With only the Davis Cup left on the year’s calendar, we take a look back at the best action in 2008.
MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Andy Murray
Murray started the year as a player on the fringe of the true elite and proceeded to establish himself as very much part of it, claiming two Masters Series [...]

Swiss Roger Federer has admitted he would prefer winning Wimbledon again than regaining his world No 1 ranking.
The Swiss star, speaking at the press conference for the Showdown of Champions Kuala Lumpur 2008 here today, expressed his special love for Wimbledon which he says means more to him in tennis than anything else.
“Wimbledon is [...]

Roger Federer reflected on a successful season despite having his credentials repeatedly called into question.
Two-time defending champion Federer needed a win against the world number four to reach the semi-finals of the season-ending showpiece for a seventh straight season but lost a classic three-hour battle 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 7-5.
For the first time in four years [...]

World number four Andy Murray will face Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Gilles Simon in the group stages at the Shanghai Masters Cup.
The British number one has been drawn in the red group with defending champion and world number two Federer, American world number six Roddick and Frenchman Simon, who Murray beat in the final [...]

World number one Jelena Jankovic and India’s Sania Mirza will be among the stars who will headline the JB Group Classic.
The annual exhibition tournament will see teams from Europe, Russia, the Americas and Asia-Pacific competing in singles and doubles matches at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to fall in line with events such as the Hopman [...]

Amelie Mauresmo had to come from behind to advance to the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Monday.
Mauresmo fell behind but came back to beat fellow Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4.
With only three games played on the women’s side the opening day, Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova advanced when Italy’s Marion Bartoli [...]

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy’s were stunned by the pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in Sunday’s Japan Open final.
The unseeded Russian-German pair beat the Indo-Czech pair 6-3 6-4 to capture their second ATP title together.
Playing a solid service game, Youzhny and Zverev converted two of the four break points that came their way [...]

Caroline Wozniacki booked her place in the semi-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Tamarine Tanasugarn.
The world number 16, who won her first two career titles at Stockholm and New Haven in August, will next face Jarmila Gajdosova of Slovakia, a 7-5 7-5 winner against Czech Klara Zakopalova.
In the bottom half [...]

Jelena Jankovic moved a step closer to claiming only her second title of the year on Saturday at the China Open.
The top-seeded Serbian posted a 6-4 2-6 6-4 win over fifth-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the semi-finals of the China Open to set up a showdown with Svetlana Kuznetsova in Sunday’s final.
Though Jankovic [...]

Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open with a 6-1 6-3 win against German Simon Stadler.
Djokovic’s 17-year-old brother - Marko - made his first ATP main-draw appearance at this event earlier in the week, but was quickly brushed aside by fifth seed Jarkko Nieminen in the opening round.
Novak Djokovic [...]