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Nasir ousts Taylor while Swail beats Cook Saqib Nasir won a remarkable match against Allan Taylor 5-4 in the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open. Nasir found himself 4-0 down but regrouped and managed to rattle off the five remaining frames to progress to the next round, where he...

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Sagan wins stage three of Tour de Suisse, Frank leads Mathias Frank of Switzerland took over the leader’s jersey in the Tour de Suisse after Peter Sagan triumphed on stage three on Monday. Frank, of BMC Racing, has a 25 second gap from second-placed Roman Kreuzinger of the Czech Republic, with...

Murphy crashes out of Wuxi qualifiers Shaun Murphy became the latest big name to crash out of the Wuxi Classic qualifiers at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester. Murphy, the sixth seed, is a former world and UK champion but he went down 5-1 to fellow Englishman Alex Davies, who is not...

Nadal first to qualify for ATP Tour Finals Rafael Nadal has booked his place at the World Tour finals after winning a record eighth French Open title. Nadal has staged a spectacular comeback after being sidelined for seven months with a knee injury from June last year. Since returning in...

Robertson hits 147 and will face ladies legend Evans in China Neil Robertson hit a maximum 147 break in a crushing 5-0 win over Mohamed Khairy in Wuxi Classic qualifying in Gloucester. The former world champion achieved the landmark feat in the second frame, and added a further 121 break as...

Nadal just wants to be left alone Having achieved the glittering distinction of becoming the only man to win eight singles titles at the same Grand sSlam tournament, French Open champion Rafael Nadal was soon dreaming of another priceless thing on Sunday - to be left alone. A 6-3 6-2 6-3...

Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraws last-minute from first event of season Ronnie O'Sullivan has pulled out of the season-opening Wuxi Classic qualifiers, citing personal issues. The world champion, who defended his title at the Crucible earlier this month, was due to play Michael Wasley on Tuesday...

Strange day in the office leaves Ferrer chuckling A Roland Garros final against Rafa Nadal should have been the highlight of Spanish warrior David Ferrer's career. Instead what he got was a "strange" match featuring driving rain, invaded by "strange" people "without clothes on" and he will now...

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Nadal wins record eighth title at Roland Garros Rafael Nadal survived a court invader and a short rain delay to win a record eighth French Open title with a 6-3 6-2 6-3 win over compatriot David Ferrer. With the victory Nadal became the first man in history to win any of the Slams eight times...

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Ebden wins maiden Challenger title in Nottingham Australia's Matthew Ebden beat defending champion Benjamin Becker to win his maiden ATP Challenger title, the Aegon Trophy. Ebden, 25, won 7-5 4-6 7-5 in just over two hours to take the German world number 97’s Nottingham title. Ebden saved...

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Makarova and Vesnina win women's doubles Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina claimed their maiden Grand Slam title together by beating Italian top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 7-5 6-2 in the French Open women's doubles final. The fourth-seed Russian pair, beaten by Errani and Vinci in...

Nadal wary of facing 'big, big trouble' against Ferrer in final Rafael Nadal believes fellow Spaniard David Ferrer could cause him "big, big trouble" in the French Open final on Sunday. Ferrer is used to wearing the "best of the rest" label when it comes to Spanish claycourters, but against...

Baltacha earns Nottingham wild card Elena Baltacha is one of four British players awarded wild card entry into the main draw of the Aegon Challenge in Nottingham. The former British No. 1, who won the Aegon Challenge crown in 2011, is joined by Naomi Broady, Samantha Murray and Lisa Whybourn...

Bryan brothers do double Slam Bob and Mike Bryan secured their 14th Grand Slam title when beating Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) in the final of the mens' doubles at Roland Garros. The Bryan brothers become the first pair to complete two career Grand Slams after claiming their...

Serena not satisfied with Slam number 16 Serena Williams's love affair with winning tennis tournaments, and Paris, began 14 years ago and the American's passion for both remains intense after winning the French Open on Saturday. The 31-year-old claimed the first of her 52 singles titles in the...

