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MADRID (AFP) - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday honoured his country's tennis team after they defended their Davis Cup title over the weekend, saying they had made Spanish tennis "the best in the world". Full Story »

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer will find out on January 7 if their year-long bans for missing drug tests are to be provisionally lifted, a civil court announced here on Monday. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Nine of the women's top 10 will compete at January's Sydney International in the lead-up to the Australian Open Grand Slam, according to organisers. Full Story »

CHARLEROI, Belgium (AFP) - Belgium's former world number one Justine Henin began her return to tennis after an 18-month absence with victory over Italy's Flavia Pennetta in the Women Tennis Trophy here on Sunday. Full Story »

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer completed Spain's Davis Cup whitewash over the Czech Republic here on Sunday. Full Story »

GLASGOW (AFP) - Tennis star Andy Murray will train on Christmas Day as he tries to make sure 2010 is the year when he wins his first grand slam title. Full Story »

BARCELONA (AFP) - Holders Spain, led by world number two Rafael Nadal, on Thursday preferred David Ferrer to Fernando Verdasco in their opening singles rubber against the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final starting here on Friday. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - Two-time Grand Slam winner Amelie Mauresmo of France announced on Thursday she is retiring at the age of 30 following a decision made "after careful consideration." Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues will be the top seed for next month's Hobart WTA International, according to organisers. Full Story »

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) are to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to demand tougher penalties against suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, WADA's legal director told AFP on Wednesday. Full Story »