Tennis: January 2010 Archives

Andy Murray was reduced to tears after Roger Federer ended his hopes of a first major win in three sets in the Australia Open final.

Serena Williams said she felt 'really special' after drawing level with Billie-Jean King in the all-time Grand Slam winners' list.

Serena Williams secured her fifth Austraian Open title with a hard-fought three-set victory over Justine Henin in Melbourne.

Australian star Lleyton Hewitt is set for another spell on the sidelines after undergoing a second hip operation in 18 months.

Laura Robson admitted she was not at her best after losing the Australian Open girls' final in straight sets to Karolina Pliskova.

Roger Federer is through to face Andy Murray in the final of the Australian Open after demolishing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Melbourne.

Serena Williams feels she will have to up her game against Justine Henin if she is to win the Australian Open final on Saturday.

Laura Robson is through to the final of the Australian Open junior championships after a straight sets victory over Kristyna Pliskova.

Andy Murray came from a set down to beat Marin Cilic and has reached the second Grand Slam final of his career at the Australian Open.

Serena Williams and Justine Henin will meet in the Australian Open final after winning their respective semi-finals in straight sets.

Andy Murray has declared himself "definitely ready" to win a Grand Slam after booking his place in the Australian Open semi-final.

World number one Roger Federer stormed back from a poor start to beat Nikolay Davydenko and reach the Australian Open semi-final.

Former world number one Justine Henin said it was a "great feeling" to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer's march to the Australian Open final continued with a straight-sets demolition of Lleyton Hewitt in Melbourne.

Serena Williams came through a potentially tough clash with Sam Stosur to move to the quarter-final of the Australian Open.

Andy Murray defeated American John Isner in straight sets at the Australian Open to set up a quarter-final clash with Rafael Nadal.

Serena Williams wasted no time in disposing of Carla Suarez-Navarro in the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-0 6-3 victory.

Roger Federer has moved safely into the last 16 of the Australian Open after a straight sets demolition of Albert Montanes.

US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro was made to work hard by Florian Mayer but came through round three in Melbourne in four sets.

Elena Baltacha's Australian Open dream is over after she was crushed in straight sets by Dinara Safina in round three.

Andy Murray was pleased with his straight sets win over Florent Serra in Melbourne despite an indifferent first set.

Roger Federer thrashed Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-2 6-3 6-2 to secure a place in the third round of the Australian Open.

Andy Murray reached the third round of the Australian Open with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 6-3 victory against France's Marc Gicquel.

British number one Elena Baltacha says she has 'nothing to lose' when she faces second seed Dinara Safina at the Australian Open.

World number one Roger Federer survived a tough work-out against Igor Andreev to reach round two of the Australian Open.

Katie O'Brien beat Patricia Mayr 6-3 6-3 to become the second British woman to reach round two of this year's Australian Open.

Maria Sharapova was a high-profile casualty on day one of the Australian Open, crashing out to Maria Kirilenko in three sets.

Andy Murray got his Australian Open campaign off to a flying start with an easy straight sets victory over Kevin Anderson in round one.

Frenchman Gilles Simon has pulled out of the Australian Open because of his persistent knee injury.

Brit hopeful Andy Murray has targeted getting past the fourth round of the Australian Open this year.

John McEnroe claims the Australian Open is 'there for the taking' for Andy Murray, despite Rafael Nadal blocking his path to the final.

British number one Andy Murray will be the fifth seed at next week's Australian Open in Melbourne.

British duo Alex Bogdanovic and James Ward are both through to the second round of Australian Open qualifying after wins on Wednesday.

Serena Williams swept past Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the Medibank International in Sydney to kick-start her 2010 season.

Elena Baltacha has crashed out of the Hobart International at the first round stage with a straight sets defeat to Jelena Dokic.

Rafael Nadal wasted two match points before crashing to defeat against Russia's Nikolay Davydenko in the Qatar Open final in Doha.

Justine Henin was injured in her Brisbane International final loss to Kim Clijsters and has withdrawn from the Sydney International.

Roger Federer remained upbeat despite crashing out of the Qatar Open at the semi-final stage with defeat to Nikolay Davydenko.

Laura Robson stunned Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the singles but Britain lost the final of the Hopman Cup 2-1 to Spain.

Andy Murray feels he is in good enough form to win the Australian Open as he and Laura Robson reached the final of the Hopman Cup.

Andy Murray feels his preparations for the Australian Open are going well after helping Great Britain beat Germany at the Hopman Cup.

Justine Henin has made a winning return to tennis with a first-round victory over Nadia Petrova at the Brisbane International.

Rafael Nadal believes he is now back to his best after beating Robin Soderling in the final of the Capitala World Tennis Championship.

Andy Murray has announced that he will not play for Great Britain in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Lithuania.

Robin Soderling has beaten Roger Federer for the first time in 13 attempts to reach the final of Capitala World Tennis Championship.

Andy Roddick believes he could have an advantage over his rivals at the Australian Open after his recent injury break.

Andy Murray will head Down Under early this year in an attempt to improve his chances of winning the Australian Open.