http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/ Tennis - Sports: Find breaking news, world news and pictures on Tennis en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/ http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161534-top-seeded-raonic-beaten-dodig-eastbourne.html EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Top-seeded Milos Raonic was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (7) by Croatia's Ivan Dodig in the second round at the Eastbourne grass-court tournament on Wednesday. The Canadian struggled from the start, dropping his serve in the opening game and then again to fall behind 5-2. He then failed to convert a break point as Dodig served for the set. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161534-top-seeded-raonic-beaten-dodig-eastbourne.html 2013-06-19T18:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2162242-wawrinka-downs-lorenzi-2-sets-to-advance.html ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) — Simona Halep continued her strong recent form to humble top-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Topshelf Open grass court tournament. Halep is looking to make it two titles in as many weeks after beating Andrea Petkovic 6-3, 6-3 to win the inaugural Nurnberger Versicherungscup on ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2162242-wawrinka-downs-lorenzi-2-sets-to-advance.html 2013-06-19T17:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161860-kuznetsova-wimbledon-with-abdominal-strain.html LONDON (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of Wimbledon because of an abdominal strain. The Russian was seeded No. 26 at the All England Club and her withdrawal has resulted in the 33rd-ranked Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic climbing into the seedings at No. 32. Kuznetsova won the U.S. Open in 2004 and the French Op... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161860-kuznetsova-wimbledon-with-abdominal-strain.html 2013-06-19T14:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161476-nadal-seeded-no-5-wimbledon.html If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way. Fresh from winning his eighth French Open, Nadal is seeded only No. 5 at Wimbledon — setting up the possibility of a quarterfinal match against title contenders Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. The All England Club released the se... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2161476-nadal-seeded-no-5-wimbledon.html 2013-06-19T11:44:42Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2160152-venus-williams-pulls-wimbledon-citing.html After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday, citing a lower back injury. Williams, who turned 33 on Monday, never had missed Wimbledon since making her debut there in 1997, although she lost in the first round a year ago. She ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2160152-venus-williams-pulls-wimbledon-citing.html 2013-06-18T20:26:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159152-top-seeded-radwanska-loses-to-us-qualifier-hampton.html EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska slumped to a 7-6 (2), 6-2 defeat by American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round at Eastbourne on Tuesday. Radwanska, who won the title in 2008, struggled throughout the match at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Although the Polish player leveled at 5-5 when Hampton served for the first set... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159152-top-seeded-radwanska-loses-to-us-qualifier-hampton.html 2013-06-18T17:51:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159206-malisse-ousts-ferrer-1st-round-topshelf-open.html ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) — French Open losing finalist David Ferrer lost his first round match Tuesday at the Topshelf Open, depriving him of valuable practice time on the grass courts of Rosmalen in the week before Wimbledon. A single service break in the second set was enough for Xavier Malisse of Belgium to beat defending champion and top-seeded Ferr... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159206-malisse-ousts-ferrer-1st-round-topshelf-open.html 2013-06-18T16:41:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159200-american-steve-johnson-wimbledon-wild-card.html LONDON (AP) — Steve Johnson of the United States joined Frenchman Nicolas Mahut and seven British players invited to compete in the men's and women's singles as a wild card at Wimbledon. The 100th-ranked Johnson will be playing in the singles at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time since becoming a full-time professional last summer. H... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:44:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2159200-american-steve-johnson-wimbledon-wild-card.html 2013-06-18T13:44:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2156910-vesnina-beats-ivanovic-wimbledon-warmup.html EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Ana Ivanovic was the first seed to fall at Eastbourne when she was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 by Russia's Elena Vesnina, and 2012 men's runner-up Andreas Seppi needed to fight back from a set down to reach the second round on Monday. Former champion Marion Bartoli of France eased past Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 6-2 to set up a poss... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:09:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2156910-vesnina-beats-ivanovic-wimbledon-warmup.html 2013-06-17T19:09:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2157084-seeded-players-struggle-rain-rosmalen.html ROSMALEN, Netherlands (AP) — John Isner led an exodus of seeded players at the rain-interrupted Topshelf Open when he crashed out 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 to Evgeny Donskoy on Monday. The third-seeded Isner was shown the exit with No. 6 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, No. 7 Victor Hanescu of Romania, and No. 8 Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain. Neither Isner nor Donskoy... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:31:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2157084-seeded-players-struggle-rain-rosmalen.html 2013-06-17T18:31:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155464-murray-beats-cilic-to-win-queens-3rd-time.html LONDON (AP) — Top-seeded Andy Murray rallied to beat defending champion Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Queen's Club tournament for the third time. It was the 27th career title for the Briton, who also claimed the trophy in 2009 and '11, and his second of the season after winning at Miami in March. Murray's victory came in his first tournam... