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Second seed Serena Williams withdrew from the WTA event at the Home Depot Center in Carson City as she gave up the fight against a left knee injury.
Title holder Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the Masters Series event in Toronto with a 6-4 6-4 win over local hope Frank Dancevic.
With the match on the line, Andy Roddick was too much for Nicolas Mahut.
Serena Williams plans to keep playing through a left knee injury despite advice from a doctor and her father that she rest with less than three weeks before the Beijing Olympics.
Frank Dancevic beat Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-3 6-4 Monday night, to assure Canada of at least one player advancing to the second round of Rogers Cup.
Aleksandra Wozniak won eight matches in nine days to claim her first WTA Tour singles title and become the first Canadian to triumph on the Tour in 20 years, taking advantage of an injury to Marion Bartoli to win the Bank of the West Classic final in Stanford 7-5 6-3.
Top seed Serena Williams injured her left knee and retired from her semifinal in the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, leaving Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak with a clear path to Sunday's final.
Serena Williams spent more time waiting for her quarterfinal match to start than she did on the court against Patty Schnyder. Neither activity proved to be too stressful for the top seed.
An unconditional Roger fan, I also felt crushed. Still I was able to come up with the following positives: 1) What Rafa did to win the match was extra-terrestrial and such a performance must be rewarded; 2) Roger is more rational than I am in interpreting the meaning of his wins and his losses; 3) Roger is not Justine, he will not disappear because the competition fundamentally suits his body and his mind. -- Barbara Katzenberg Lexington, MA
Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Stefan Koubek and Karin Knapp have withdrawn from the Beijing Olympic tournament because of injuries.
Second seed Serena Williams withdrew from the WTA event at the Home Depot Center in Carson City as she gave up the fight against a left knee injury.
Title holder Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the Masters Series event in Toronto with a 6-4 6-4 win over local hope Frank Dancevic.
With the match on the line, Andy Roddick was too much for Nicolas Mahut.
Serena Williams plans to keep playing through a left knee injury despite advice from a doctor and her father that she rest with less than three weeks before the Beijing Olympics.
Frank Dancevic beat Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-3 6-4 Monday night, to assure Canada of at least one player advancing to the second round of Rogers Cup.
Aleksandra Wozniak won eight matches in nine days to claim her first WTA Tour singles title and become the first Canadian to triumph on the Tour in 20 years, taking advantage of an injury to Marion Bartoli to win the Bank of the West Classic final in Stanford 7-5 6-3.
Top seed Serena Williams injured her left knee and retired from her semifinal in the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, leaving Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak with a clear path to Sunday's final.
Serena Williams spent more time waiting for her quarterfinal match to start than she did on the court against Patty Schnyder. Neither activity proved to be too stressful for the top seed.
An unconditional Roger fan, I also felt crushed. Still I was able to come up with the following positives: 1) What Rafa did to win the match was extra-terrestrial and such a performance must be rewarded; 2) Roger is more rational than I am in interpreting the meaning of his wins and his losses; 3) Roger is not Justine, he will not disappear because the competition fundamentally suits his body and his mind. -- Barbara Katzenberg Lexington, MA
Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Stefan Koubek and Karin Knapp have withdrawn from the Beijing Olympic tournament because of injuries.
Victor Hanescu became the first Romanian to win an ATP title in seven years when he beat seventh seed Igor Andreev 6-3 6-4 in the final of the Gstaad Open in Switzerland on Sunday.
Juan Martin del Potro reached his first career ATP final, defeating Argentine compatriot Eduardo Schwank 6-2 6-4 in the Mercedes Cup on Saturday to earn a final matchup against Richard Gasquet of France.
Top seed David Ferrer won the first four games of the final set to beat local favorite Robin Soderling 7-5 6-7 6-1 to reach the Swedish Open semifinals in Bastad.
That was unquestionably one of the greatest tennis matches I have ever witnessed. But let's digest it a little bit and let the heat of the moment pass before we dub it "the greatest of all time." This one had a lot at stake, with a lot of underlying stories attached to it on the most prestigious stage in all of the sport. But I'm not ready to dismiss Agassi-Blake in the 2005 Open quarters just because we saw a match of its equal. -- Steve, New York, NY
Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu's defense of his Gstaad Open title has come to an end after he was beaten 6-3 6-4 by Croatian Marin Cilic in the second round on Wednesday.
