LONDON The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.
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LONDON The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.
Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, returns the ball to Radek Stepanek, of the Czech Republic, during BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Del Potro withdraw at 4-0.
LONDON U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.
World No. 1 Roger Federer will open his 2009 ATP World Tour Finals against dangerous seventh-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, when round-robin play commences Sunday at O2 Arena.
The draw was revealed Wednesday for the 2009 ATP World Tour finals, and world No. 1 Roger Federer is in the same round-robin group as heavy British favorite Andy Murray and U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, who upset the Swiss superstar back in New York in September.
Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have both appealed their respective one-year suspensions for anti-doping violations.
Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer addresses the media at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal on Thursday for failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times. Wickmayer has denied any wrongdoing and said on her Web site she planned to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests.
Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, returns the ball to Fernando Gonzalez, of Chile, during the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
LONDON Top-ranked Roger Federer will play U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Murray in the round-robin phase of the ATP World Tour Finals.
Tennis player Sam Querrey of Thousand Oaks, Calif., comments about his right arm recovery during a USTA event in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Querrey, 21, cut two muscles in his right forearm after sitting on a glass table that broke on Sept. 28, after practicing at the Thailand Open. The world's 25th-ranked player said Tuesday he narrowly avoided damaging the nerve in his serving arm that would have ended his tennis career.
LOS ANGELES Sam Querrey narrowly avoided a potentially career-ending injury when he shattered a glass table after practicing for a tournament in Thailand.
Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick has pulled out of next week's ATP World Tour finals, citing a left knee injury. French Open runner-up Robin Soderling will replace the American star in the field and make his debut at the prestigious eight-man event.
LONDON Andy Roddick is withdrawing from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals because of a left knee injury.
LOS ANGELES More Americans are playing tennis, with Hispanics and blacks showing a marked increase.
Former world No. 1 superstar Rafael Nadal will play for his beloved Spain in next month's Davis Cup final against the visiting Czech Republic.
ZURICH The Swiss bank Credit Suisse has signed a 10-year sponsorship with Roger Federer.
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, during the semi-finals of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament, in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.
LOGRONO, Spain Rafael Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic next month.
Novak Djokovic captured his fifth title of 2009 with a three-set victory over French crowd favorite Gael Monfils in the title match of the Paris Masters.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Gael Monfils of France during the final at the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.
PARIS Third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won his first Paris Masters title by defeating Gael Monfils of France 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3).
Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer addresses the media at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal on Thursday for failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times. Wickmayer has denied any wrongdoing and said on her Web site she planned to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
BRUSSELS Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Novak Djokovic dominated Rafael Nadal and moved into the final of the Paris Masters, where he will face countryman Gael Monfils on Sunday.
PARIS Novak Djokovic overpowered Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time.
Rafael Nadal of Spain and Serbia's Novak Djokovic won quarterfinal matches at the Paris Masters on Friday, victories that also set the field for the season-ending ATP World Finals.
Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer addresses the media at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal on Thursday for failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times. Wickmayer has denied any wrongdoing and said on her Web site she planned to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
BRUSSELS Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer says she was never properly informed of the online reporting requirements for drug-testing that led to her one-year ban from the sport.
World No. 1 superstar Roger Federer was shocked by Frenchman Julien Benneteau, while former top-ranked slugger Rafael Nadal staved off five match points before winning his second-round match Wednesday at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the season.
PARIS A tired Andy Murray lost to Radek Stepanek 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday in the third round of the Paris Masters.
It was yet another entertaining year on the WTA Tour, and perhaps no one was more entertaining than one Serena Williams.
Charismatic Russian Marat Safin played his final ATP tennis match on Wednesday, as he suffered a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 loss at the hands of world No. 5 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in Paris.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale is seeking a new title sponsor for the 2011 tournament and beyond.
PARIS Known for furious, racket-throwing rants, Marat Safin would rather be remembered for the hard work he put in during a 12-year career marked by two Grand Slam titles and a Davis Cup win.
Former champion Nikolay Davydenko and reigning titlist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were a pair of second-round winners Tuesday at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the season.
PARIS Novak Djokovic beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 7-5 Wednesday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters.
France's Richard Gasquet returns a ball to Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli during their quarter final match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland French tennis player Richard Gasquet will learn within a month if he has been banned after testing positive for cocaine.
FILE - In this file book cover image released by Knopf, "Open," by Andre Agassi, is shown. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Agassi says his book is part of his atonement for saying and doing things he now wishes he hadn't.
PARIS Former No. 1-ranked Marat Safin believes that Andre Agassi should give his tennis titles back after confessing he tested positive for a banned substance during his career and lied about it to the ATP.
Playing in his final career ATP event, former world No. 1 Marat Safin barely came up an opening-round winner Monday at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the year.
PARIS Sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia moved closer to qualifying for next month's eight-man ATP World Tour Finals by beating Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-2, 6-1 Tuesday in the second round of the Paris Masters.
It turns out Andre Agassi was lying all along.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 against Switzerland's Roger Federer during their final match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle, Switzerland, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
BASEL, Switzerland Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.
American James Blake and German Benjamin Becker each defeated French opponents Sunday on the first day of play at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the year.
Novak Djokovic ended Roger Federer's dominance at his hometown tournament with a three-set victory in the final of the Swiss Indoors.
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy The Williams sisters were conspicuous by their absence on Sunday when Italy completed a shutout of the United States to win its second Fed Cup title in four years.
Top-seeded British star Andy Murray will face Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the $2.98 million Valencia Open after both men won semifinal matches Saturday.
BASEL, Switzerland Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.
Serena Williams of the United States serves to Venus Williams of the United States during their singles final at the WTA Tennis Championships, in Doha, Qatar Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said.
Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone each won singles matches to give Italy a commanding 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.
Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium reacts as she win a point against Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan during WTA Bali Open tennis tournament round robin at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Wickmayer won 7-6, 6-3.
LONDON The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.
Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai will meet in an all-French final at the WTA Tournament of Champions event after each posted straight-set semifinal wins on Saturday.
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin lost in straight sets Saturday to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.