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Pam Shriver files for divorce (AP)
Former tennis star Pam Shriver has filed for divorce from one-time James Bond actor George Lazenby. Documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court cite "irreconcilable differences" for the end of the couple's six-year marriage. The pair have three children together, including twins born in 2005.
Yahoo - 8 hours ago
Long season takes toll on Nadal (AP)
A long season of grueling duels against Roger Federer seem to have taken their toll on Wimbledon and French Open champion Rafael Nadal. "I feel good considering the calendar this year, which was terrorizing," Nadal said Wednesday, two days before the opening of the Beijing Olympics. "It's been a good year, but a difficult one." So good a year that on Aug.
Yahoo - 1 day ago
Federer faces Tursunov in Beijing opener (AP)
Top-ranked Roger Federer will play Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament, while rival Rafael Nadal could face a difficult second-round matchup in the draw announced Thursday. Nadal, who will replace Federer atop the rankings the week after the Olympic tournament, drew Italy's Potito Starace in the first round.
Yahoo - 1 day ago
Ancic out of US Open with mononucleosis (AP)
Croatia's Mario Ancic withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday with a recurrence of mononucleosis, the second straight year the 25th-ranked player was forced to miss the tournament. Ancic, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, was slowed throughout the 2007 season because of mononucleosis. He pulled out of the Open last August because of an injured right shoulder.
Yahoo - 2 days ago
Set for No.1, Nadal seeks Olympic win (AP)
Rafael Nadal has two major achievements so far this year -- taking the Wimbledon title by beating Roger Federer in an epic final and stacking up enough wins to unseat the Swiss star atop the rankings. Now the 22-year-old Spaniard is aiming to add Olympic glitter to his trophy room. "I'm going to really enjoy the Olympic atmosphere, I'm sure, and I'm out to try and win a medal," Nadal told The...
Yahoo - 3 days ago
Fish moves into second round in LA (AP)
American Mardy Fish, the only seeded player in action on opening day of the Countrywide Classic, moved into the second round of the ATP Tour event with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Alejandro Falla of Colombia on Monday night. Fish, the No. 6 seed, never lost serve and gave up only four points on serve in the second set of his 61-minute win over 121st-ranked Falla.
Yahoo - 3 days ago
USTA agrees to buy Cincinnati Masters (AP)
The U.S. Tennis Association reached an agreement to buy a majority interest in the Cincinnati Masters ATP hard-court tournament and hopes to turn it into a combined event for men and women. The deal is pending ATP approval. "This tournament has elevated the sport of tennis in the country's heartland, while providing significant contributions to community causes.
Yahoo - 3 days ago
ATP officials dismissed as defendants (AP)
The German Tennis Federation's challenge of the ATP Tour's planned tournament restructuring is based on a false sense of entitlement, not concerns about fairness, a lawyer for the tour said Monday during closing arguments. The German federation claims that the Association of Tennis Professionals' tournament restructuring, which would move the Hamburg clay court tournament from May to July and...
Yahoo - 3 days ago
Schuettler asks CAS for spot in Olympics (AP)
German tennis player Rainer Schuettler sent an application to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sunday, asking world sport's highest authority to give him a spot at the Beijing Olympics. "Rainer Schuettler claims that he should be allowed to compete in the games, considering that he has been entered by the German NOC (National Olympic Committee) and that he is eligible as a result of his...
Yahoo - 4 days ago
Jankovic assured of moving up to No. 1 (AP)
Jelena Jankovic might not feel worthy of being ranked No. 1, but she has assured herself of moving up to that spot later this month. Jankovic, who never has reached a Grand Slam singles final, will become the 18th player to lead the WTA computer rankings when she rises to the top spot Aug. 11. Currently No.
Yahoo - 5 days ago
Injured Sharapova to sit out US Open (AP)
Going back to a first-round exit at the 2003 Australian Open in her very first Grand Slam tournament, Maria Sharapova never has missed one of tennis' major championships. She will now. Sharapova is skipping the U.S. Open because of a torn rotator cuff tendon in her right shoulder, the same injury that is forcing her to sit out the Beijing Olympics.
Yahoo - 6 days ago
Web site: Sharapova to miss Olympics (AP)
Maria Sharapova will miss the Beijing Olympics because of a right shoulder injury. The three-time Grand Slam singles champion said on her Web site Thursday that an MRI exam and other medical tests showed she has two small tears in tendons in her shoulder. The right-handed Sharapova pulled out of the WTA tournament in Montreal because of the shoulder on Wednesday night -- after winning a nearly...
Yahoo - 7 days ago
Baghdatis to miss Olympics with injury (AP)
Marcos Baghdatis, the 2006 Australian Open finalist, was ruled out of the Beijing Olympics on Thursday because of a right wrist injury. Baghdatis will be out of action for at least four weeks and miss the U.S. Open, the Cyprus Tennis Federation said in a statement on its Web site. Baghdatis' wrist is in a splint.
Yahoo - 7 days ago
Federer wins, Roddick withdraws at Cincy (AP)
Roger Federer shook off last week's early-round loss in Toronto and beat Robby Ginepri 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-0 Tuesday in his first match at the Cincinnati Masters. "I'm happy I'm back with a one-match winning streak," Federer joked. "I'm happy I could turn it around today." Andy Roddick wasn't so fortunate.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008
Federer, Borg to team for doubles event (AP)
Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg will team up for a special doubles event in November, possibly against the men who ended their famous Wimbledon streaks. Federer and Borg will face John McEnroe and either Rafael Nadal or James Blake at The Venetian Macau Tennis Showdown on Nov. 20 in a Tour of Champions event.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008
Agassi to play Bryans' charity event (AP)
Andre Agassi is among the tennis stars slated to play at a charity event hosted by the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan. The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash will be at the Sherwood Country Club on Sept. 27, and will benefit local and national charities. It's the first event supporting The Bryan Brothers Foundation, set up by the twins who play for the U.S.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008
Szavay, Pin advance at Nordic Light Open (AP)
Second-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary beat Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-5, 7-6 (2) Monday in the first round of the Nordic Light Open. Camille Pin of France upset No. 7 Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 7-6 (3), while Emma Laine of Finland also advanced, beating Alexandra Panova of Russia 6-1, 6-3.
Yahoo - July 29 - 2008
Schiavone upset at rainy Rogers Cup (AP)
Tamira Paszek of Austria beat 14th-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-1 Monday night in a match interrupted four times by rain at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament. The match was tied 1-1 in the third set when the fourth and longest delay halted play for 90 minutes. When they resumed, the 17-year-old Paszek quickly put away a match that lasted nearly seven hours.
Yahoo - July 29 - 2008
Robredo opens Cincy Masters with win (AP)
Twelfth-seeded Tommy Robredo, a winner two weeks ago on clay, picked up his hard-court game on Monday and beat nemesis Mardy Fish 6-2, 6-2 in the opening match of the Cincinnati Masters. Robredo is 3-3 against Fish, including a loss in their previous meeting at the Australian Open in January. "He destroyed me in three sets," Robredo said.
Yahoo - July 29 - 2008
Injured Venus pulls out of Rogers Cup (AP)
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament with a knee injury. Williams did not want to risk aggravating the tendinitis in her knee ahead of the Beijing Olympics, tournament director Eugene Lapierre said Friday. She was the lone late withdrawal from the tier-1 event before the draw on Friday.
Yahoo - July 26 - 2008
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