Cleaning out the Wimbledon notebook while still in awe of that final.
Prize money at next month's U.S. Open will top $20 million for the first time, with the men's and women's singles champions each earning a tournament-record $1.5 million.
The Wimbledon champ says her most challenging opponent is also her inspiration
The stylish couple went courtside to root for pal Roger Federer – but to no avail
Spaniards are celebrating their country's second sporting triumph in a week after Rafael Nadal won his first Wimbledon tennis men's singles title.
The emotional impact of Nadal's victory over Swiss champion Federer, as seen by TIME's reporter at the Centre Court
Rafael Nadal has won his first Wimbledon men's singles title after holding off a stunning fightback from five-times champion Roger Federer to secure a dramatic victory in an epic rain-affected five-set final.
Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal after moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title.
Defending champion Venus Williams has won her fifth Wimbledon singles title after beating younger sister Serena Williams 7-5 6-4 in a hard-fought final on Saturday.
For Wertheim's audio roundup of today's matches, click here or scroll down below.
Rafael Nadal set up a third successive Wimbledon final with five-times champion Roger Federer on Friday when he defeated Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-1 7-6 6-4 in the semifinals.
Roger Federer continued his majestic march to his sixth consecutive Wimbledon final when he beat Russian Marat Safin 6-3 7-6 6-4 to reach his 16th Grand Slam final on Friday.
Five years since their last title matchup, the Williams sisters are back in the Wimbledon final with another Grand Slam championship -- and family bragging rights -- at stake
Roger Federer moved to within two victories of a record sixth successive Wimbledon title on Wednesday when he crushed Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-1 7-5 6-4 in a one-sided quarterfinal.
British hopes at Wimbledon were finally extinguished on Wednesday as home favorite Andy Murray was overpowered 6-3 6-2 6-4 by a rampant Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the men's singles.
Holder Venus Williams moved into the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday when she beat Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4 6-3, firing family ambitions of a third title showdown against sister Serena.
The last player to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon has a law degree, wrote a thesis about the men's tour and cracked the top 10 two years ago at age 22.
For Wertheim's audio roundup of today's matches, click here or scroll down below.
Zheng Jie became the first Chinese player to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, beating Nicole Vaidisova 6-2 5-7 6-1 at Wimbledon.
Hi Jon. How do the Wimbledon organizers decide the schedule of play? Specifically, what are their criteria for selecting who will play on Centre Court or Court 1? I ask this because it seems a little disrespectful to make Venus and Serena (who have six Wimbledon trophies between them) play on Court 2, while Kuznetsova-Radwanska and Vaidisova-Chakvetadze get to play on Centre Court and Court 1, respectively. These four have never gotten past the quarters at Wimbledon, and don't exactly generate the amount of interest that Venus and Serena do. So if it's not past performance or popularity, what is it? -- Nancy Ng, Montreal
Britain's Andy Murray staged a stunning comeback to clinch a Wimbledon quarterfinal against Rafael Nadal after an epic five-set Centre Court battle that ended three minutes short of four hours and in near-darkness.
Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic and No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova were ousted in the fourth round Monday, leaving Wimbledon without any of the top four women in the quarterfinals for the first time.
Second seed Jelena Jankovic crashed out of Wimbledon when she was beaten 6-3 6-2 by Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round on Monday.
Holder Venus Williams continued her march towards a fifth Wimbledon title by booking her place in the last 16 with a comfortable straight sets win over Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
World number two Rafael Nadal swept aside Germany Nicolas Kiefer for a resounding late evening victory on Centre Court to book his place in the last 16 at Wimbledon.
Williams hit a 127-mph serve on Saturday -- the fastest recorded by a woman at Wimbledon
Britain's Andy Murrey kept home hopes very much alive heading into the second week at Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-2 victory over Germany's Tommy Haas to reach the last 16.