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:25:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155464-murray-beats-cilic-to-win-queens-3rd-time.html 2013-06-16T18:25:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155234-federer-beats-youzhny-1st-title-year.html HALLE, Germany (AP) — If there is one place for Roger Federer to end a title drought, then it's Halle, a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis stadium and a Roger-Federer-Allee leading to it. Federer walked down that alley a winner again Sunday, ending a 10-month run of 11 tournaments without a title, an eternity by his standards. The 31-yea... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:12:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155234-federer-beats-youzhny-1st-title-year.html 2013-06-16T16:12:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155228-hantuchova-wins-aegon-classic-straight-sets.html BIRMINGHAM (AP) — Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her sixth career title on Sunday, beating Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to win the Aegon Classic. Fourteen years separated the two finalists but there was little between 16-year-old Vekic and the 60th-ranked Hantuchova. The Slovak struck first in the opening set, breaking her opponent's se... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:06:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2155228-hantuchova-wins-aegon-classic-straight-sets.html 2013-06-16T14:06:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154344-murray-defending-champ-cilic-queens-final.html LONDON (AP) — Top-seeded Andy Murray and defending champion Marin Cilic will contest the final at Queen's Club after both claimed three-set victories on Saturday. Murray, the champion in 2009 and 2011, rallied to defeat fourth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a repeat of their 2011 final, and fifth-seeded Cilic of Croatia held off form... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:06:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154344-murray-defending-champ-cilic-queens-final.html 2013-06-15T20:06:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154172-hantuchova-croatian-teen-reach-birmingham-final.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Croatian teenager Donna Vekic reached her second career WTA final when she beat 2009 champion Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3 in the rain-affected Aegon Classic on Saturday. Waiting for Vekic in Sunday's final will be another Slovak, Daniela Hantuchova, who beat Alison Riske of the United States 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 ... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:50:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154172-hantuchova-croatian-teen-reach-birmingham-final.html 2013-06-15T19:50:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154006-halep-beats-petkovic-1st-career-wta-title.html NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Simona Halep won her first WTA title when she beat Andrea Petkovic 6-3, 6-3 to win the inaugural Nurnberger Versicherungscup. The seventh-seeded Romanian had six aces and broke for a 2-0 lead in the second set of the clay-court final. She fought off two break points in the last game before closing out the match with two forehand ... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:16:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2154006-halep-beats-petkovic-1st-career-wta-title.html 2013-06-15T16:16:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2153844-federer-beats-haas-3-to-reach-final-halle.html HALLE, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Roger Federer came from behind to beat defending champion Tommy Haas 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the Gerry Weber Open final on Saturday. Federer lost last year's final to the German veteran but he is on course for his first title — in his second final — of the year. Federer will play Mikhail Youzhny in Sunday's final. Youzhny ... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:50:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2153844-federer-beats-haas-3-to-reach-final-halle.html 2013-06-15T15:50:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152868-hantuchova-beats-schiavone-aegon-classic.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Daniela Hantuchova rallied from a set and 4-1 down Friday to beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and advance to the semifinals of the grass-court Aegon Classic. Hantuchova won 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (3) to record another upset in a rainy week at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Birmingham. Donna Vekic, a 16-year-o... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:31:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152868-hantuchova-beats-schiavone-aegon-classic.html 2013-06-14T20:31:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152068-murray-wins-to-set-up-tsonga-semifinal-queens.html LONDON (AP) — Two-time former champion Andy Murray reached the semifinals at Queen's Club after overcoming a solid challenge from Benjamin Becker of Germany to win 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Friday. The top-seeded Briton served eight aces without committing a double-fault, and broke twice in each set. He also dropped serve three times in the match, but dominated the... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:41:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152068-murray-wins-to-set-up-tsonga-semifinal-queens.html 2013-06-14T18:41:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2151716-roger-federer-breezes-halle-semifinals.html HALLE, Germany (AP) — Roger Federer blew past Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 to reach the Gerry Weber Open semifinals on Friday, teaching a painful lesson to a player trying to serve and volley on grass, the surface best suited for such a game. Federer will play defending champion Tommy Haas, who beat him in last year's final. The German came from behind to beat ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:17:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2151716-roger-federer-breezes-halle-semifinals.html 2013-06-14T17:17:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152100-petkovic-beats-jankovic-nuremberg-semifinal.html NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Andrea Petkovic reached her first WTA final since October 2011 when she upset top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3 in the inaugural Nurnberger Versicherungscup on Friday. In Saturday's final, Petkovic will play seventh-seeded Simona Halep, who beat fifth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Petkovic and Jankovic both received wild... