Watching justineby Bobby Chintapalli, TW Contributing Editor

SYDNEY (AP)—Former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis beat local wild-card entry Nick Lindhal 6-2, 7-5 on Monday to reach the second round of the Sydney International, a key warmup tournament for the season's first major. Baghdatis, the Cypriot who lost the 2006 Australian final to Roger Federer, only got a

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

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Nikolay Davydenko recovered from being bagelled in the first set and facing two match points in the second set to defeat Rafael Nadal 0-6, 7-6(8) 6-4 and win Doha. "The first set was 6-0, everybody saw it," said Davydenko. "I should have won the second set at 5-4 with set

BRISBANE, Australia(AP) Justine Henin injured her left leg in a Brisbane International final loss to Kim Clijsters on Saturday in a setback to her career comeback ahead of the Australian Open. Henin withdrew Saturday from the Sydney International, where she could have met top-ranked Serena Williams in the second round

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Kim Clijsters hung on to win a momentum-swinging all-Belgian final at the Brisbane International in a vintage finish Saturday to Justine Henin’s tour comeback. Clijsters, only five tournaments into her own comeback that has already netted the U.S. Open title, saved two match points and wasted three before

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Justine Henin injured her left leg in a Brisbane International final loss to Kim Clijsters on Saturday in a setback to her career comeback ahead of the Australian Open. Henin withdrew Saturday from the Sydney International, where she could have met top-ranked Serena Williams in the second round

PERTH, Australia(AP) Laura Robson has won her first singles match at the Hopman Cup, beating previously undefeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 7-6 (6) to give Britain a 1-0 lead over Spain in the tournament final on Saturday. Andy Murray will attempt to clinch the match for Britain when he

Rf The second in a series on the new tennis season's most intriguing stories. Is there a compelling storyline involving Roger Federer coming into 2010? At one level the question is a joke. For the majority of people who follow sports at all, Federer is the only story in tennis;

I can’t wait to see the new chick flick Leap Year, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. Sure, only 13 percent of the reviews have been positive, but I’m willing to spend $12 on dreamy Mr. Goode, who first grabbed my attention five years ago when he played the tennis

BRISBANE, Australia(AP) Andy Roddick is pulling out of this year's Davis Cup, hoping to avoid more knee problems by cutting down on the number of times he changes court surfaces. `I'm not playing Davis Cup this year,'' Roddick said Friday, after beating Richard Gasquet of France in the quarterfinals of

Two more people were arrested outside the WTA event in Auckland as noisy anti-Israeli protests continued for the fourth straight day. Five people were arrested on Wednesday and one person on Tuesday. The protests are likely to stop now that Israel's Shahar Peer, the target of the demonstrations, has lost

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin overcame lapses to win their Brisbane International quarterfinals Thursday, raising the prospect of an all-Belgian final between two players making comebacks. Clijsters, five tournaments into a return from retirement that has already netted a U.S. Open title, needed four match points to beat

Rn This is the first in a series on the intriguing storylines coming into 2010. I’ll begin with the biggest question on the men’s tour as the new season begins: Can Rafa regain his No. 1 form? Over the holidays and through the off-season I try to watch as little

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal each won in straight sets Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Qatar Open. Federer beat Evgeny Korolev of Russia 6-2, 6-4, and Nadal defeated Potito Starace of Italy 6-2, 6-2. Federer broke three times in the first set and

PERTH, Australia (AP)—Britain's Andy Murray and 15-year-old Laura Robson won their mixed doubles match Wednesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germany at the Hopman Cup. Murray and Robson beat Sabine Lisicki and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding doubles match after Murray had beaten Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2 in

HONG KONG(AP) Caroline Wozniacki hopes to build on the gains made in the last two seasons and challenge for a major in 2010. The 19-year-old from Denmark won three titles each in 2008 and 2009, culminating in a run to the U.S. Open final in September, where she lost to

Protests targeting Israel's Shahar Peer continued at the Auckland WTA event for the second straight day, with one person arrested by police for disorderly behavior. New Zealand wire service NZPA reported that a small group of 10 protesters, armed with a megaphone, chanted slogans like "blood, blood on your hands,"

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP)—Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy won five traight service breaks to beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic. Shahar Peer of Israel ignored a noisy demonstration by a small group protesting Israel's treatment of Palestinians and beat