MELBOURNE - Andy Roddick on Wednesday urged the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to consider scaling back the Davis Cup after pulling out of the United States team duty for this year’s series.
MELBOURNE - Andy Roddick on Wednesday urged the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to consider scaling back the Davis Cup after pulling out of the United States team duty for this year’s series.
MELBOURNE - Russian Dinara Safina was typically unpredictable as she moved into the Australian Open third round with a straight sets win over the Czech Republic’s Barbora Zahlavova Strycova on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE - Andy Roddick admitted he was wrong in his clash with the chair umpire over his ruling on a match point after he marched into the third round at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE - U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters survived a test from Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn to reach the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3 6-3 victory on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE - Roger Federer survived a scare against big-serving Igor Andreev in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, coming back from a set down to beat the Russian 4-6 6-2 7-6 6-0.
MELBOURNE - An angry Robin Soderling blew a two-set advantage over Spain’s Marcel Granollers and crashed out of the Australian Open in the first round on Tuesday.
MELBOURNE - Jelena Jankovic is happy to let others take the limelight at this year’s Australian Open and leave her to get on with the business of winning matches.
MELBOURNE - Ireland were celebrating their first win at a grand slam tournament when Louk Sorensen beat Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1 at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
MELBOURNE - Although Serena Williams opened her title defence with a clinical 6-2 6-1 victory over Poland’s Urszula Radwanska on Tuesday, her subdued performance provoked questions about whether she was reining in her personality.
A lesson for Melbourne locals: the little balding bloke sitting in the corner having dinner may be Nikolay Davydenko. Or it may not be.