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Murray reaches Valencia semi-finals

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:55 GMT

Andy Murray progressed to the semi-finals of the inaugural Valencia Open with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory over Albert Montanes.

Agassi asks for compassion for drug use

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:28 GMT

Andre Agassi, mired in controversy after admitting to using crystal meth, pleaded for compassion from his critics in a television interview that will be broadcast on Sunday in the United States.

Wickmayer and Malisse banned over drugs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:28:16 GMT

Belgian tennis stars Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have received one-year suspensions from anti-doping officials in their homeland.

Murray ends Fred Perry sponsorship deal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:36:52 GMT

Britain's Andy Murray has signed a "long-term" sportswear deal with German firm Adidas from 2010, ending his long-standing partnership with Fred Perry.

Planning row threatens to relocate French Open

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

The French tennis federation (FFT) is considering whether to move the French Open from its Roland Garros home if an extension project at the venue does not get the go-ahead within a year.

Serena sets prize money record

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:35:15 GMT

Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tour by earning $6,545,586 in 2009, according to the Women's Tennis Association.

Haas struck down with swine flu

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:34:04 GMT

Leading German tennis player Tommy Haas has had to pull out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle after contracting swine flu.

Murray feels way back into action

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Andy Murray, who has not hit a tennis ball in anger for more than 40 days, says he has no great expectations as he returns to competition at the Valencia Open this week.

Murray exonerates Agassi over drugs revelation

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:06 GMT

Andy Murray insists the revelation Andre Agassi took drugs during his career has not tarnished his opinion of his boyhood hero.

Serena savours fourth win in a row over Venus

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Serena Williams claimed a fourth successive win over sister Venus to triumph at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha yesterday. Serena, who was guaranteed to end the season as world No 1, completed her fifth straight win of the prestigious end-of-season tournament, easing to a 6-2, 7-5 victory.

Nadal questions ATP over Agassi case

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:01 GMT

Rafael Nadal admits he was shocked to learn of Andre Agassi's drugs revelations and concerned that the American avoided punishment.

Serena clinches year-end world number one spot

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:49:10 GMT

Serena Williams rarely backs down in a scrap but she was spared a fight for the honour of ending the year as world number one yesterday when her rival Dinara Safina quit the WTA Championships with injury.

James Lawton: The highs and lows of a tennis superstar

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT

His former lover Barbra Streisand sent him flowers and called him her Zen Buddha, but that was when Andre Agassi was a young and apparently uncomplicated god of sport.

Agassi avoids punishment after lying about drug use

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Andre Agassi will face no retrospective punishment for taking crystal meth – a banned, illegal and highly addictive drug – in 1997, or for telling lies as a part of a subsequent cover-up to avoid a ban from tennis.

Tennis drug controversies

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:17 GMT

Andre Agassi has revealed he used crystal meth at one stage of his tennis career - but drug controversies are nothing new for tennis.

Agassi admits using crystal meth

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:07:48 GMT

Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test - a result that was thrown out after he said he "unwittingly" took the substance.

Murray and Robson to join forces in Perth

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:36:24 GMT

Andy Murray and Laura Robson will team up for Great Britain at the Hopman Cup in January, tournament organisers today confirmed.

From court farce to smash hit – how the women's game recaptured its wow factor

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Had they lined up in their glad rags 10 months ago, the reaction of the public would no doubt have been cynical. Great dresses, they would have said, shame about the tennis.

Wozniacki denies part in betting scandal

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:58:28 GMT

Caroline Wozniacki insisted today she did nothing wrong when quitting a match while leading 7-5, 5-0, saying the decision had nothing to do with betting.

Novak Djokovic: The man who met his match with Murray

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Given that they were born just a week apart, perhaps it should be no surprise that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have matched each other rung for rung in their climb up the tennis ladder. Long-term rivals from their junior days, they earned their first senior ranking points within a fortnight of each other in 2003, broke into the world's top 100 within three months of one another in 2005 and reached the top 10 within one month of each other two years ago.

Zvonareva to miss finale following Moscow upset

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Top seed Vera Zvonareva crashed out of the Kremlin Cup second round in Moscow 6-0, 6-2 to unseeded Bulgarian Tszvetana Pironkova yesterday.

Wozniacki match under investigation for betting irregularities

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:22:33 GMT

Tennis authorities are looking into a WTA Tour match involving US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki that apparently sparked bettors to pile money on her opponent when she was on the verge of losing in straight sets.

Henin confirms Brisbane comeback

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:48 GMT

Former world number one Justine Henin will make her return to tennis at the Brisbane International in January.

Caroline Wozniacki: Talk of the tour

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Caroline Wozniacki might feel a little uncomfortable when she arrives in Doha for next week's Sony Ericsson Championships. It will not be a question of nerves on her first appearance in the elite end-of-season finale so much as the fact that Qatar is one of the few stopovers on the women's tour where the 19-year-old Dane might have trouble conversing with the locals.

Henin rejects ASB Classic invite

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:31:27 GMT

The court, rather than the cash, appears the main reason behind Justine Henin's decision not to play in January's ASB Classic.