Australian Open

By Associated Press Two days after tearfully pulling out of the WTA Championships with a serious back injury she thought could keep her out of the Australian Open, Dinara Safina is entering the Brisbane International.

By Reuters Caroline Wozniacki has been confirmed as the fourth top 10 women's player to use the Sydney International tournament as final preparation for next year's Australian Open.

By nmccarvel Doha Dust: The biggest news out of Doha today was that Dinara Safina withdrew from the event with a back injury. She was tied 1-1 in the first set with Jelena Jankovic when she pulled out, and now she is in doubt for the Australian Open in January. Let the debate begin… who had the more devastati...

By Associated Press Former No. 1-ranked player Justine Henin has confirmed she'll make her return to the WTA Tour at the Brisbane International two weeks ahead of her comeback to Grand Slam tennis at the Australian Open.

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By TC less appealing than it did in January… but yet, there is still over $30 million in prize money on the line on the men’s and women’s Tours between now and the official end of the season sometime between late October to early December depending upon whether a player has reached the season-end...

By TC o    2009 U.S. Open Women’s Singles Champion… so she won a few extra rounds – congrats Kim!  What an awesome accomplishment! o    Rafael Nadal will progress further than Roger Federer o    Twenty year old Argentine, Juan Martin del Potro captured the Men’s Singles title

By Aaress Lawless The 28-year-old American has had a stellar 2009 season, winning two Grand Slam singles titles (Australian Open and Wimbledon) and posting solid results at the other two Slams, falling to eventual champions at both (to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and to Ki...

By Aaress Lawless The world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams from the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season will compete for the coveted Sony Ericsson Championships title and a share of the record Championships prize money of $4.55 million.

By Aaress Lawless Na is Asia and China’s No. 1 player and recently reached the quarterfinals at the US Open. In addition, IMG owns, manages or represents many of the world’s leading tournaments including Sony Ericsson Open, Australian Open, Chennai Open and Wimbledon, among many others.

US Open champion Kim Clijsters will prepare for next year's Australian Open by competing in the Brisbane International tournament.

By gauloises1 Now, it is clear, Murray is moving on and into the same line that clothes David Beckham, 19’s global sporting phenomenon, and which secures the firm foothold adidas has in the tennis brand market. With Murray joining the stable that houses Novak Djokovic — the 2008 Australian Open champio...

By Reuters Novak Djokovic will warm up for the Australian Open at the invitational Kooyong Classic, but Roger Federer remains in doubt because of family concerns.

The reigning Australian Open champ, sported a exotic yellow polo shirt, matching wristbands and cool a fluro-blue head piece at the Nike event where he got to meantor/coach kids from the New York Junior Tennis League, Athletes for Charity, Mentoring USA and the New York City Parks Found...

By TC The results of the third Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year at The Championships, Wimbledon 2009 matter in different ways for each of the top eight men.  So what’s at stake for each of the players?    Rafael Nadal –... The results of the third Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year at The...

By TC o    The top four men's seeds, i.e. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will reach the quarters o    Unlike the past year or two, there were major upsets in the men’s field, i.e. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were upset early, and so only Roger Federer and Andy Murray r...

By TC With his victory at the 2009 French Open, Roger Federer has completed a career Grand Slam, i.e. winning the title at the French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open.  Roger has also now tied Pete Sampras' record of fourteen Grand Slam singles titles.  Federer has won 5 straight Wimble...

The Tahiti-born Santoro has played in a men's tennis record 67 grand slam tournaments and his best showing was advancing to the fourth round at the French in 1991 and 2001 and the Australian Open in 1999. DENVER, May 27 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame goaltender ...

 Australia They now only need change the date on the top of the annual Australian Open press release. Once, the Australian Open was merely the first in a succession of tournaments followed intently by a tennis-loving nation. However, the comparative decline in ...

 Australia Tomic's agent Lawrence Frankopan said the teenager, who thrilled crowds at this year's Australian Open, was excited just to be included in the draw. "But being drawn against anyone who is seeded is tough but you are in a grand slam to see how good you ...