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2152100-petkovic-beats-jankovic-nuremberg-semifinal.html 2013-06-14T16:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2150296-top-seeded-flipkens-aegon-classic.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Top-seeded Kirsten Flipkens was eliminated from the Aegon Classic on Thursday, leaving just four seeded players remaining in the quarterfinals of the grass-court tournament. Flipkens was beaten 7-6 (5), 6-2 by No. 16 Magdalena Rybarikova on another rain-affected day in Birmingham, central England. Third-seeded Sorana Cirstea of ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:19:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2150296-top-seeded-flipkens-aegon-classic.html 2013-06-13T20:19:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2150204-jankovic-to-play-petkovic-nuremberg-semifinals.html NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic cruised past sixth-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday to set up a semifinal against Andrea Petkovic in the inaugural WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup. Petkovic is coming back from a series of injuries and got a wild card into the tournament, like Jankovic. Petkovic came from a set down to... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:34:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2150204-jankovic-to-play-petkovic-nuremberg-semifinals.html 2013-06-13T19:34:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2149156-haas-gasquet-reach-halle-quarterfinals.html HALLE, Germany (AP) — Defending champion Tommy Haas advanced to the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday by outlasting Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (5), 6-4. Second-seeded Richard Gasquet swept past Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1 and sixth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber joined Gasquet in the last eight by beating German compatriot Tobias Kamke 6-4, 6-3. Kohlschr... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:27:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2149156-haas-gasquet-reach-halle-quarterfinals.html 2013-06-13T19:27:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2149042-murray-reaches-quarterfinals-queens.html LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals at Queen's Club on Thursday after overcoming Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a match suspended overnight and then beating Australia's Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 6-2. Defending champion and No. 5 seed Marin Cilic of Croatia saved a match point and swept the last five games to defeat Spanish qualifier Feliciano ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:38:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2149042-murray-reaches-quarterfinals-queens.html 2013-06-13T17:38:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2147470-flipkens-reaches-3rd-round-aegon-classic.html BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Top seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium came from a set down to beat Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic and advance to the third round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham on Wednesday. On a rain-affected third day, Flipkens won 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 and will play Magdalena Rybarikova for a place in the quarterfinals. Third seeded Sorana Cirstea o... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:23:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2147470-flipkens-reaches-3rd-round-aegon-classic.html 2013-06-12T19:23:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146642-monfils-wins-halle-hell-skip-wimbledon.html HALLE, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Roger Federer looked rusty in beating German wild card Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open, his usual tune-up for Wimbledon. His first singles match on grass as he prepares to defend the Wimbledon title wasn't all smooth sailing but Federer was never really threatene... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:25:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146642-monfils-wins-halle-hell-skip-wimbledon.html 2013-06-12T18:25:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146574-cilic-berdych-hewitt-reach-3rd-round-queens.html LONDON (AP) — Defending champion Marin Cilic and second-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced to the third round at Queen's Club on Wednesday, but top seeded Andy Murray's bid to join them was frustrated after rain forced his match to be suspended. Murray's match against Nicolas Mahut was called off after the Scot took the opening set 6-3 and with the second set ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:53:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146574-cilic-berdych-hewitt-reach-3rd-round-queens.html 2013-06-12T17:53:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2147018-jankovic-advances-3-seeds-fall-nuremberg.html NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic went on court twice Wednesday at the rain-disrupted Nurnberger Versicherungscup and cruised into the quarterfinals by losing only four games in three sets played. Jankovic first completed a 6-4, 6-2 win over Arantxa Rus that was suspended by darkness Tuesday after the first set. Later in the day, Jankov... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:21:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2147018-jankovic-advances-3-seeds-fall-nuremberg.html 2013-06-12T16:21:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146594-nicolas-mahut-wild-card-wimbledon.html LONDON (AP) — Nicolas Mahut, loser of the longest match in tennis history, has been granted a wild card for Wimbledon. The French player lost 70-68 in the fifth set to John Isner in a first-round Wimbledon match three years ago that stretched over three days. Mahut received a wild card entry on Wednesday for the tournament starting on June 24. ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2146594-nicolas-mahut-wild-card-wimbledon.html 2013-06-12T14:17:50Z