Injury grounds Mahesh Bhupathi as South Africa close gap in Davis Cup against India.

As India trailed in the third set of the doubles rubber, an injury to Mahesh Bhupathi helped the hosts claw back into the World Group play-off tie.
No one expected South Africa to have a chance against India in a doubles rubber in [...]

Melanie Oudin continued her giant-killing run at the US Open when she knocked out a third Russian seed in succession at Flushing Meadows.

The 17-year-old world number 70 from Marietta, Georgia, had already eliminated fourth seed Elena Dementieva and former champion Maria Sharapova, the No. 29 and she returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium to come from [...]

American teenager Melanie Oudin knocked out former champion Maria Sharapova to continue her amazing run at the US Open.
The 17-year-old from Georgia gave an impressive account of herself at Wimbledon by reaching the fourth round, and she has repeated that achievement in New York by eliminating two of the biggest names in the game.
In the [...]

Sania Mirza produced a good display to reach the second round of the US Open by defeating Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
It was a hard-fought triumph for the 22-year-old from Hyderabad, whose willingness to force the pace by coming into the net made the difference in a game between two big hitters.
Mirza won [...]

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled back from 5-1 down in the deciding set to beat a stunned Roger Federer in the last eight at the Rogers Cup.

The Frenchman beat the world number one 7-6 (7/5) 1-6 7-6 (7/3) in two hours and 19 minutes in Montreal.
He will play Andy Murray in the last four after the Scot [...]

Maria Sharapova managed a win over Victoria Azarenka in the second round of the WTA LA Women’s Tennis Championships.
The 22-year-old, who recently returned to the tour following a 10-month absence due to a shoulder injury, secured her place in round three with a 6-7 (4/7) 6-4 6-2 triumph against her Belarusian opponent.
Sharapova’s fellow Russian, top [...]

Marion Bartoli defeated Wimbledon finalist Venus Williams 6-2 5-7 6-4 to win the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford.
The 24-year-old Frenchwoman, seeded eight, won her fifth and biggest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title by prevailing in three sets against the second seeded American.
Williams, who had won this event twice, was out of sorts through [...]

Nikolay Davydenko breezed into the final of Croatia Open with a 6-1 6-1 defeat of Jurgen Melzer in Umag.
The top seed never gave his Austrian opponent a sniff, overpowering him with the help of five breaks of serve.
In tomorrow’s final, he will play Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero, who faced a stiffer test as he beat [...]

Marat Safin came from behind to beat Ernests Gulbis and set up a clash with Tommy Haas in the quarter-finals of the LA Open.
Eighth seed Safin beat Latvia’s Gulbis 2-6 6-3 6-4 to book a clash against Germany’s Haas, who saw off the United States’ Jesse Levine 6-1 6-3 in 62 minutes.
America’s John Isner overcame [...]

French tennis was left in shock today following the sudden death of Mathieu Montcourt at the age of 24.

Montcourt, who was ranked 119th in the world, was found dead overnight outside the door to his flat in Paris.
An autopsy should be carried out tomorrow to determine the cause of death.
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) led [...]