Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open on Tuesday, making it the first time since January 2004 that a man other than Roger Federer holds that top spot at a Grand Slam tournament. Andy Roddick is seeded eighth.
Ana Ivanovic is the No. 1
Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, in next week's US Open.
The Williams sisters both crashed out of the Olympic singles tournament on Thursday, Venus losing to unseeded local hope Li Na in a shock defeat and Serena succumbing to Elena Dementieva.
Venus Williams went down 7-5, 7-5 to Li, ranked 42nd in the
U.S. soccer's Lindsay Tarpley (left) is mobbed by teammates after scoring against New Zealand.
ONE LITTLE girl had the looks. The other had the voice.
* Rau'shee Warren worked 4 years to become the first two-time American boxing Olympian in 30 years.
It may sound like sacrilege, but in the world of pro tennis, the Olympics are a novelty, and an often inconvenient one at that. Russia's Mikhail Youzhny said it best in an interview with the ITF: "In all other sports they have four years to be ready
Two and a half years ago, Jelena Jankovic’s career was at a crossroads.
She struggled through a five month slump that resulted in ten consecutive losses and caused her to seriously contemplate walking away from the game she loved.
It was then, April 2
Sure it's an honor to represent your country, but the Games are no Grand Slam. BEIJING -- Quite often, the prevailing question about Olympic tennis is not so much who won or who lost, but why bother.
St. Petersburg, FL - Serbian star Jelena Jankovic supplanted compatriot Ana Ivanovic atop the women's world tennis rankings on Monday.
The 23-year-old Jankovic becomes the 18th woman to hold the top spot, and the second-ever Serb. She's No. 1 in the
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, seen against Tamira Paszek of Austria at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, won't be playing in Beijing. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)
French Open tennis champion and top ranked Olympic seed Ana Ivanovic has been forced to
BEIJING: A golden showdown between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal looms on the murky Beijing horizon as the Olympic tennis tournament begins on