Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, interviewed in a suspicious match earlier this year, said he was warned for not playing hard enough by the chair umpire in his loss to Marian Cilic at the St. Petersburg Open on Thursday. Complete Story...
Roger Federer should have seen it coming. One by one, David Nalbandian was picking off the best that tennis has to offer.
Justine Henin won her ninth title of the season Sunday, beating 19-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4, 6-4 at the Zurich Open.
Defending champion Roger Federer will play David Nalbandian in the final of the Madrid Masters. Federer defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-4, 6-4, and Nalbandian defeated third-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal, coming off a five-week layoff because of ailing knees, lost to David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-2 Friday in the Madrid Masters quarterfinals. It was Nadal's most lopsided defeat in three years.
Serena Williams retired with a sore right thigh while trailing Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 3-0 in the first round of the Zurich Open on Tuesday.
Big-serving Ivo Karlovic had 27 aces in defeating Thomas Johansson 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Sunday to win the Stockholm Open for his third career ATP title.
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-0 Sunday in the final of the BA-CA Tennis Trophy for his fifth ATP title of the season.
Serena Williams was undone by a slew of errors Sunday and lost the Kremlin Cup final 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to Elena Dementieva, who won her hometown tournament on the third attempt.
Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova won Friday, and the two will face each other in the Kremlin Cup semifinals.
Maria Sharapova, playing in Moscow for only the third time, lost to teenager Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (9), 6-2 Wednesday in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
Tennis officials are examining 150 professional matches considered to be suspicious, including some at Grand Slams, dating back to 2002.
Top-ranked Justine Henin rallied to defeat Tatiana Golovin 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 Sunday and win the Porsche Grand Prix for her eighth title of the year.
Top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain coasted to a 6-1, 6-2 win over third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France on Sunday to win the Japan Open.
France's Virginie Razzano rallied from a set down Saturday to defeat top-seeded Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the final of the Japan Open.
A women's tennis match drew suspicion for unusual betting patterns, and the WTA Tour was investigating Thursday — two months after the men's tour began a probe into gambling on a match.
David Ferrer kept up his surprising run at the U.S. Open, reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 on a quiet Thursday at Flushing Meadows.
Pay no attention to what Maria Sharapova said after her U.S. Open title defense came to an end Saturday. This was a case of actions speaking far louder than words, and the way things slipped away, so suddenly and stunningly, Sharapova clearly was flustered — by the swirling wind and bright sun, by her errant strokes and, most of all, by the Krakow Kid across the net who kept moving way up to receive serves.
He's a Georgia Bulldog all the way, backed by barks each time he plays. To beat the biggest dog of them all at the U.S. Open, though, John Isner freely admits he needs to play way, way over his head. And this is a guy who's 6-foot-9.
Locked in the toughest test of his Wimbledon reign, against his only real rival in today's game, Roger Federer summoned the strokes and resolve that allow him to chase records set by the greats of yesteryear.
Improbable as this Wimbledon title might have seemed, Venus Williams knew it could happen. Far away as that trophy might have appeared only last week, Williams knew she had the game and the grit to grab it. Oh, how her serves and strokes sizzle on the grass of Centre Court.
After another slow start, Serena Williams got her grass-court game back on track. The two-time champion rallied from 4-1 down in the first set and beat Australia's Alicia Molik 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of Wimbledon on another day of rain delays at the All England Club.
Rafael Nadal made a successful transition to grass, defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round at Queen's Club.
Bjorn Borg was severely bitten in the leg by a German shepherd while trying to stop a dogfight and withdrew from his first grass-court match in 26 years.
Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Baush & Lomb Championships on Thursday, beating Meilen Tu 6-2, 7-5.