US Open men's final will now take place on Monday. This is the second consecutive year that the US Open matches have been cancelled due to rain.
 
The women's semi-finals between Kim Clijsters and second-seeded Serena Williams and between Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki and Belgian ...

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from semi-final match of Spain's Davis Cup on Friday. The Spanish tennis federation announced that Juan Carlos Ferrero will replace Nadal in the squad for the semi-final against Israel which will be played from September 18-20.
 
Spanish captain Albert Costa took ...