Jurgen Melzer News

Andy Murray, who has had an unbroken run as British No. 1 since 10 July 2006, has learned to live with the weight of expecation from a title-starved public.

Marat Safin ended his career Wednesday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters.

Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

You think squealing comes natural to Maria Sharapova? It took hours of endless practice.

Roger Federer punished Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3 in 61 minutes Wednesday to flex his muscles on the way to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.

Jurgen Melzer defeated top-seeded Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy, his second career ATP title.

Oliver Marach and Lukasz Kubot are closing on a berth at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Notes: Valencia moves from a spring claycourt event to an indoor hardcourt event; openers of interest include Ferrer vs.

By Thomas Hochwarter Austria's top tennis player Jurgen Melzer won his second ATP title as he defeated Croatian star Marin Cilic in yesterday's Vienna's BA TennisTrophy final.

The last time an Austrian man won the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy title, Jurgen Melzer was a seven-year-old kid with modest tennis dreams.

By William Green Two brothers have been found guilty of the murder of a Salzburg businessman in South Africa.

Serena Williams said she didn't arrive at the Sony Ericsson Championships expecting to win.

VIENNA: Jurgen Melzer has defeated top-seeded Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3 to win the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.

Austrians Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer advanced to the Bank Austria TennisTrophy for the second time after defeating Germans Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 1-6, 10-6 Saturday at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Vienna.

The Williams sisters will end their season with another title matchup. Venus Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic , 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, on Saturday in one semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.

Jurgen Melzer rallied to beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 4-6, 7-6 , 6-4 Saturday to reach his first ATP final of the season at the BA Tennis Trophy.

Marin Cilic and Gael Monfils retained their slim chances of reaching next month's ATP World Tour Finals by toughing out second-round wins at the BA Trophy on Thursday.

Janko Tipsarevic defeated eighth-seeded John Isner of the United States 7-6 , 6-4. The Serb, who reached his first career final in Moscow last week, managed only four points off Isner's serve in the opening set before winning the tiebreaker.

Top seeds Marin Cilic of Croatia and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.

Marin Cilic took a wild card into the tournament. A busy Tuesday schedule features top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, top Austrian and No.