Wta Tour

Stosur into fourth WTA Tour final

Australian Samantha Stosur has advanced to her fourth WTA Tour final with a crushing win at the Korean Open.

Tennis

Place in tennis dads' hall of shame awaits Tomic

Australian Open Tennis 2010 - Day 1
Sitting courtside, John Tomic, father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic, watches his son in action.
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Christopher Clarey Volatile parents have long posed a problem for tennis. Jim Pierce, Damir Dokic and Arsalan Rezai are among those who have received extended bans for abusive behaviour.

Tennis

French Open bans Tomic's father

John Tomic

Christopher Clarey John Tomic, the father and coach of Australian star Bernard Tomic, will not be granted accreditation to this year's French Open, according to the tournament director Gilbert Ysern.

Tennis

Injury forces Stosur out of Charleston

A recurring calf injury has forced Samantha Stosur to retire from her third-round match at the WTA Tour's Family Circle Cup in Charleston.

Tennis

Hingis to enter hall of fame

Martina Hingis

New York Five-time grand glam singles champion heads 2013 class for International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Tennis

Tearful Serena becomes oldest world number one

Serena Williams.

Richard Eaton Serena Williams was in tears on Friday after snatching an historic victory at the Qatar Open which ensured that she would become the oldest woman to hold the WTA Tour's world number one ranking.

Tennis

Getting bang for your buck never guaranteed, even on centre court

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Richard Hinds As of Thursday afternoon, after four months, the women's final was still not sold out.

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Azarenka picks Barty as future star

Ashleigh Barty

Darren Walton VICTORIA AZARENKA says Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty is on her radar as a danger player on the rise, though she warned the Queenslander was still a work-in-progress.

Tennis/Ice Hockey

Tennis and NHL stars engaged

Maria Kirilenko.

Los Angeles NHL star Alex Ovechkin has used Twitter to trumpet his engagement to his glamorous tennis star girlfriend Maria Kirilenko.

Azarenka starts the year in style

Brisbane World No.1 continues her impressive warm-up for her Australian Open defence.

Tennis

Dellacqua bombs out in Sydney

Casey Dellacqua.

Darren Walton Samantha Stosur is the last Australian remaining in the Sydney International draw after Casey Dellacqua made a swift first-round exit on Monday.

Live tennis commentary: 2013 Australian Open - day one

In form: Lleyton Hewitt is raring to go on Monday night.

Scott Spits Real-time coverage of the opening day of the first grand slam event of 2013 - the two-week Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

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Tennis

Open stumps up to avoid player boycott

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley.

Linda Pearce Australian Open officials will seek input from Roger Federer and other ATP heavyweights in Shanghai this week before finalising a fairer distribution of the increased wealth for 2013.

Tennis

Ace Serena into Wimbledon final

Serena Williams

Powered by the most destructive serve in women's tennis and driven by her first-round French Open loss, Serena Williams has rebounded to reach her seventh Wimbledon final.

Channel Seven wakes up and smells the roses - 24 hours too late

WILL SWANTON TENNIS. Sydney International. Men's final

Schnyder leaves Hobart with in a huff

Paul Carter World No.14 Patty Schnyder has made an inglorious first round exit from the Hobart tennis international, saying the tournament's officials are "a joke".

World No.4 Dementieva eyes first slam

Robert Lowe A great start to the tennis year but world No.4 Elena Dementieva is cautious about reading too much into her victory in the ASB Classic in Auckland.

Venus heads to Australia in buoyant mood

John Weaver Venus Williams says she is heading into the season's first grand slam tournament in Australia with her confidence sky-high after thumping wins in Hong Kong.

Dementieva wins Auckland tournament

World No.4 Elena Dementieva beat unseeded fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-1 on Saturday to win the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland.

Injured Dokic OK for Australian Open

Paul Carter Jelena Dokic says the Achilles injury that has forced her out of the Hobart international should not stop her competing at the Australian open.