Tennis News

BRUSSELS (AFP) - US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer and her Belgian compatriot Xavier Malisse on Monday had their one-year doping bans provisionally lifted by a Belgian court. Full Story »

BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) - Russia's world number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of January's Brisbane international tennis tournament, according to organisers. Full Story »

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 »

LONDON - Yanina Wickmayer is still not eligible to compete despite a court injunction in Belgium that suspended her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. Full Story »

LONDON - Yanina Wickmayer is still not eligible to compete despite a court injunction in Belgium that suspended her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. Full Story »

BRUSSELS - A Belgian court Monday suspended the one-year doping bans given to tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse. Full Story »

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A Belgian court Monday suspended the one-year doping bans given to tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse. Full Story »

Set aside, for the moment, Roger Federer's athleticism and artistry, his sturdiness and strokes. Start instead with the pure numbers, simply because they serve as an objective — and overwhelming — measure of his supremacy on a tennis court: Full Story »

BRISBANE, Australia - Dinara Safina has withdrawn from next month's Brisbane International because of a bad back, leaving her status for the Australian Open in doubt. Full Story »

BRISBANE, Australia - Dinara Safina withdrew Friday from next month's Brisbane International because of a bad back, leaving her status for the Australian Open in doubt. Full Story »

BARCELONA, Spain - Spain Davis Cup captain and former French Open winner Albert Costa was released from hospital after receiving treatment for heart-related problems on Thursday. Full Story »