Mouratoglou: Serena will equal Evert and Navratilova Serena Williams is already assured a place in tennis history but her coach believes the 16-time Grand Slam champion will soon embroider her status among the greats. The American, who beat Maria Sharapova to win the French Open on Saturday...

Martic wins Aegon Trophy, Becker to face Ebden in men’s final Petra Martic won her first career grass title, the Aegon Trophy, while defending champion Benjamin Becker will face Matthew Ebden in the men’s final in Nottingham. In a nearly all-British men’s doubles final, the third seed pairing...

Kittel triumphs in Berlin Germany’s Marcel Kittel won the third edition of the ProRace Berlin road race on Sunday. The 2011 Berlin champion, riding for Argos-Shimano, came in ahead of IAM Cycling’s Matteo Pelucchi to claim a bunch sprint win after the 184.6km course. Another German, last...

Flueckiger wins BMC Racing Cup Lukas Flueckiger won the men’s cross country race at the BMC Racing Cup in Granichen. The Swiss rider, who turns out for BMC’s mountain bike team, finished one second ahead of his French team-mate Julien Absalon. Switzerland’s Thomas Litscher of Multivan Merida...

Serena Williams wins 16th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros World number one Serena Williams won just her second French Open title when she overpowered defending champion Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4. The American, who won her first title at Roland Garros in 2002 against ****** Venus Williams...

Mollema wins Swiss stage two as Meyer stays in front Dutchman Bauke Mollema won stage two of the Tour de Suisse after a superb ****** on Crans-Montana as Cameron Meyer stayed top overall. Blanco rider Mollema timed his ****** perfectly in the final kilometre of the climb as Garmin-Sharp's...

Nadal pulls out of German tournament French Open finalist Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week's Wimbledon warm-up event at Halle in Germany, citing fatigue after a busy few weeks of tennis. The Spaniard will try to win his eighth crown on the Roland Garros clay courts in Paris on Sunday...

Froome wins Critérium du Dauphiné British Tour de France hope Chris Froome won the prestigious Critérium du Dauphiné stage race by finishing second on the eighth and final stage. Team Sky rider Froome was 24 seconds behind winner Alessandro De Marchi of Cannondale on the 155.5km stage from...

Murray: Missing Paris could be a blessing World number two Andy Murray is hoping his Wimbledon title chances will benefit from his enforced absence from the French Open in Paris. The Briton ended a sequence of three successive Grand Slam final appearances when he pulled out of the claycourt...

Serena favourite to beat defending champion Sharapova in final Serena Williams gives pet names to her various character traits whereas Maria Sharapova, who will try to prevent the American claiming a 16th Grand Slam title in Saturday's French Open final, usually sticks rigidly to the ice...

Trott wins in London Double Olympic champion Laura Trott claimed a thrilling photo finish victory in the IG London Nocturne. Trott, 21, edged out Hannah Barnes to claim the win for Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling, the team backed by Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins. Dani King, who won gold...

Chicchi wins in Latvia Italy’s Francesco Chicchi won the Riga-Jurmala Grand Prix in Latvia after a bunch sprint. Vini Fantini sprinter Chicchi, 32, prevailed ahead of compatriot Marco Banfatto (Astana) at the end of the 168km ride between Latvia’s capital and nearby Jurmala. It was Chicchi’s...

Ferrer ends final wait at 42nd tilt 'If at first you don't succeed try, try, try again' could be David Ferrer's personal motto after the Spaniard reached his maiden Grand Slam final on Friday at his 42nd tilt at a major. ince tennis turned professional in 1968, the previous longest wait for a...

Meyer wins Swiss opener Australia’s Cameron Meyer won the stage one time trial of the Tour de Suisse in Quinto. The Orica-GreenEdge rider was one of the early starters but his time of nine minutes and 39 seconds was never really put under threat as a change in wind direction troubled those who...

