updated: Sat Jan 07 2012 14:44:00
Former world number one Thomas Muster talks to Open Court at his vineyard in Austria.
Roger Federer pulled out of his defense of the Qatar Open Friday with a back injury before his arch-rival Rafael Nadal was beaten in the semifinals of the $1 million tournament by Gael Monfils.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic kicked off his preparations for next month's Australian Open with a three-set victory over France's Gael Monfils in Abu Dhabi Thursday.
He came out on court wearing a Halloween mask, but Novak Djokovic had to overcome a fright of his own before winning his comeback match in Switzerland on Tuesday.
Dominika Cibulkova battled past Kaia Kanepi in a two-hour 36 minute marathon to claim her first WTA Tour title with victory in the Kremlin Cup final Sunday.
A Serbian tennis player has been banned for life and fined $100,000 after being found guilty of match-fixing offenses.
updated: Tue Sep 20 2011 08:32:00
In the 1920s and 30s, four French tennis players dominated the game, today a new crop of four French players reside in the top 15.
Do you think that the time violation that was called on Marin Cilic directly cost him the match because of that break and then going down two sets to one? -- Kevin Ware, San Francisco
Novak Djokovic is through to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal after defeating France's Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-1 on Friday.
Third seed Roger Federer has crashed out of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, after losing 7-6 4-6 6-1 to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Thursday.
1. Stepanek goes old school: There was plenty of networking in Washington, D.C., last week. At the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, 32-year-old Radek Stepanek -- who entered the week ranked No. 54 -- beat top-seeded Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-4 in the final on Sunday for his first title in 2½ years.
Radek Stepanek claimed a shock win against top seed Gael Monfils to clinch the Legg Mason Classic in Washington.
Top seed Gael Monfils saved a match point before edging past American John Isner to reach the final of the Legg Mason Classic in Washington on Saturday.
Gael Monfils remains on course for his first final appearance of 2011 after a comfortable victory over Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 6-4 in their quarterfinal clash at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.
World number seven Gael Monfils won two matches at the Legg Mason Classic Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Washington tournament.
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki claimed her fifth tennis title this year as she retained her Copenhagen Open title at home in Denmark on Sunday.
Some scattered thoughts from the 2011 French Open, delivered stateside:
Roger Federer made it five straight wins in a row as he reached the semifinals of the French Open Tuesday at the expense of home favorite Gael Monfils.
Novak Djokovic moved above Bjorn Borg in the all-time consecutive wins list as he overcame the challenge of Juan Martin Del Potro to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday.
SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at the French Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses and predictions.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal continued his winning ways on clay as he reached the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3 6-1 win over Colombia's Santiago Giraldo on Thursday.
Rafael Nadal, who is bidding for a seventh successive Monte Carlo Masters title, is through to the last 16 of the tournament after a straight sets victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
The men's tour stopped by my neighborhood last week. It also stopped by Brazil and the Netherlands in its never-ending quest for global outreach, but San Jose's SAP Open drew an excellent field and made some headlines. Among them:
Thoughts and observations on the first surge of action from the Australian Open:
Lleyton Hewitt hopes his first experience of playing at the Australian Open's former venue in Kooyong will stand him in good stead for his 15th consecutive appearance at the season's first grand slam next week.
Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra came from two sets down to beat Serbia's Nemad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki in a five-set thriller to give France a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final on Saturday.
Viktor Troicki brushed aside Michael Llodra in straight sets in the deciding singles rubber as Serbia won the Davis Cup final for the first time with a 3-2 win over nine-time champions France on Sunday.
Serbia and France are tied at 1-1 after the first day of the Davis Cup final after sharing the opening singles rubbers in Belgrade.
World No. 3 Novak Djokovic hopes home advantage will give Serbia the edge in the Davis Cup final against France, starting on Friday.
As always, it was a matter of style. Gael Monfils plays to win, naturally, but he also plays to entertain, to dazzle, to perform in the truest sense. As much as Robin Soderling needed a victory to join the list of this year's significant performances, the Paris Masters was mostly about Monfils, who stormed past Fernando Verdasco, Andy Murray and then Roger Federer in his march to the finals.
