Tennis: May 2009 Archives

Andy Murray produced another excellent display to book his place in the quarter-final's of the French Open after beating Marian Cilic.

Andy Murray was delighted with the resilience he showed when coming back to beat Janko Tipsarevic at the French Open.

Third seed Venus Williams came back from a set down to beat Lucie Safarova 6-7 6-2 7-5 to reach the third round of the French Open.

Former World number one Martina Hingis says she is unlikely to make another return to competitive tennis.

Second seed Serena Williams accused herself of playing "junior tennis" during her French Open scare against Klara Zakopalova.

Andy Murray has played down talk of French Open success and warned that his second-round opponent Potito Starace is a "top player".

Anne Keothavong crashed out of the French Open in the first round without winning a game against world number one Dinara Safina.

Andy Murray admitted he surprised himself with his performance after beating Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of the French Open.

Reigning champion Ana Ivanovic showed no signs of injury as she came through her first test at Roland Garros against Sara Errani.

Britain's Katie O'Brien will make her French Open debut after Russian sixth seed Vera Zvonareva pulled out injured.

Rafael Nadal believes he has enjoyed an almost perfect clay court season as he prepares to defend his French Open title.

Andy Murray has been drawn against Argentinian clay-court specialist Juan Ignacio Chela in the opening round of the French Open.

Anne Keothavong has become the first British woman since 1983 to reach the last-four of a WTA Tour clay-court event.

Maria Sharapova returned from a nine-and-a-half-month injury lay-off to beat Tathiana Garbin at the Warsaw Open.

Andre Agassi led the praise for Wimbledon's new centre court roof after playing with wife Steffi Graf in an exhibition match at SW19.

Roger Federer feels Rafael Nadal will be as strong as ever in Paris despite ending his run of 33 consecutive victories on clay.

Roger Federer is 'excited' at the prospect of playing world number one Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Open final on Sunday.

Andy Murray crashed out of the Madrid Open with a 7-6(7-4) 6-3 defeat by Juan Martin del Potro in the quarter-finals.

Andy Murray hopes to celebrate his 22nd birthday in style by defeating Juan Martin del Potro in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.

Rafael Nadal believes that Andy Murray has the ability to overtake him at the top of the world rankings.

Andy Murray has predicted a tough game against experienced Tommy Robredo in the third round of the Madrid Masters.

Frenchman Richard Gasquet is facing a potential two-year ban, as the world number 23 is reported to have tested positive for cocaine.

World number seven Ana Ivanovic has confirmed she will miss the Madrid Open because of a knee injury.

Serena Williams, who on Monday described herself as "the real number one", has been dumped out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

Rafael Nadal hailed his latest Rome Masters victory as one of the biggest of his career as he beat Novak Djokovic on Sunday.