By J.A. Allen 1) Victoria Azarenka (current WTA ranking #8) – Last four events: Miami (winner); Indian Wells (semifinalist); Cellular South, Memphis (winner); Australian Open (3rd round, ret.) Serena will lose her number one ranking on April 20.  After winning the Australian Open, her hard court se...

It was Nadal's sixth major crown. He has been unstoppable on clay for the past four French Opens and finally triumphed on the grass courts of Wimbledon last year in a match against Federer that many consider the greatest ever played. You've got to live with those (you don't). But they hurt, eve...

By J.A. Allen The Australian Open inevitably brings out a new star every year. It is what makes this tournament so special. We watched Marcos Baghdatis make a run in 2006 and Fernando Gonzalez stir the crowds in 2007, and last year we watched the emergence of a crowd-pleasing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 

By Aaress Lawless Safina is quickly developing into one of the best players on the Tour, but the time for her maiden Grand Slam title is not here yet. If Serena brings her “A” game to the court in Melbourne, this will be a lopsided encounter. She is hungry for another major title and it certainly doesn’t hurt Sere...

By J.A. Allen Intangibles…  The victory for Serena will mark her tenth grand slam win in singles, four of them occurring here in Australia. Serena has won a grand slam on each surface and was the last player to hold all four grand slam titles at one time—the Serena Slam in 2002-2003. 

Andy has earned a ticket into the Australian Open semifinals as he was the one to survive the 142 degree F on-court temperatures, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 2-1 (retired). Andy has earned a ticket into the Australian Open semifinals as he was the one to survive the 142 degree F on-court temperatures, 6-...

By Aaress Lawless Victoria Azarenka ended 2008 as the best player on Tour without a singles title, only to start the new season triumphantly by winning her first tournament in Brisbane. Like Elena Dementieva, she is undefeated in 2009 and has played excellent tennis to reach the fourth round. She bested Ame...

By Aaress Lawless • The top half of the bracket (Bartoli, Cornet, Dokic, Jankovic, Kleybanova, Petrova, Safina, Zvonareva), features eight players that will be vying for their first career Grand Slam singles final. Marion Bartoli (2007 Wimbledon), Jelena Jankovic (2008 US Open) and Dinara Safina (200...

After a dominant, powerful display, Andy is through to the fourth round of the Australian Open courtesy of a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Fabrice “The Magician” Santoro on Friday in Melbourne. After a dominant, powerful display, Andy is through to the fourth round of the Australian Open cou...

By Aaress Lawless Serena Williams about the theory that she wins the Australian Open on odd years. The biggest upset of the 2009 Australian Open happened last night as sixth seed and title favorite Venus Williams lost in the second round to Carla Suarez Navarro. Top seeds Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina and A...

Andy sat down with the press following his win over Xavier Malisse in the second round of the Australian Open. They discussed the match, the third round and also how things were going with Larry Stefanki. Andy sat down with the press following his win over Xavier Malisse in the second round of...

By Aaress Lawless Three-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams is one of just two women in women’s tennis history to save match points on her way to a Grand Slam singles title twice, coming back from the brink of defeat against Kim Clijsters in the 2003 Australian Open semis and against Maria Sharap...

By J.A. Allen Venus Williams comes into the Australian Open seeded number six.  At age 28, she is one of the oldest in the field.  Reflecting, it seems Venus has been around forever.  As you survey Venus’ quarter of the draw, you have to like her chances of making it very deep into the tournament.

By Aaress Lawless Everyone, feel free to discuss Tuesday’s matches in the comments below. Enjoy the tennis! Venus and Serena Williams will launch their 2009 Australian Open campaigns on day two of the season's first Grand Slam. The bottom half of the women's draw will hit the courts at Melbourne Park on Tues...