Court watering row overshadows Nadal-Djokovic epic With his hopes of a French Open final fading, Novak Djokovic even requested to have the Chatrier Court surfaced hosed down as he withered in the face of a Rafa Nadal firestorm on Friday. Djokovic complained he was struggling to stand up as...

Nadal outlasts Djokovic in epic to reach final Rafa Nadal displayed the athleticism and self-belief that earned him seven French Open titles to tame Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7(3) 9-7 in a pulsating 4-1/2 hour Roland Garros semi-final on Friday. In a match of high drama featuring a point...

Ferrer crushes Tsonga to reach maiden Grand Slam final There was a sense of anti-climax as David Ferrer brushed aside local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1 7-6(3) 6-2 to reach his first Grand Slam final and set up an all-Spanish French Open final with seven-times champion Rafa Nadal. The big...

Froome stays in yellow as Sanchez wins stage seven Euskaltel-Euskadi's Samuel Sanchez beat Jacob Fuglsang of Astana to the line in stage seven of the Criterium du Dauphiné at the top of Superdévoluy. The pair escaped at the summit of the preceding climb, Col du Noyer, to battle it out for the...

Djokovic and co. no closer to solving Rafa riddle An unassuming Swede and his hammerhead forehand is starting to gain mythical status at Roland Garros because in nine years Robin Soderling remains the only man to have beaten Rafa Nadal at the French Open. Over the seasons grand slam champions...

Cancellara opts out of Tour Swiss Fabian Cancellara will not take part in this year's Tour de France so he can prepare for the world championships, the RadioShack-Leopard rider was quoted as saying on Friday. "The Tour has given me beautiful things already, but now I have different targets...

Konta's Nottingham run ended by Pliskova Johanna Konta and Dan Evans both went out of the Aegon Trophy event in Nottingham, at the semi and quarter-final stages respectively. British women's number three Konta lost 3-6 7-5 6-3 to world number 73 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, who...

Five Brits named in Aegon Classic draw Five British women have been named in the main draw for the Aegon Classic at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Laura Robson and Heather Watson are included by right, with Anne Keothavong, Johanna Konta and Tara Moore given wildcards to the pre-Wimbledon grass-court...

Horner to miss out with knee injury Radioshack Leopard-Trek rider Chris Horner will miss the Tour de France through injury. The American underwent knee surgery two weeks ago and has been ruled out of the race which begins in Corsica on June 29th. His team said he was suffering from "an...

Forget: Ferrer to give Tsonga tougher time than Federer Jo-Wilfried Tsonga can expect David Ferrer to give him a tougher time than Roger Federer managed when they meet in their French Open semi-final on Friday, according to former France Davis Cup captain Guy Forget. Sixth seed Tsonga is...

Greipel extends Lotto Belisol stay André Greipel has extended his contract with Lotto Belisol for two more seasons as he eyes another stage win in the Tour de France. The German sprinter joined the team in 2011 and has taken 44 victories - 10 this year - including four on the Tour. He will now...

Konta through to Nottingham semis Johanna Konta's run at the Aegon Trophy continued after a 6-2 5-7 7-5 quarter-final win over Alison Riske at the ITF event in Nottingham. British number three Konta, the world number 166, was handed a wildcard to the Aegon Classic in Birmingham next week and...

Voeckler wins stage six as Froome keeps Dauphiné lead Europcar’s Thomas Voeckler sprinted to a stage six win in Grenoble as Chris Froome retained his lead of the Criterium du Dauphiné. Voeckler was among four riders who stayed out to the end after a breakaway, with Jose Herrada (Movistar)...

Williams sets up Sharapova final in Paris Serena Williams was in no mood to hang around at Roland Garros on Thursday as she walloped 2012 runner-up Sara Errani 6-0 6-1 to reach the French Open final for the first time since 2002. Williams had been ****** to wait as Maria Sharapova and Victoria...

Sharapova beats Azarenka to reach final World number two Maria Sharapova remained on course to defend her French Open title with a hard-fought 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over third seed Victoria Azarenka. Maria Sharapova turned her French Open semi-final into a game of Russian roulette, firing...