Ivo Karlovic

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Australian Open men's draw

Bernard Tomic

Men's singles draw for the Australian Open tennis championships which begin in Melbourne on Monday (prefix denotes seeding):

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Stosur reaches last eight in Russia

Samantha Stosur hits a return against France's Alize Cornet.

Top seed Samantha Stosur is through to the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup.

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Karlovic too much for Matosevic

Bangkok Ivo Karlovic has dumped Australian Marinko Matosevic out of the Thailand Open.

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Tough test for Hewitt on grass

Lleyton Hewitt.

Lleyton Hewitt draws a daunting first-round showdown at Queen's with his Wimbledon nemesis Ivo Karlovic.

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Tomic needs to serve it up

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Darren Walton Former finalist Mark Philippoussis fears Bernard Tomic lacks the serving firepower to be a realistic hope of breaking Australia's 10-year Wimbledon title drought.

Australia's star trio hoping grass will be greener next week

Darren Walton Australia's Wimbledon stocks have plummeted days out from the biggest tournament of the year.

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Hewitt bows out and then there were none

Lleyton Hewitt

Linda Pearce, London With a final netted backhand from faded great Lleyton Hewitt, Australia confirms its worst result since 1938.

'I feel cheated': Karlovic accuses Wimbledon of bias after Murray defeat

Karlovic

Croatia's Ivo Karlovic called Wimbledon's credibility into question and accused line judges of bias after he was foot-faulted "11 times" in his second-round defeat by Andy Murray on Thursday.

Loser stamps feet over Wimbledon's foot-fault 'cheats'

Linda Pearce, London Croatian veteran Ivo Karlovic claims he is the victim of bias towards British hope Andy Murray and has questioned the credibility of Wimbledon, saying he felt "cheated" to be called for 11 foot...

Devvarman storms into Chennai Open semis

Indian wildcard Somdev Devvarman continued his giant-killing run to gain a berth in the semi-finals of the $US450,000 ($A630,000) ATP Chennai Open on Friday.

Easy win for Davydenko in Chennai Open

World No.5 Nikolay Davydenko put aside early season blues to make a confident start in the $A627,000 ATP Chennai Open on Tuesday.

Baghdatis smiles despite Swiss defeat

Former finalist Marcos Baghdatis lost 6-2 4-6 6-2 to Marcel Granollers at the Swiss Indoors, but emerged smiling after finally completing a match after injury.

Roddick advances at Lyon Grand Prix

Andy Roddick hit 18 aces and did not face a break point, beating Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Nadal makes the semi-finals in Madrid

Scott Williams Rafael Nadal has squeezed into the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters while Andy Murray and Roger Federer set-up a re-run of last month's US Open final.

Nadal, Federer in Madrid quarters

Paul Logothetis Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer powered into the Madrid Masters quarter-finals while title hopeful Novak Djokovic bowed out to Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5).

Ferrero upsets Karlovic in Vienna

Former world No.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero has upset fourth seeded Croat Ivo Karlovic 6-4 7-6 (7-4) to advance to the second round of the Austrian Open.

US, Russia rally to stay in semi-finals

USA and two-time winners Russia have kept their hopes of reaching the Davis Cup final alive after both teams grabbed marathon doubles wins in their semi-finals.

Nadal breezes into US Open 4th round

Jim Slater World No.1 Rafael Nadal rolled into the fourth round of the US Open, winning his final 11 games to answer a fightback.

Ivanovic scrapes through first round

Ana Ivanovic has avoided becoming the first top-seeded woman to lose in the first round at the US Open after rallying past Vera Dushevina 6-1 4-6 6-4.

Nadal draws unknown in US Open 1st round

Newly-crowned world No.1 Rafael Nadal will launch his assault on the US Open with an opening round match against a qualifier.