If Nadal went straight from Paris to Wimbledon, skipped any grass court warm-ups, and lost to Ivan Navarro (ATP #133) or Joseph Sirianni (ATP #154), you would question his judgement ... I hope. Same for Ivanovic and Sharapova? -- Gerry Gollin, Redlands, CA
China's Zheng Jie sent top seed and world number one Ana Ivanovic crashing out of Wimbledon in straight sets in an astonishing third round shock on Friday.
Former gold medalists Venus and Serena Williams are expected to play both singles and doubles for the Olympic team announced Wednesday by the U.S. Tennis Association
Sixth seed Andy Roddick was another high-profile casualty on the fourth day at Wimbledon, crashing out in the second round of the men's singles to Serb Janko Tipsarevic.
Third seed Maria Sharapova has been dumped out of Wimbledon in spectacular fashion, crashing to a straight sets defeat at the hands of little-known fellow- Russian Alla Kudryavtseva.
Not to take anything away from Safin, but all that smack Djokovic said about Federer seems quite anti-climatic when he loses in the second round. You think he's blushing in embarrassment right now? -- Jeff K, Foster City, Calif.
World number one and top seed Ana Ivanovic survived a scare lasting three hours and 24 minutes before disposing of France's Nathalie Dechy 6-7 7-6 10-8 in a Court One epic at Wimbledon.
Venus Williams labored to an uncomfortable first round win over British wildcard Naomi Cavaday as she began the defense of her women's singles title with a 7-6 6-1 win at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Hey, is it just me or does it seem like there have been approximately 350 "retirements" in this year's Wimbledon over the first two days? It's looking like Del Boca Vista at Wimby with all the retirees.
Rafael Nadal launched his Wimbledon title quest with a 6-4 6-4 7-6 (0) success against German qualifier Andreas Beck on Tuesday.
An opening day baguette. I'll try and patch one of these together every day for the next two weeks:
Roger Federer opened his bid for a record sixth successive Wimbledon title with a ruthless 6-3 6-2 6-2 victory over Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia.
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic launched her Wimbledon campaign with a 6-1 6-2 win over Rossana de Los Rios in her first match since winning the French Open title.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer opens the action on Centre Court on Monday with no doubts he can defy his critics and equal the record for consecutive men's singles titles.
Clay court specialist David Ferrer won his first title on grass as he beat Marc Gicquel 6-4 6-2 at the Ordina Open in the Netherlands.
Russia's Nadia Petrova will face Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final of the WTA tournament in Eastbourne after both secured straight sets wins on Friday.
The world's oldest tennis tournament retains many of the same customs and quirks 131 years after it was first staged. It's the only Grand Slam event still played on grass, despite perennial moans from the clay- and hard-court specialists who struggle to adjust. Players--who are always referred to as "gentlemen" and "ladies"--must wear predominantly white, and the courts are unsullied by conspicuous corporate logos.
SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at Wimbledon. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to keep an eye on and his predicted winners.
Roger Federer will launch his bid for a sixth Wimbledon title by facing Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty, who has won both of his previous encounters with the world number one.
Hi everyone, check back in a few days for a Wimbledon seed report.
Defending men's champion Roger Federer and newly crowned French Open winner Ana Ivanovic have been confirmed as top seeds for the Wimbledon championships next week.
Top seed Rafael Nadal is on the verge of winning his first-ever grass-court title after an impressive 7-5 6-4 victory over defending champion Andy Roddick in the semifinals of the Artois Championships at Queen's Club.
Reigning champion Andy Roddick enjoyed a walkover into the last four of the ATP tournament at Queen's Club as quarterfinal opponent Andy Murray pulled out through injury on Friday.
Women's world number one Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of the WTA event in Eastbourne next week due to a muscle injury.
Let's start with the fallout from the men's final in Paris. There were a lot of questions about the Nadal-Federer match and its consequences. In the interest of economy, I'll condense to five thoughts.
PARIS -- Ana Ivanovic will be the new No. 1 player on the Sony Ericcson WTA Tour on Monday, and it'll only be a matter of time until she's a household name in the United States. Ivanovic has the rare combination of beauty and skill that translates on and off the court. She has the work ethic and credibility to ward off the inevitable comparisons that will be made with other over-marketed female stars and the legitimate appeal to attract everyone from fans to sponsors alike.
