Tennis Australia sets up base in Munich

Tennis Australia has announced a new training base in Munich which will give the country’s top talent a European “home away from home.” The choosing of Germany as the location for the base comes on the back of Australia’s Fed...

Gasquet guns into Estoril semi-final

French second seed Richard Gasquet defeated Daniel Munoz-de la Nava 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Estoril Open, as he plays his first clay court tennis event of the season. Gasquet, who lost the 2007 final to Novak Djokovic...

Aussies beaten in Munich ATP qtr-finals

Both Australian entrants bowed out in the quarter-finals of the ATP event in Munich on Friday, leaving second seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and German fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber to meet in the semi-finals. World No.16 Lopez overcame fifth...

Blue clay controversy at Madrid Masters

Players will step onto the untried blue clay courts of the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters from Sunday, with serious doubts and some hostility as preparations for the French Open are fine-tuned. King of clay Rafael Nadal, who set records in his last two...

Errani, Vesnina set up Budapest WTA final

Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy will meet unseeded Elena Vesnina of Russia in the Budapest Grand Prix WTA final after straight-sets victories on Friday. Errani beat Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 6-2 6-1 for her 14th successive win on clay, and Vesnina...

Aussie tennis pair score claycourt wins

Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic broke a 16-year Australian drought to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour event in Munich. Both dominated their opening sets, lost the middle tiebreakers and recovered in the third to record fighting...

Del Potro powers to Portugal ATP win

Juan Martin del Potro made a strong start to his French Open preparations with a 6-1 6-0 hammering of Portugal’s Rui Machado to reach the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open on Thursday. Del Potro, the top seed and defending champion, was...

2 Australians into German ATP quarters

Australians Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic took similar paths to the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour event in Munich on Thursday. Both dominated their opening sets, lost the middle tiebreakers and recovered in the third. The fifth-seeded Tomic...

Wawrinka into 3rd round of Portugal tennis

Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka eased into the third round of the Estoril Open in Portugal on Wednesday recording a 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 win over Spaniard Ivan Navarro at a rain-hit Estadio Nacional. The 22nd-ranked Wawrinka, seeded behind Juan Martin...

Nalbandian, Muller, Seppi win in Belgrade

Seeded players Andreas Seppi, David Nalbandian and Gilles Muller won in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Serbia Open on Wednesday. The second-seeded Seppi defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4 6-4, fourth seed Nalbandian beat...

Top seed Errani reaches Budapest quarters

Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy reached the Budapest Grand Prix quarter-finals for a second straight year after overcoming Hungarian qualifier Melinda Czink 6-4 1-6 6-1 on Wednesday. The second-round win set her up against compatriot Alberta...

Gajdosova retires hurt in Portugal

Australian Jarmila Gajdosova retired hurt in her second-round match against Russian Nadia Petrova at the Estoril Open on Wednesday. Gajdosova retired after losing the opening set 7-6 (7-2) with the seventh-seeded Russian advancing to the...