Mike and Bob Bryan defended their Australian Open doubles title on Saturday with a 6-3 6-7 6-3 win over Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. The win gave the top-seeded American brothers their eighth grand slam title and fourth at Melbourne Park, where they also won in 2006 and 2007.
Serena Williams overcame an even-numbered year hoodoo and the fairytale return of an opponent once ranked number one in the world to claim her 12th Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open.
World number one Serena Williams claimed her fifth Australian Open title by withstanding a spirited challenge from wildcard Justine Henin to win 6-4 3-6 6-2.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal will be out of action for two weeks because of a minor tear to a tendon in his right knee, doctor Angel Ruiz Cotorro said after completing a scan on the player in Barcelona.
Serbian top tennis player Novak Djokovic blew his chance to climb to become the leader of the ATP race this early into the 2010 tennis season, having been knocked out from the Australian Open in the quarter-finals. However, the current world’s number three could still improve his position by one place come next Monday, but [...]
Partizan are the talk of the town in European basketball circles once again. The Belgrade marvel have been producing performances that have upset the biggest guns across the continent for years. The latest team to take the blow on their own turf from unwavering and fanatically determined Partizan are Panathinaikos Athens, the reigning European club [...]
Sergio Canales, Adem Ljajic, Eduardo Salvio, Douglas Costa, Danijel Aleksic – each of these youngsters have caught the eye of European football giants this winter, as the clubs compete who gets to snap up the future stars of the game. It is noticeable strikers and South American players have been on demand, but also teenage [...]
Romanian star Mutu, 31, tested positive for a banned substance, according to the Italian Olympic Committee. Traces of the anti-obesity drug sibutramine were found in a sample provided after the match between Fiorentina and Bari on January 10.
Incredible game and a huge win for Partizan against reigning European champions and on their court too. Game was a close one. For the most part Pao had a lead, which at times was as high as 9 points, but Partizan never gave up. Every time Greek side went up by 9, Partizan answered with [...]
Despite the fact that Ana Ivanovic’s new tennis season hasn’t started well, her private life is in harmony. The famous Serbian tennis player has been in a relationship with the Australian golf player Adam Scott for whom she says that he is her great support in difficult moments and that he has taught her how [...]
