Tennis News Blog

Sharapova, Hantuchova pull out of German Open
Maria Sharapova pulled out of next week’s German Open because of an unspecified injury, and Daniela Hantuchova also withdrew from the clay-court tournament.

Baker recovering after illness
British number two Jamie Baker is on the mend after contracting a life-threatening condition at a Florida training camp.

Federer v Nadal as it happened
Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in straight sets in the Monte Carlo Masters final.

Ancic sends Murray crashing out
British number one Andy Murray loses 6-4 6-4 to Mario Ancic at the Open Sabadell Atlantico in Barcelona.

REFILE-UPDATE 4-Barcelona Open men’s singles results
April 30 (Reuters) - Barcelona Open men’s singles second round results from Spain on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * 1-Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 6-4 6-2 * Albert Montanes (Spain) beat 8-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-7(7) 6-3 7-5 6-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-2 6-4 2-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Gabriel Trujillo (Spain) 6-1 6-1 Mikhail Kukushkin (Russia) beat Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 6-0 6-4 Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) beat Marc Lopez (Spain) 5-1 (M. Lopez retired) 14-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Yuri Schukin (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-4 16-Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Alberto Martin (Spain) 3-6 6-2 6-4 15-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) beat Marcos Daniel (Brazil) 6-4 6-3

Serena stumbles to Carolina win
Serena Williams beats Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Family Circle Cup final in South Carolina.