Tennis: August 2009 Archives

Andy Murray hopes to improve as the US Open tournament progresses as he looks to go one better than last year and lift the trophy.

Roger Federer admitted to feeling relaxed ahead of the US Open after securing two Grand Slams already this season.

British teenager Laura Robson lost in three sets to Eva Hrdinova, ending hopes of qualifying for her first Grand Slam at the US Open.

Andy Roddick has described attempts at the US Open to regulate players' updates on social networking site Twitter as "lame".

Laura Robson is now just one win away from making the US Open main draw after beating Aniko Kapros in round two of qualifying.

Legendary tennis player John McEnroe believes the US Open "is there" for Andy Murray to win as the Scot seeks his first Grand Slam.

Former Wimbledon junior champion Laura Robson defeated France's world number 128 Stephanie Foretz in their US Open qualifier.

Andy Murray has been seeded second for the US Open at Flushing Meadows behind five-time defending champion Roger Federer.

Roger Federer was pleased with his US Open preparations after securing the Cincinnati Masters with victory over Novak Djokovic.

Andy Murray's unbeaten run came to an end as he lost to world number one Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer for a place in the Cincinnati Masters final today after overcoming a battling Julien Benneteau.

Andy Murray said confidence would play a big part in his quest to progress past the Cincinnati Masters quarter-finals.

Fresh from a tournament win in Montreal, Andy Murray is into the third round of the Cincinnati Masters after beating Nicolas Almagro.

Andy Murray feels he is closing in on Roger Federer's number one ranking as he prepares to defend his Cincinnati Masters title.

Maria Sharapova continued her comeback from surgery with another victory over Nadia Petrova at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

Andy Murray is playing down his US Open chances after he fought back to win the Montreal Masters against Juan Martin del Potro.

Andy Murray is second in the world rankings after he reached the Montreal Masters final following a victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

World number three Andy Murray will face Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in the semi-finals of the Montreal Masters after beating Nikolay Davydenko.

Britain's Andy Murray says he feels "mentally fresher" following his superb Montreal Masters win over Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils to set up a third round clash with Andy Murray in the Montreal Masters.

Andy Murray insists he is not thinking about the world rankings despite the prospect of being world number two going into the US Open.

Former world No.1 Kim Clijsters made a winning return at the Cincinnati Open - and admitted she had surprised herself.

Juan Martin Del Potro successfully defended his Legg Mason Classic with victory over Andy Roddick in Washington DC.

Roger Federer will be back in action next week after confirming that he will participate in the ATP Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Andy Roddick defeated Sam Querrey to secure a place in the last eight of the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC.

The International Tennis Federation wants the Court of Arbitration for Sport to investigate after Richard Gasquet was cleared of doping

Three seeded players, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tommy Robredo and Mardy Fish, have all crashed out the ATP Legg Mason Classic event.

World number two Rafael Nadal will use next week's Montreal Masters to improve his match fitness ahead of the US Open.

Maria Sharapova improved her match fitness with a LA Women's Tennis Championships round one win against Jarmila Groth.