Federer blows past Berloq in return to Rome clay

Roger Federer braved dust storm conditions to blow past Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-4 and open his week with a second-round victory at the Rome Masters on Wednesday.The world number two with four titles this season -- including two of the firs...

Bulgaria's Kutrovsky gets doping ban

Bulgaria's number-two tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years for doping, the Bulgarian Tennis Federation said Wednesday.The 24-year-old had tested positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine at a tournament in San Jo...

Murray outslugs Nalbandian in Rome

Britain's world number four Andy Murray reached the third round of the Rome Masters here on Tuesday after a tough battle with veteran Argentinian David Nalbandian which ended up 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.The day session match which ended well into the intende...

Sharapova, Kvitova advance in windy Rome

Past and present Wimbledon winners Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova made straight-set moves into the third round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday, with the Russian second seed made to work hard.Defending Rome champion Sharapova, who won her W...

Federer listening to his body on Rome participation

Roger Federer and family landed in the Italian capital on Monday with the Swiss hoping to participate as scheduled in this week's Rome Masters.But the newly-crowned world number two, who won a third Madrid title at the weekend over Tomas Berdych, ...

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China's Li advances as Radwanska knocked out: China's Li Na moved on to the fourth round of the Rome Masters on Wednesday as third seed Agnieszka Radwanska lost to only her third dif...


Federer, Serena eye French Open shock: Roger Federer and Serena Williams took home trophies on Sunday from the Madrid Masters, with the pair of veteran champions hoping to c...

ATP / WTA Rankings

ATP RANKINGS
WTA RANKINGS

Rank	Prev	Player	Points
1	1	Novak Djokovic	13860
2	2	Rafael Nadal	10375
3	4	Andy Murray	7825
4	3	Roger Federer	7780
5	5	David Ferrer	4710
6	6	Robin Soderling	3500
7	7	Tomas Berdych	3230
8	9	Mardy Fish	2965
9	8	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2880
10	10	Gael Monfils	2525

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Rank	Prev	Player	Points
1	1	Caroline Wozniacki	8005
2	2	Maria Sharapova	6370
3	3	Victoria Azarenka	6190
4	4	Petra Kvitova	5970
5	5	Vera Zvonareva	5755
6	6	Samantha Stosur	5585
7	7	Na Li	5425
8	8	Agnieszka Radwanska	4940
9	11	Marion Bartoli	4610
10	9	Andrea Petkovic	4580

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Tennis Blogs

Down Memory Lane: Paul McElhinney - As part of the continuing series of anniversary articles, I shall be looking at what was happening in the tennis world 100, 50 and 25 years ago. To set some background c...

UK Tennis News


Murray celebrates birthday the hard way: Britain's world number four Andy Murray celebrated his 25th birthday here on Tuesday with a hard fought 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over veter...