Tennis: AFP

NEW YORK (AFP) - Roger Federer rolled to his 29th straight US Open match victory and the women shuffled the chairs in the race to knock Ana Ivanovic off her No. 1 perch Friday on a marathon day five of the US Open.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport struggled through one of the worst games of her career Friday in a frustrating third-round US Open loss that could mark the end of her career.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Roger Federer defeated Thiago Alves 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open Friday as he attempts to salvage a season where he has yet to win on hardcourts.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is confident of getting over her current injury crisis and bouncing back into the top 50 soon with the help of a new trainer.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rafael Nadal ripped returns on serves, laced passing shots, and crafted crip volleys in a dynamic performance to beat Ryler DeHeart 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AFP) - For a player looking ahead into the tennis future, James Blake seems to be finding it tough to let go of the past.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Qualifier Julie Coin registered the biggest upset in US Open women's history Thursday, sending world No. 1 and top seed Ana Ivanovic crashing out in the second round.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Patrick McEnroe has donned yet another tennis hat during the US Open as he tries to return Andy Roddick to greatness.

LONDON (AFP) - British number one Andy Murray can get to the top of men's tennis despite being hard to handle, according to his former coach Brad Gilbert.

NEW YORK (AFP) - An ATP drama which has stretched for more than a year is wearing down Nikolay Davydenko, who still managed to produce a rare easy win to reach the second round of the US Open on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Eight-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams says the reason she doesn't have more US Open titles to her name is because the umpires and linesmen have ganged up on her in the past.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Former world number one Jelena Jankovic launched her quest to reach her first Grand Slam final, cruising past American wild card Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-1 on the first day of the US Open.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva goes into the US Open brimming with confidence after taking the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

PARIS (AFP) - American Serena Williams returned to the top three in the WTA rankings released on Monday ahead of the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AFP) - Young teenage standout Marin Cilic of Croatia clinched his first ever ATP title on Saturday after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 triumph over Mardy Fish of the United States in New Haven.

NEW YORK (AFP) - World number one Ana Ivanovic will face some notable obstacles in her quest for her first ever title at the US Open which begins next week.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have travelled down different roads to get the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season.

PARIS (AFP) - South African Etienne de Villiers, the boss of the ATP men's professional tennis circuit, said 2008 would be his last year in the post, the ATP said on Thursday.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's Lleyton Hewitt said Wednesday he had withdrawn from this month's US Open after having surgery for a nagging hip injury.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rafael Nadal, of Spain, will be the top seed in a grand slam for the first time in his career at this year's US Open.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Juan Martin del Potro won his fourth title in as many weeks by beating Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the 500,000 dollar Legg Mason Classic on Sunday.

PARIS (AFP) - Spain's Rafael Nadal has replaced Roger Federer as the new world number one in the ATP rankings released on Monday.

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AFP) - Nathalie Dechy reached her first final in four years by beating Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the semi-finals of the WTA Western and Southern Financial Group on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Olympic absentee Andy Roddick's decision to give the Beijing Games a wide berth seems not to have been in vain after the American top seed reached the semi-finals of the ATP Los Angeles Classic on Friday.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - John McEnroe says Pete Sampras is surely breathing a sigh of relief with Roger Federer's impending drop from the world number one spot after four and a half years of domination.

SYDNEY (AFP) - World number one and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic will headline Australia's inaugural Brisbane International in 2009, organisers said Friday.

LONDON (AFP) - The ATP Tour on Wednesday expressed relief as a US court threw out a multimillion dollar antitrust case brought by the German Tennis Federation (DTB) against the dropping of Hamburg's Masters Series status.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Olympic absentee Andy Roddick confessed that he will surely have second thoughts about his decision to skip the Summer Games when the action begins this weekend in Beijing.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Russia's Dinara Safina steamrolled Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to capture the WTA Rogers Cup for her third title in her last six events here on Sunday.