By Aaress Lawless KIMIKO DATE KRUMM: Already long time ago (laughter). But, of course, I have good memories of Australia because in 1994 when I was playing in Sydney I won the tournament and then I was to be the top 10 player. Then after Sydney ? maybe, I don’t remember ? I was in the semifinal in Australian Open. So...

By J.A. Allen When Nadal had to withdraw from the year-end ATP Championship Tournament in Shanghai, Simon was drawn into the red group with Federer, Murray and Roddick.  He again defeated Federer, confounding the mighty Swiss and his legion of fans. 

By J.A. Allen An endless smorgasbord of scintillating shot-making and seismic serves awaits as the Australian Open Tennis Championships begin Monday.  But Baghdatis comes alive in Australia where he made the finals in 2007, losing to eventual champion Roger Federer. 

By Nick's Picks Roger Federer (SUI) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA) Nick’s Pick - Federer in 3 sets Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG) - This is another excellent first round match. Can Tsonga find the magic that worked for him in 2008? I sure hope so, because he has a lot of points to defend!

By Drop Shots Nadal is the third favorite in Australian Open betting. 2008 was an incredible year for the Spaniard. He won the French Open, Wimbledon, Olympic gold and ended Federer’s reign as the top ranked player in the world. Nadal has never made it to the final of the Australian Open and he will be desper...

By Aaress Lawless The JB Group Classic is a world team event featuring Europe, Russia, Team Americas and Asia Pacific. A total of 12 players make up a star-studded field including world No.1 Jelena Jankovic, Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams and crowd favourite Zheng Jie from China.

 Australia - Dec 24, 2008 Rising French player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga believes he can go one better at the Australian Open next month and win his first Grand Slam title. ... Tribute for Laver's 40th Grand Slam anniversary at Open ABC Online

SkySports  - Dec 23, 2008 Cronin: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. France's Jumping Jo came out of nowhere to destroy Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open semifinals, then just when he looked like ... Women's review 2008 SkySports Sharapova eyes return to the top Sports Network all 16 news articles

By J.A. Allen A review of last year’s Australian Open gives you a definitive answer as to her competitive spirit and her fierce determination. Moreover, it marked her third grand slam championship, having previously won at Wimbledon at age 17 and the U.S. Open in 2006.

Six years ago, Daly was disqualified for failing to sign for a 78 on his scorecard, but would have missed the cut anyway. Daly also missed the cut last week at the Australian Masters at Melbourne. He is scheduled to play next week's Australian Open at Royal Sydney.

Tsonga vs. Nadal in the Australian Open Semifinal: This was one of the most amazing shows of power in recent years. How often do we see Nadal utterly dismantled? Tsonga's obvious charms added to the fantastic late-night atmosphere, ...

By Nick's Picks Nick’s Picks will have complete coverage of Wimbledon 2008, and we are teaming with Tennis Week and The Independent Newspaper in London to provide in-depth analysis throughout the tournament! Also, be sure to listen for Nick on Radio Wimbledon each day at 4pm EST!

By Andyroddick.com Staff Andy always gets a lot of support wherever he plays in the world. Australia is no different and Alyce Jonhson wrote in with her experience from watching Andy at the Australian Open.I was there at Australian Open 2008, my first Oz Open adventure! I’d travelled from Adelaide to spend the two we...

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If you think the hockey or the basketball or the baseball seasons are too long, take pity on the professional tennis player. The season just ended. It's time to put the racquet down, give those wrists and knees a rest, let the mind recuperate and rediscover enthusiasm for next year. But, unlik...

Venus Williams giggled as she clutched the championship trophy against her chest, threw back her head and whooped at the sky. Winning Wimbledon never gets old. Williams won tennis' most prestigious tournament for the fourth time Saturday, beating surprising finalist Marion Bartoli 6-...

TENNIS: The former U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters, 23, once ranked No. 1, initially planned to quit tennis after the season. Now, with injuries having exacted too much and her thoughts turning to family and a "new life," her retirement is immediate. "Health and private happiness are so much...