1. Rockin' Robin: Rafael Nadal may own Paris, But Robin Soderling is undertaking a fine land grab of his own. The hard-hitting Swede has, of course, reached the Roland Garros final in both 2009 and '10. And he added to his Gallic success last weekend, marrying his flat, pace-laced game on the greased lightning courts of Bercy to his first TMS/ATP 1000 series title. Soderling's run included a dramatic semifinal win over Michael Llodra -- in which he salvaged match points -- and a demolition of Gael Monfils in the final. What did Soderling get out of the deal? Nearly $400,000, a snazzy new ranking of No. 4, a ration of momentum heading into the London year-end event ... and the ugliest trophy known to man.
Sweden's Robin Soderling swept aside home favorite Gael Monfils to win the Paris Masters title with a 6-1 7-6 victory in Sunday's final.
Gael Monfils saved five match points before beating top seed Roger Federer 7-6 6-7 7-6 to reach the final of the Paris Masters on Saturday.
World No. 2 Roger Federer reached the semifinals of the Paris Masters for the first time in his long and illustrious career with a straight-sets victory over Austria's Jurgen Melzer on Friday.
American Andy Roddick clinched the eighth and final place for the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday, but world No. 3 Novak Djokovic suffered a setback in his preparations for the season-ending event.
Sweden's Robin Soderling put on an impressive performance by crushing Gael Monfils of France to reach the semifinals of the Valencia Open on Friday.
Kim Clijsters has regained the WTA Tour Championship title, seven years after last winning it, after a hard-fought three-set victory over Caroline Wozniacki in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.
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Tennis stars Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva talk to Open Court about their new World rankings.
Kim Clijsters survived a car crash to book her place in the final of the WTA Championships in Doha, where she will face world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki on Sunday.
I'm not sure how many people asked for it -- at last count, I believe it was 18 -- but here we are in the middle of the tennis Silly Season. Just when you thought the U.S. Open was such a fabulous venue for closure, onward we go to Beijing, Shanghai, Venus and Oz.
World number one Rafael Nadal returned to winning ways as he captured his seventh title of the season with a straight sets win over Gael Monfils of France in the Japan Open on Sunday.
World number one Rafael Nadal had to save two match points before beating Viktor Troicki of Serbia to reach the final of the Japan Open on Saturday.
World number one Rafael Nadal has reached the semifinals of the Japan Open in Tokyo, but the tournament's second seed Andy Roddick is out.
Some of the greatest players never adjusted, if they even bothered to try. Pete Sampras knew he was doomed before the French Open even started. Bjorn Borg couldn't get his mind around the madness of New York City. Ivan Lendl tried to embrace grass courts, but he wasn't fooling anyone. John McEnroe skipped the French Open six times, and Jimmy Connors barely acknowledged its existence until he was 26 years old.
Top seed Rafael Nadal made short work of fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 win.
Novak Djokovic breezed into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open with a straight sets demolition of home hope Mardy Fish in their fourth round match at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Roger Federer cruised into the quarterfinals of the Toronto Masters tournament with a 7-6 6-3 win over Frenchman Michael Llodra on Thursday.
Defending women's champion Svetlana Kuznetsova survived four match points before scraping into the third round of the French Open on a rain-interrupted fourth day at Roland Garros.
World number two Novak Djokovic is through to the semifinals of the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam after a comfortable straight sets victory over Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland on Thursday.
World No. 3 Novak Djokovic held off a spirited challenge from home hero Gael Monfils to win the Paris Masters on Sunday and claim his second title in as many weeks.
Novak Djokovic continued his superlative end of season form with a straight sets demolition of second seed Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Saturday.
Former world number one Rafael Nadal beat James Blake in an entertaining three-setter but newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro exited the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.
What is your take on Yanina Wickmayer? Even though she is in the semifinals, it seems like we haven't heard much about her. -- C.T., London
Novak Djokovic has reached the U.S. Open semi-finals for the third year in a row after beating Fernando Verdasco in four sets at Flushing Meadows.
Roger Federer charged into his 20th straight Grand Slam semifinal with a straight-sets victory over France's Gael Monfils at the French Open on Wednesday.
