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» Nadal loses, Federer advances in Qatar (AP)

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was eliminated from the Qatar Open on Thursday, while Roger Federer advanced to the semifinals of the tuneup for the Australian Open. Nadal lost to Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4, and Federer saved three set points to defeat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (6). The Swiss star trailed 5-1 and 6-3 in the tiebreaker, reeling off five straight points to win.

Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:02:11 PST

» Mauresmo ousts top-seeded Ivanovic (AP)

Paul-Henri Mathieu of France in action during his quarterfinal match against Japan's Kei Nishikori during the Brisbane International tennis tournament held in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, January 8, 2009.

Former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo upset top-seeded Ana Ivanovic in the Brisbane International quarterfinals Thursday, her first victory over a top 10 player in two years. Mauresmo, the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion in 2006, dropped serve only once while breaking Ivanovic five times to advance to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win.


Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:37:43 PST

» Moya upset by Devvarman at Chennai Open (AP)

Former No. 1 and two-time champion Carlos Moya was stunned in the second round of the Chennai Open on Thursday by a local player ranked No. 202 in the world. Unheralded Somdev Devvarman of India, a two-time U.S. collegiate champion, upset the sixth-seeded Moya 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Making the first ATP Tour quarterfinal of his career, Devvarman will now meet fourth-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, who...

Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:33:33 PST

» Venus beats Jankovic in exhibition (AP)

Tennis player Agnes Szavay of Hungary, returns the ball during the match against Gisela Dulko of Argentina at the JB Group Classic 2009 tennis competition in Hong Kong Thursday, Jan 8, 2009.

Venus Williams showed no signs of rustiness after a four-week break, defeating No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-2 Thursday at an exhibition tournament ahead of the Australian Open. "I've always been a good player off the jump," Williams said. "That's kind of always been the way I've played throughout my career.


Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:01:11 PST

» Safin, Safina put Slovakia in final (AP)

France's Gilles Simon smiles on his way to defeating Russia's Marat Safin in their singles tie at the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. France won the match 7-6, 6-3. (AP Photo)

The Russian brother and sister combination of Dinara Safina and Marat Safin won the mixed doubles match against France on Thursday to secure a place in the final against Slovakia at the Hopman Cup. Safina defeated Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-2 before her brother lost to Gilles Simon 7-6 (5), 6-3. In the deciding mixed doubles, Russia beat France 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final of the team competition.


Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:50:15 PST

» Dementieva reaches ASB Classic semis (AP)

Russia's Elena Dementieva beat Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic. The top-seeded Dementieva, ranked No. 4, dropped her serve in the opening game but broke fifth-seeded Peer to level at 2-2 in what seemed a close match. But she then reeled off nine straight games to take charge of the match and to improve to 5-1 in her career against Peer.

Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:17:51 PST

» Injured Davydenko to miss Aussie Open (AP)

Nikolay Davydenko will miss the Australian Open because of a heel injury that bothered him last season and has caused "unbearable" pain the past two weeks. The fifth-ranked Russian also pulled out of the Chennai Open, where he was seeded first and was to play Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic in the second round.

Posted: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:23:40 PST

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