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07/06/11 Yani Tseng poses with trophy after winning her second straight Australian Open championship. Last weekend, she won her second LPGA Championship and fourth major golf championship in winning by 10 shots in New York.
06/24/11 WIMBLEDON, England - After playing so well, so often, at this yearand#8217;s first two major tournaments, Li Naand#8217;s run at Wimbledon came to an early end. Only 2 1/2 weeks after giving China its first Grand Slam singles championship at the French Open, and five months after being the runner-up at the Australian Open, Li was knocked out in the second round at the All England Club yesterday ...
06/14/11 Venus Williams finally beat Andrea Petkovic on Monday. Five months after a hip injury forced her to retire against Petkovic after one game of their third-round match at the Australian Open, Williams beat the German, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, in her first match back in Eastbourne, England, to successfully open to her Wimbledon preparations.
06/04/11 Greg Norman and Fred Couples, the two opposing captains in next year's Presidents Cup to be played at Royal Melbourne, are two of the marquee names for this week's Australian Open at The Lakes but history says they cannot win the championship. Nor can Peter Senior win a second open.
06/01/11 Australian Open finalist Li Na advanced to the semifinals of the French Open by defeating fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-5, 6-2.
05/14/11 The 30-year-old American has been off the tour since January, when she stopped playing only minutes into a match in the third round of the Australian Open because of a hip injury. Shalrie Joseph scored on a penalty kick in the 49th minute and the New England Revolution snapped a two-match winless and scoreless streak with a 1-0 victory over the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps. ... Chris Pontius ...
03/13/11 Top ranked Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki eased through their Indian Wells openers on Saturday, but Australian Open runner-up Andy Murray bit the dust in the Californian desert.
02/18/11 Karen Scott Happer recently returned from Down Under, visiting the Australian Open, an event she
02/16/11 Andy Murray's recuperation from losing the Australian Open final stalled by wrist injury.
02/14/11 The colt won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the Eclipse Award as last year's top 2-year-old. Uncle Mo has a chance to give trainer Todd Pletcher consecutive victories in the Kentucky Derby, which Pletcher won last year with Super Saver. Pletcher nominated a leading 20 horses, as did Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters, who will on Monday reclaim the No. 1 ...
02/08/11 ABN AMRO 500 Five top-10 players, including Australian Open finalist Andy Murray , will compete in the 37th ABN AMRO 500 held inside in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Sweden's Robin Soderling is the defending champion here, and the No. 1 seed. Murray won the crown in 2009 and No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny won in 2007. Roughly $383,000 is on the line for the winner, along with a 500-point bump in the ...
02/07/11 Kristina Barrois of Germany rallied to beat Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 Monday to set up a second-round match at the Open Gaz de France against Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters.
02/07/11 Australian Open winner Kim Clijsters came from behind to beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-7 (10), 6-2, 6-1, on Sunday and lead Belgium to a 4-1 win over the U.S. and a place in the semifinals of the Fed Cup World Group
02/07/11 Australian Open winner Kim Clijsters came from behind to beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-7 (10), 6-2, 6-1 Sunday and lead Belgium to a 4-1 win over the United States in Antwerp, Belgium, for a semifinals berth in the Fed...
02/05/11 Katherine Hull probably can't win the Women's Australian Open, sitting six shots adrift of the defending champion Yani Tseng, but she has given herself a chance.
02/02/11 The first Grand Slam event of the year is in the books, as Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic became the latest champions at the Australian Open.
02/01/11 Prop bets Down Under? Take the over. Not only did competitors at this year's Australian Open go through nearly 49,000 tennis balls, but...
01/31/11 After celebrating his Australian Open victory, Novak Djokovic was credited some unorthodox medical treatments for his tennis successes.
01/31/11 Get the latest tennis news at www.TennisNow.com Kim Clijsters pinched back tears after collecting her first career Australian Open championship and second straight major title with a 3-6, 6-3, comeback win over Li Na in the Melbourne final. It is Clijsters' fourth Grand Slam crown in what was likely her last Australian Open appearance. It comes seven years after she ...
01/31/11 After celebrating his Australian Open victory late into the night, the Serb was quick to credit some unorthodox medical treatments for his recent tennis successes.
01/30/11 The story should not be told with regret. It should be all about the flair and resolve of a champion, rising to the occasion as never before, and Novak Djokovic certainly came through mightily in that regard. It seems more likely, though, that the story of the Australian Open final was the curious disappearance of Andy Murray. | 
