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Defending champion Ryan Sweeting of the United States held off qualifier Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-3, 7-6 (6) in a first-round match of the U.S. men's clay court championships on Tuesday night.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will play an exhibition match at Real Madrid's football stadium, hoping for a crowd of 80,000 to watch tennis' top two players.

Two-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki overcame Urszula Radwanska of Poland 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the e-Boks Open.

Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone was eliminated in the first round of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to qualifier Olga Govortsova of Belarus.

Andy Murray says he is treating the tennis tournament at the London Olympics like a fifth Grand Slam.

The All England Club has hired a former British Davis Cup player as the chief executive of Wimbledon.

Serena Williams capped a dominant week with another powerful performance to beat Lucie Safarova 6-0, 6-1 and capture her first clay-court tournament in four years at the Family Circle Cup on Sunday.

Tomas Berdych used his powerful forehand to clinch the Davis Cup quarterfinal series for the Czech Republic against Serbia and send his team to its third semifinal in the last four years.

Juan Martin del Potro put Argentina into its third straight Davis Cup semifinal with a three-set victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic on Sunday.

David Ferrer secured defending champion Spain a place in the Davis Cup semifinals by beating Austria's Jurgen Melzer 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 in Sunday's reverse singles for an insurmountable 3-1 series lead. tennis

John Isner's big serve and solid forehand proved too strong for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he beat the Frenchman 6-3, 7-6 (4) 5-7, 6-3 on Sunday to ease the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals.

Serena Williams powered past Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-1 Saturday to reach the Family Circle Cup finals.

Billie Jean King loves sharing the story of how the eventual Women's Tennis Association began.

Venus Williams looked strong in powering past Jelena Jankovic 7-5, 6-0 at the Family Circle Cup on Wednesday.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland has dismissed Croat coach Borna Vikic, three days after winning the Sony Ericsson Open.

Venus Williams has advanced at the Family Circle Cup, defeating qualifier Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-3.

Gael Monfils will miss France's Davis Cup quarterfinal against the United States because of an abdominal injury.

The U.S. Tennis Association says No. 9-ranked Mardy Fish is pulling out of this week's Davis Cup quarterfinal against France because of a health scare.

Novak Djokovic finishes off Andy Murray to win the Sony Ericsson Open. Going back to last season, he has captured five Grand Slam titles and is making a habit of winning. Jamey Eisenberg there doesn't seem to be anyone who can stop him.