Skipper Lloyd delighted at choice of venue The Lawn Tennis Association has chosen Wimbledon to host Great Britain's Davis Cup World Group play-off against Austria in September. It will be the second successive home tie played at the All England Club after Britain defeated Croatia 4-1 at the same...
Third-seeded David Nalbandian rallied to defeat Agustin Calleri 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in an all-Argentine matchup in the second round of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday. Nalbandian won only 14 points in the first set, then squandered a 4-1 lead in the second in which Calleri forced a tiebreaker....
Country singer Mindy McCready confirms that she had a long-term affair with pitcher Roger Clemens, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site yesterday. ... “I cannot refute anything in the story,” McCready told the newspaper. The paper reported Monday that the two...
BARCELONA, Spain, April 29 (UPI) -- Argentine David Nalbandian was a second-round winner, but seventh-seeded Englishman Andy Murray was ousted Tuesday at the Open Sabadell Atlantico in Spain. ... Nalbandian, who received a bye into the second round, rallied to beat...
ANDY Murray is out of the Open Sabadell Atlantico Barcelona at the second-round stage after failing to take advantage of a handful of break points in his 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Ma ... rio Ancic yesterday. It is the third time the 20-year-old British No1 has crossed swords...
BARCELONA: Frustration mounted for former Roland Garros finalist Guillermo Coria here on Tuesday as the fading Argentine crashed out of the Barcelona ... Open 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to Teimuraz Gabashvili. Coria, who led 4-2 in the final set, could not hold on against the number...
Guillermo Canas, the 2007 tournament runner-up, collected an easy first-round victory Monday at the $1.29 million Open Sabadell Atlantico tournament in Spain. ... Canas swept by Oscar Hernandez 6-1, 6-4 on the first day of the claycourt tournament. Canas, seeded ninth...
1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, $2,024,267. ... 18. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, $323,503. Igor Andreev, Russia, $289,512. Sam Querrey, United States, $272,127. Richard Gasquet, France, $254,312. Marc Gicquel, France, $162,778. ... 18. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic,...
Jamie Baker became the British No 2 this week but has hardly been in the mood to celebrate. The 21-year-old Glaswegian is facing a long spell on the sidelines after going down with a virus that attacked his blood system and could even have proved fatal.
MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer narrowly escaped complete humiliation on Wednesday when he came back from 1-5 down in the final set to beat Spanish qualifi ... er Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo at the Monte Carlo Masters. Even his one trophy came via default when Nikolay Davydenko was...