Clay-court champion Rafael Nadal made a smooth switch to grass on Wednesday, crushing Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman in his opening match at the Artois Championships at London's Queen's Club.
Five thoughts from the women's final at Roland Garros.
Like skid marks at a crash site, tracks in the clay told the story of the 2008 French Open. Want to know why Rafael Nadal won his fourth straight title, humiliating Roger Federer in the final? All you had to do was look at the court. It was streaked and slashed, indicating the lengths Nadal had raced to retrieve balls. Forward, back, at odd angles, into the courtside geranium boxes.
Lleyton Hewitt started his challenge for a record fifth Queen's Club title with a 6-4 6-4 first round win over Briton Josh Goodall on Monday.
Rafael Nadal became the second man to win four successive French Open titles on Sunday after crushing world No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets in the final in Paris.
Cleaning out the notebook after a rollicking French Open. Herewith, 50 thoughts and observations from Paris.
Five things we learned from Friday's two semifinals at Roland Garros:
New world number one Ana Ivanovic made up for last year's disappointment by claiming her first Grand Slam title with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Dinara Safina in the French Open women's final on Saturday.
Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal will face world number one Roger Federer in the French Open final for the third successive year after the dominant pair safely negotiated their semifinal matches on Friday.
Checking in from Paris with the Thursday Baguette. But before getting to your questions, here's a brief audio refresher of today's happenings around Roland Garros:
The tennis champ will only admit about the rapper, "I think he's a great guy"
Dinara Safina came back from the brink in her French Open quarterfinal against Elena Dementieva, to reach the last four of a grand slam for the first time.
My Wednesday Baguette from Paris:
Serbian rivals Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic set up a semifinal showdown at the French Open with matching 6-3 6-2 victories at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Holder Rafael Nadal celebrated his 22nd birthday on Tuesday by crushing compatriot Nicolas Almagro to set-up a French Open semifinal clash against Novak Djokovic.
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was a shock casualty at the French Open on Monday when she crashed 6-7 7-6 6-2 against fellow Russian Dinara Safina in Paris.
A jet-lagged Baguette to start Week Two:
Second seed Ana Ivanovic crushed Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-0 6-0 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open in Paris.
Rafael Nadal and Noval Djokovic continued their impressive form at Roland Garros by cruising into the last eight of the French Open men's singles with straight sets victories.
After seven days of play, here are our midterm grades from the 2008 French Open
Roger Federer reached the last 16 of the French Open in Paris with a polished 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory over close friend Mario Ancic.
Serena and Venus Williams were sent crashing from the French Open on Friday as both made shock third round exits.
After a few days of watching matches, I think the biggest surprise is Jeremy Chardy, the French player who beat David Nalbandian. Also I was impressed by Ernest Gulbis (who beat James Blake) and Alize Cornet. Who has impressed you so far? -- Paul, Chicago
Serena Williams was sent crashing out of the French Open on Friday, suffering an upset third-round defeat by 27th seed Katarina Srebotnik in Paris.
PARIS -- Occasionally I get to write a story on someone I not only respect, but also someone I consider a friend. This is one of those times. I have tremendous admiration for Wayne Odesnik, the 22-year-old native of South Florida, for his dedication and willingness to do whatever it takes to reach his potential.
David Nalbandian and James Blake were shock second round casualties at the French Open on Thursday, but top two seeds Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal both reached the last 32 in Paris.
Holder Rafael Nadal comfortably extended his perfect Roland Garros record on Wednesday as he took a step closer to emulating Bjorn Borg as the only four-in-a-row winner of the French Open.
World No. 1 Maria Sharapova struggled into the second round of the French Open after surviving a massive scare against unheralded fellow-Russian Evgeniya Rodina in Paris on Wednesday.
Gustavo Kuerten, one of the great champions of the last decade and a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer, played his last match Sunday, retiring following his first-round French Open loss to Paul-Henri Mathieu.
He's a three-time former champion and darling of the Roland Garros crowd, but this week Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten took to the clay in Paris for the final time.
Sixth seed David Nalbandian made a comfortable start to the French Open by beating fellow Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-2 6-4 6-1 in Paris.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko clinched the Poertschach claycourt title for the third time on Saturday beating Argentina's Juan Monaco 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the final.
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