Kim Clijsters bid a tearful farewell to her local fans in Antwerp last Sunday as she competed for the last time on Belgian soil, sticking to her word that she will hang up her racquets at the end of this season. She lost in the final to Amelie Mauresmo, who

GENOA, Italy(AP) Top-ranked Roger Federer arrived in Italy on Wednesday to play for Switzerland in the Davis Cup, two days after losing to Juan Martin del Potro in the U.S. Open final. The Swiss team had allowed Federer to decide on his plans until after the U.S. Open. `I never

GENEVA(AP) Roger Federer reportedly wants to play in Switzerland's Davis Cup playoff against Italy in September. Severin Luethi, part of Federer's coaching team, said the top-ranked player told him in May and again at Wimbledon that he intended to play in Italy. `Nothing is definite yet, but there's a good

HOBART, Australia(AP) Sixth-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada defeated Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 at the Hobart International on Sunday. Ukrainian sisters Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko also won their first-round matches. Fourth-seeded Alona beat Sybille Bammer of Austria 6-4, 6-1 while her younger sister, third-seeded Kateryna, took advantage of an

After 10 straight match wins and two titles in as many weeks, former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero is aiming to get back in the Top 10. "This victory makes me believe in this goal," said Ferrero. "I don’t have much to defend in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami so

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Robin Soderling reached the quarterfinals in his first clay-court tournament of the season at the Barcelona Open when he rolled past Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday. Soderling, the surprise French Open finalist last year, evened his career record against Lopez at 4-4. Next up for

LONDON (AP)—American tennis player Wayne Odesnik was banned for two years on Wednesday, two months after pleading guilty to importing human growth hormone into Australia. Although Odesnik denied using HGH and never tested positive for the banned substance, the International Tennis Federation suspended him for possessing a prohibited substance “without

KAZ-SUI 3-0(5-0): Kazakhstan will make its debut in the World Group next year, while Switzerland drops back into zonal play for just the second time in 16 years thanks to a 3-0 victory by the Kazkhs against the Swiss in their Davis Cup playoffs. The Swiss were without Roger Federer,

Seven French players and Davis Cup captain Guy Forget will head to St. Cyprien at the end of next week to begin preparations for the Davis Cup final in Serbia in December. Gael Monfils, Michael Llodra, Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet, Arnaud Clement and Julien Benneteau will all travel to the

BANGKOK (AP)—Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Thailand Open. The top-seeded Murray broke in the ninth game of each set to set up the win. The 20-year-old behind 5-4 down in the second set and smashed his racket. “At the end of

BALI, Indonesia (AP) Defending champion Ana Ivanovic will play Anabel Medina Garrigues in Sunday's final of the WTA Tournament of Champions. Ivanovic defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-1, 7-5 Saturday, despite getting little sleep after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Bali on Friday night. `I jumped out

Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic has been working with renowned golf osteopath Tina Maio of Australia, who also works with the Serbian’s boyfriend, golfer Adam Scott, TENNIS.com has learned. Ivanovic has been spending the off-season in Australia with Scott. Maio owns her own practice in Melbourne and has also

Simona Halep has picked up right where she left off during her run to the Wimbledon title in 2019 in Birmingham this week, extending her grass-court winning streak to 10 matches in a row today with a 6-4, 6-1 quarterfinal victory over Britain's Katie Boulter. She’s also won her last

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Vamos! Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud have officially begun their Latin America tour. Fresh off finishing as the runner-up at the Nitto ATP Finals, Ruud linked up with the 22-time major champion in Spain for their first flight to Argentina. Just days earlier, Nadal defeated the Norwegian, 7-5, 7-5, in

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The charm of Charleston, S.C. has called Elina Svitolina back to the WTA Tour. The former world No. 3 will play her first tournament in just over a year after being awarded a main-draw wild card into the WTA 500 event. The loaded field currently boasts seven of the current

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem had a brush with one of Australia's most venomous snakes during a qualifying match at the Brisbane International on Saturday. The former world No. 3 was a set down to 20-year-old Australian James McCabe in a first round qualifying match