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Marat Safin signs off with defeat to Juan Martin Del Potro

11.11.09
Marat Safin bowed out of professional tennis with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 defeat by US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the Paris Masters... more

Sore Marat Safin senses that the end is nigh

10.11.09
Marat Safin expects to put his body through one more test before caling time on his career... more

Rafael Nadal's back in groove again

08.10.09
Rafael Nadal was delighted by the way he battled to beat James Blake 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 in the second round of the China Open... more

Elena Dementieva enjoys being a China girl

06.10.09
Elena Dementieva continued her golden run at the Olympic tennis centre with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Melinda Czink in the second round of the China Open... more

Marat Safin’s sad farewell

24.06.09
Marat Safin bade a fond farewell to Wimbledon as he crashed out at the hands of unknown American qualifier Jesse Levine... more

Andy Murray seeded third for Wimbledon

19.06.09
Andy Murray has been seeded third for Wimbledon, which gets under way at the All England Club on Monday... more

Five men to watch at Wimbledon

19.06.09
Can Andy Murray finally win the big one or will it be Rafael Nadal's year again?... more

Hardy Fish is just what on-a-roll Andy Murray needs

12.06.09
Tennis: Having blown away his rivals at Queen’s, the Scot will hope the American can provide a sterner test on grass ... more

Injury puts Marat Safin out of Queen's

10.06.09
Tennis: Marat Safin could miss his farewell to Wimbledon after pulling out of the Aegon Championships at Queen's with a back injury... more

Federer has the look of a champion again after Safin breeze

23.01.09
Roger Federer moved ominously into the Australian Open fourth round after dismantling Marat Safin with a tennis master-class that proved the world No2 is back to his very best here... more

Relieved Jelena feels the heat

23.01.09
Jelena Jankovic was relieved she didn't suffer the same fate as Venus Williams as the world No1 battled past Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-4... more

Murray's more of a danger than Federer, claims Safin

21.01.09
Marat Safin faces a third-round clash with world No2 Roger Federer but claims playing Andy Murray at the Australian Open is a much more dangerous proposition... more

Kremlin victory completes the hat-trick for Jankovic

13.10.08
Tennis: Jelana Jankovic confirmed her new status as world No1 by winning the Kremlin Cup on her first visit to Moscow... more

Murray is doubling up to keep keen edge

27.08.08
Andy Murray's decision to play doubles at the US Open is helping the British No1 stay sharp in New York as he deals with a delay to his second-round singles match against Michael Llodra... more

Shock exits for seeded Spanish pair

07.08.08
Spanish seeds Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez both suffered shock second-round defeats at the ATP event in Los Angeles... more

Fairy tale evening for junior Wimbledon star Laura, the belle of the Champions' Ball

07.07.08
Young Wimbledon star Laura Robson showed off her glamorous side at the Champions' Ball last night.... more

Game, set, bump! Pregnant Gwen Stefani cheers on Roger Federer at Wimbledon

04.07.08
Card carrying tennis fans Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale cheered their close friend Roger Federer on to victory at Wimbledon today.... more

Fantastic Fed books his place in final again

04.07.08
Roger Federer swanned imperiously into another Wimbledon final, overcoming the last menacing obstacle on the way to his now familiar date with Wimbledon destiny... more

Wimbledon wash-out warning

04.07.08
Wimbledon is drawing up plans for the tournament to go into a third week as weathermen warned of a "dreadful" Sunday... more

Fans cheer last British tennis hope

04.07.08
Reigning champion Roger Federer may be playing in the men's semi-finals, but at Wimbledon there was no doubt about the big attraction today - British teenage sensation Laura Robson... more

Nadal can rampage his way to being the game's greatest

04.07.08
Flitting across the horizon, barely visible but edging into view, is this unsettling question. Could it be Rafael Nadal, and not Roger Federer, who might yet prove to be the greatest tennis player who ever lived?... more

Safin predicts a thrashing from Federer

03.07.08
If you believe Marat Safin, we are about to witness the most one-sided Wimbledon semi-final ever... more

Raining on Murray's parade

02.07.08
The biggest match in Andy Murray's sporting life was being threatened by a familiar problem: the British weather.... more

Safin keeps his cool to book place

01.07.08
Marat Safin fought his way into the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win over Swiss 13th seed Stanislas Wawrinka after keeping his temper in check... more

Andy gets our hopes up so that means it's high time to panic

27.06.08
He will give us tennis masochists the excruciation we crave until the middle of next week. It is too much too soon ... more

Dark horses make hay in SW19's sun

26.06.08
Impressive wins from Marat Safin and Mario Ancic prove they are capable of causing an upset in the top half of the draw... more

Djokovic destroyed as Safin defies the doubters

25.06.08
Centre Court stunned as star tipped for title is crushed in straight sets... more

Cash tips Djokovic to dodge disaster

24.06.08
Former Wimbledon champion believes Serbia's rising star will have the edge in mouthwatering second-round clash with Marat Safin... more

Ward needs the fare to become a tip for the top

10.06.08
Cash-strapped cab driver's son hopes gallant display against Marat Safin will get him Wimbledon wildcard... more

Ivanovic closing on Paris glory

06.06.08
New world No1 reaches third Grand Slam final and second in succession on the Roland Garros clay ... more

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