Roger Federer put on a blue clay master class to move to within one win of a return to the world No.2 ranking as he hammered Janko Tipsarevic 6-2 6-3 …

Roger Federer will play for his third Madrid Open title after cruising past Janko Tipsarevic 6-2 6-3 on Saturday in the semi-finals. The Swiss star advanced to meet Tomas Berdych, …

P – Tomas Berdych mastered the slick blue clay to topple Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) on Saturday to reach the final of the Madrid Masters …

Australian Samuel Groth, the world No.340, has broken the record for the fastest serve in tennis with a 263km/h missile during a challenger tournament at Busan in South Korea, the …

Serena Williams will meet top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in the final of the WTA’s Madrid Masters after both players dispensed with their rivals in straight sets on Saturday. Williams beat Lucie …

Victoria Azarenka beat Agnieszka Radwanska for the sixth straight time to advance to the final of the Madrid Masters WTA event on Saturday. The world’s top ranked player cruised to …

Michael Phelps outraced Ryan Lochte in the 200m freestyle at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Friday but both US favourites for the London Olympics lost out to hometown hero Ricky Berens. …

Novak Djokovic declared war on the Madrid Masters’ controversial blue clay, with the world No.1 charging that double-dealing by a former ATP chief was the cause of this week’s player …

Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka on Friday stunned fifth seed Samantha Stosur beating the Australian in two tight tiebreakers in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters tennis event in Spain. Hradecka …

Serena Williams brushed aside Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-3 to advance to the Madrid Masters tennis semi-finals along with top-ranked Victoria Azarenka on Friday. Williams sealed her seventh straight win over …

Top seed Victoria Azarenka saw off China’s Li Na with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 battling win into the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters tennis on Friday. The Belarus world No.1 …

Madrid Masters tennis promoter Ion Tiriac on Friday promised a gradual improvement in traction on the new blue courts which have come under fire from players this week. Rafael Nadal …

Rafael Nadal went down in frustration as the second seed lost his first match of the season on clay, with Spanish compatriot Fernando Verdasco triumphing 6-3 3-6 7-5 on Thursday …

Rafael Nadal has lost to Spanish countryman Fernando Verdasco for the first time in the third round of the Madrid Open, blowing a 4-1 lead in the third set as …

Former Test wicketkeeper David Richardson is set to succeed fellow South African Haroon Lorgat as the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body announced …

Serena Williams staged a recovery at the expense of Caroline Wozniacki as the American reached the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters 1-6 6-3 6-2 on Thursday in a battle of …

French Open hope Samantha Stosur is into her fifth quarter-final of the season after sweeping past Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-3 6-2 at the Madrid Masters. Stosur needed just 72 minutes …

Irrepressible tennis promoter Ion Tiriac won’t bow to criticism from world No.1 Novak Djokovic and plans to introduce “psychedelic” balls to next year’s Madrid Masters. Djokovic on Wednesday said it …