Andy Murray recorded another victory over Roger Federer on Friday to set up a final clash with Andy Roddick at the Qatar Open in Doha.
World No.13 Gael Monfils has stunned top seed Rafael Nadal by beating the Spaniard 6-4 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Qatar Open in Doha on Thursday -- the ATP Tour Web site has reported.
Fourth seed Andy Roddick launched his Australian Open build-up in style when he raced past Spain's Ivan Navarro 6-1 6-3 in 61 minutes at the Qatar Open on Monday.
World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain and arch-rival Roger Federer scored straight sets win on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters.
Roger Federer returned to competitive action for the first time since his U.S. Open triumph to beat Radek Stepanek 6-3 7-6 on Wednesday in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils will meet for the first time in the Thailand Open semifinals in Bangkok on Saturday.
Jon, can you please do a piece on D.F. Wallace and his impact as a tennis journalist? His essays on Joyce, Austin, et al, are indelible in tennis writing. -- Paul Settles, Claremont, CA
I heard you talking on television about Venus and Serena playing each other so early in the tournament. You stated that the draws could not be rigged. My question is, Why not? Simply putting them on other sides of the draw would not give either an unfair advantage. It would just mean they wouldn't meet until the final, which would be better for the whole sport. -- Monty, Toronto
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.
Top seed David Ferrer defeated Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6 6-1 to set up a final against unseeded Frenchman Marc Gicquel in the Ordina Open in Den Bosch.
Cleaning out the notebook after a rollicking French Open. Herewith, 50 thoughts and observations from Paris.
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:
Roger Federer booked his place in a grand slam semifinal for the 16th time in succession as he dispatched Fernando Gonzalez in four sets at the French Open.
Rafael Nadal remained on target for a fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters triumph when he beat Spanish compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-4 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals.
Hopes of an all-French final at the Swiss Open ended on Friday when three of the country's four quarterfinalists were beaten.
After the numerous upsets of day three, the fourth day of this year's event, comparatively, ran according to plan.
Argentina's Juan Monaco secured his second career title with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils in the final of the Portschach tournament in Austria.
David Nalbandian survived an early scare to move into the Monte Carlo Masters second round with a 3-6 6-2 6-1 victory over Italian qualifier Federico Luzzi on Monday.
Top seed Roger Federer and number two Rafael Nadal are in action at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with players, organizers and spectators alike hoping for better weather after rain ruined the second day.
Rafael Nadal survived a scare from fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco to set up an intriguing quarterfinal against Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the Stella Artois tournament.
World number one Roger Federer stayed on course to become only the sixth man in history to win all four grand slam titles as he eased into the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday.
Andy Roddick quit the French Open on Tuesday when he suffered a recurrence of ankle trouble in his first round match against Spaniard Alberto Martin.
Britain's Andy Murray upset in-form Gael Monfils of France at the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday, winning 6-4 6-1 in the battle of the teenagers.
American Justin Gimelstob is enjoying a rare overseas trip to a clay court tournament with a stunning 2-6 7-6 6-4 victory over seventh seed Nicolas Massu of Chile taking him to the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open.
Roger Federer became the first player to defend the Qatar Open title since Stefan Edberg in 1995 when he beat French teenager Gael Monfils 6-3 7-6 in the final.
Top seed and champion Roger Federer stormed into the Qatar Open final with a 6-3 6-3 win over Germany's Tommy Haas on Friday.
French teenager Gael Monfils has been confirmed as the final player in the Kooyong Classic field.
Argentine second seed David Nalbandian stormed past Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-2 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors tournament.
Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina held off a late rally from top seeded Nikolay Davydenko to beat the Russian 6-1 7-6 in the second round of the ATP event in New Haven on Wednesday.
Top seed Mariano Puerta has been beaten 6-4 7-6 by Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in the first round of the Idea Prokom Open.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko retired from his opening match at the Gstaad Open on Tuesday against Armenia's Sargis Sargsian with a wrist injury.
The Russian assault on the WTA Tour continued at the Masters Series event as two high seeds cruised into the third round.
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt broke the hearts of French fans by defeating teenager Gael Monfils in the Paris Masters second round.
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