Tennis News

One win at the French Open starting next week would be a good result for troubled star Bernard Tomic, according to Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge.

His game has grown exponentially over the years, as his height shot up too. At 6-foot-4, he stands out in a crowd.

Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to "lucky loser" Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the first round of the Power Horse Cup.

A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.

British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's French Open after failing to recover from a back injury he sustained at the Rome Masters.

The Rafael Nadal 2013 Clay Domination Tour continues apace. Nadal took the Italian Open on Sunday, one week after winning the Madrid Open.

Garrett Boleslav and Brent Boleslav practice serves before their Class A Section III semifinal match against Baldwinsville on Monday at Skytop.

ESPN will be the main telecaster for three out of four Grand Slam events when it takes over the US Open from Flushing Meadows, NY in 2015.

Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday.

Spain's Rafael Nadal poses for a photo in front of the statues of Pietrangeli court after his straight-sets victory against Roger Federer.

Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open.

Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland beat Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 Monday to reach the second round of the Power Horse Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the French Open.

Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen waited out a two-hour rain delay before putting a quick end to a run of two first-round clay losses with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Lukas Lacko at the PowerHorse Cup on Monday.

LEIGH HALFPENNY fears his brilliant form for Wales has made him the No.1 target for the Wallaby hitmen this summer.

Florida seniors Lauren Embree and Caroline Hitimana stepped up and led the Gators to a hard-fought 4-2 win against California and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships played at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex at the Atkins Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

World number one Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1, 6-3 to win the Rome Open title on Sunday.

MOBILE - Even with a long history of success, the celebration after yet another national title never gets old for the AUM women's tennis team.

The Lithuanian broke Istomin five times in the opening match of the tournament. He will face Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, who advanced when Colombia's Alejandro Falla retired with a left calf injury while trailing 7-5.

Fifth seed Lukas Rosol was a first- round loser Sunday at the inaugural Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up. Rosol, the only seeded player to see action on the red clay at Rochusclub, lost 6-4, 6-3 to German Daniel Brands.

First impressions, second thoughts: Before Stephen Ames' first-round match against Tiger Woods in the 2006 Match-Play Championship, he was asked about his chances.