Tennis News

Djokovic, Nadal, Williams sisters advance in Rome (Yahoo! Sports)

ROME (AP) Top-ranked Novak Djokovic overcame a poor first set and a smashed racket to beat 14th-seeded Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.

Federer shows off his form with easy win in Rome (Yahoo! Sports)

ROME (AP) Fresh off a title in Madrid and back up to No. 2 in the rankings, Roger Federer showed off his strong form with a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina in his opening match at the Italian Open on Wednesday.

Top-ranked Azarenka withdraws from Italian Open (Yahoo! Sports)

ROME (AP) Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from the Italian Open because of a right shoulder injury.

Federer, Serena Williams advance in Rome (Yahoo! Sports)

ROME (AP) Fresh off a title in Madrid and back at No. 2 in the rankings, Roger Federer defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-4 in his opening match at the Italian Open on Wednesday.

WTA Championships seeks host city for 2014, beyond (Yahoo! Sports)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) The women's tennis tour is opening the bidding process to find a host city for its season-ending WTA Championships starting in 2014.

Wimbledon set to be bathed in color for Olympics (Yahoo! Sports)

ROME (AP) Wimbledon's all-white dress code won't be in place for the Olympics. And the traditional dark green backdrop around the courts will be gone, too.

Bulgaria's Kutrovsky banned 2 years for doping (Yahoo! Sports)

LONDON (AP) Bulgarian tennis player Dimitar Kutrovsky has been banned for two years after testing positive for a banned stimulant.

Federer rallies to beat Berdych in Madrid final (Yahoo! Sports)

MADRID (AP) Roger Federer rallied to beat Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 and win the Madrid Open for a third time on Sunday.

Djokovic loses, won't return to Madrid's blue clay (Yahoo! Sports)

MADRID (AP) - Novak Djokovic joined Rafael Nadal in declaring he won't play again on the new blue clay court at the Madrid Open after losing to Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (2), 6-3 Friday in an all-Serb quarterfinal.

Pasarell leaves Indian Wells tennis tourney (Yahoo! Sports)

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Former pro player Charlie Pasarell is leaving his management post with the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament after 31 years to develop a resort in Puerto Rico.