MELBOURNE - Maria Kirilenko and her boyfriend Igor Andreev wanted to start 2010 with a bang.
MELBOURNE - Maria Kirilenko and her boyfriend Igor Andreev wanted to start 2010 with a bang.
Defending champion and second seed Rafael Nadal wore down Australian Peter Luczak to begin his Australian Open campaign with a straight sets victory on Monday.
MELBOURNE - Fifth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva set up a mouth-watering second-round clash with Justine Henin after dispatching compatriot Vera Dushevina 6-2 6-1 on Monday.
MELBOURNE - Justine Henin insisted she was still capable of beating the top players after she downed fellow Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.
MELBOURNE - Former champion Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Australian Open on Monday but there were no dramas for Dinara Safina and Kim Clijsters who spearheaded the charge into the second round.
MELBOURNE - U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters made a smooth return to the Australian Open by posting a comfortable 6-0 6-4 win over Valerie Tetreault in the first round on Monday.
MELBOURNE - Dinara Safina overcame a rusty performance to advance to the second round of the Australian Open on Monday, just a couple of months after fearing that she might not be able to play at Melbourne Park.
Andy Roddick has beaten Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands in his first-round match at the Australian Open, winning 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
MELBOURNE - Maria Sharapova lost at the Australian Open for the first time since winning the 2008 title in a 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 opening-round exit Monday to Maria Kirilenko.
SEOUL - South Korean Seol Ki-hyeon has joined Asian champions Pohang in a bid to improve his chances of being selected for this year’s World Cup finals in South Africa, domestic media reported on Sunday.