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Saturday October 27, 2007

Davydenko warned about 'throwing'

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko says he was warned for not playing hard enough by the chair umpire in his three-set loss to teenager Marin Cilic at the St Petersburg Open.

Friday October 26, 2007

Past hurts forgotten, a tennis champion celebrates

Half a century ago, Frank Sedgman was a pariah of Australian sport.

Thursday October 25, 2007

Russian's green and gold ambitions

Anastasia Rodionova is a Russian with a world ranking of 76, but her ambition is to play at the Australian Open as an Australian.

Tuesday October 23, 2007

Hewitt's rankings freefall continues

Lleyton Hewitt's depressing ranking plunges to its lowest point since the former world No.1 burst into the top 20 as an 18-year-old back in January 2000.

McEnroe interrupts Scud comeback

John McEnroe claimed revenge on behalf of the "old girls" as he showed Mark Philippoussis how much work lies ahead in his comeback.

Monday October 22, 2007

Unseeded Nalbandian upsets Federer

Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian claims a shock victory over Roger Federer when he comes from a set down to clinch his first Masters Series title in Madrid.

Tighter security won't stop match-fixers: Woodbridge

Increased security measures that may extend to restricting locker-room access would do little to thwart "insider" gambling at the Australian Open, according to Todd Woodbridge.

Sunday October 21, 2007

Henin downs Tolovin for ninth title

World number one Justine Henin secured her ninth WTA title of the season today, beating French teenager Tatiana Golovin 6-4 6-4 in the Zurich Open final.

Saturday October 20, 2007

Federer holds off Lopez to reach Madrid semis

Roger Federer eliminates the last Spaniard in contention at the Madrid Masters with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 victory over Feliciano Lopez.

Nadal wins slugfest

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal clinches a spectacular 7-6, 6-4 victory over Briton Andy Murray to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters.

Nalbandian v Federer in Madrid final

Roger Federer will meet unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian in the Madrid Masters final.

Henin and Golovin into Zurich final

World number one Justine Henin struggled to a 3-6 6-3 7-5 win over Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova today to reach the Zurich Open final.

Henin cruises through

World No. 1 Justine Henin cruises into the Zurich Open quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Russian Vera Zvonareva.

Friday October 19, 2007

Henin reaches Zurich quarters

Justine Henin cruises into the Zurich Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Russian Vera Zvonareva, but second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova is forced to battle.

Thursday October 18, 2007

Dokic working on one last chance

A clearly out-of-condition Jelena Dokic briefly opens her practice session to the media at Melbourne Park, but communicates only through the Tennis Australia website.

Russian to judgement

Russian Nikolay Davydenko on Tuesday accused Andy Murray of publicity-seeking after the British No. 1 said in an interview that corruption was commonplace in tennis.

Wednesday October 17, 2007

Corruption scares prompt lockout proposal

The ATP, the governing body of men's tennis, is "seriously considering" player-only locker rooms among new or enhanced security measures.

Dokic looks to rebound in Australia

Jelena Dokic is unranked and facing career extinction at the age of 24.

Tuesday October 16, 2007

Ankle injury has Hewitt on wrong foot for Open

Chronic ankle injury that Lleyton Hewitt must manage for the rest of his career ends his season prematurely.

Friday October 12, 2007

Nadal, Djokovic may join Classic cast

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Marcos Baghdatis remain in the sights of AAMI Classic tournament director Colin Stubs.

Thursday October 11, 2007

Murray in match-fixing claims

Andy Murray is the latest to make allegations of corruption in tennis.

Wednesday October 10, 2007

Second-string junior takes his best shot

Mark Verryth is a 16-year-old giant but still stands in Bernard Tomic's shadow.

Scud due to go courting again

A date and time have been set for Mark Philippoussis' competitive return to tennis. His opponent will be 43-year-old Mats Wilander who retired more than a decade ago.