Tennis News Blog

Djokovic and Monfils reach final
Novak Djokovic hammers Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3 in the Paris Masters semi-finals to set up a clash with home favourite Gaels Monfils.

Big pain: Injured Roddick pulls out of ATP finals
Andy Roddick has reportedly lost his battle to be fit for the ATP World Tour finals. Roddick, ranked No. 6, has withdrawn from the eight-man end of season tournament which begins in London on Sunday, The Times of London and Spanish sports newspaper Marca said on their Web sites on Tuesday. Roddick has been struggling to overcome the knee injury that forced him to pull out of his match against Stanislas Wawrinka in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters last month.

Roddick pulls out of Tour Finals
World number six Andy Roddick withdraws from the World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena with injury, and is replaced by Robin Soderling.

Nadal returns to boost Spain team
World number two Rafael Nadal is included in Spain’s squad for the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic.

Stepanek knocks out tired Murray
Andy Murray is knocked out of the Paris Masters in the third round by Radek Stepanek in three sets.

Panel names free-to-air choices
England’s home Ashes Tests and away football qualifiers would return to free-to-air television under new recommendations.

Wickmayer, Malisse appeal doping bans (AP)
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. The CAS said Wednesday the players want to annul their suspensions for failing three times to report their whereabouts for unannounced drug-testing.

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