Rio de Janeiro, Oct 9 - Brazilian tennis great Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten beat former rival Carlos Moya in the 2011 International Challenge, a friendly competition between the two players.

With individual set scores of 6-4, 2-6 and 6-3, Guga eased to a 2-1 set victory ovre his Spanish native Saturday.

Both are former No. 1 ranked players in the ATP Tour. They faced each other seven times in their professional careers with Guga winning four times to Moya's three, Xinhua reported.

Karachi, Sept 13: Pakistan tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi has expressed his disappointment over the defeat in the semi-final of the doubles event at the US Open, and said that he "could not sleep that night."

Aisam and his Indian partner, Rohan Bopanna, crashed out of the US Open after losing to the Polish pair of Mariusz Frystenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-final clash last Saturday.

New York, Sep. 12 : After semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal in the US Open, British tennis star Andy Murray still retains a belief that a major title is within his grasp

Murray insists he "felt OK" after losing to Nadal - "the best player there has ever been" - and says continually getting close to the prize is an incentive, not dispiriting.

New York, Sept 10: The tennis duo comprising Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have crashed out of the semi-final match of the US Open.

The Indo-Pak Express lost to the Polish pair of Mariusz Frystenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-final clash on Saturday.

Qureshi-Bopanna had beaten the English duo of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins 7-5, 2-5, 7-5 in the quarterfinal match.

The Indo-Pak duo finished as runners-up in the men's doubles event at last year's US Open. (ANI)

Karachi, Sept 10: The tennis duo comprising Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have reached the semi-finals of the US Open.

The Indo-Pak Express beat the British duo of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins 7-5, 2-5, 7-5 in a rain-delayed match.

Qureshi-Bopanna took the first set in 45 minutes, but the British duo dictated the second set and made sure it was a hard-fought victory for the Indo-Pak Express, the Dawn reports.

New York, Sep. 8 : Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal and his British counterpart Andy Murray have accused the US Open organisers of putting profit before player safety, after they rushed three important men's matches on to the courts while there were still spots of rain in the air.

Nadal was unhappy at having to play for 15 minutes while there was still moisture in the air at Flushing Meadows.

New York, Sep 6: American tennis ace Serena Williams eased closer to a fourth US Open title on Monday, storming past Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4, at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium to set-up a quarterfinal clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Williams has not dropped a set at Flushing Meadows this year and Ivanovic never looked likely to break that streak.

New York, Sept 4 : World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who has become the new face of both Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear, revealed that posing in an undergarment is very `tricky'.

A 20-foot banner of his famous mug, naked torso and a hint of denim was unveiled recently at Macy's.

And according to him, though posing in underwear is nothing `really new', he has always been shy while dealing with it.

New York, Sep 5 - Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced into the fourth round of the men's singles event at the US Open tennis here Sunday, while Samantha Stosur set up a quarterfinal clash against Vera Zvonareva in the women's singles.

Nadal won 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5 in 2 hours 39 minutes against David Nalbandian of Argentina.

The Spaniard will play Gilles Muller of Luxembourg for a place in the quarterfinals at the final Grand Slam of the year. Muller breezed past Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

New York, Sep 5: Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal sent shockwaves through the US Open on Sunday when he collapsed during his post-match news conference in New York because of severe cramping in
his thigh.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Nadal received treatment in the tournament's main interview room, flat on his back behind the desk.

"I just have cramping in my leg in front and behind, that's why I was so painful. I will train normally on Monday," the 25-year-old said later.

New York, Sep 5: British tennis star Andy Murray has defeated 25th seed Feliciano Lopez to setup his US Open fourth round clash with American Donald Young.

Murray's third round 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, win at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday took him an hour and 54 minutes, the Guardian reports.

Young beat 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.

The 22-year-old had earlier embarrassed Murray in their only meeting at Indian Wells in March. (ANI)

London, Sept 4 : Known for sporting brightly coloured nails on court, Serena Williams has now started treating her fans to her own range of nail varnish.

The tennis star has launched 12 new designs, which come in four different packs and represent the world’s four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.

“I love doing my nails before I am out on court. I love to look as glam as I can,” the Daily Express quoted Williams as saying.

New York, Sep. 2 : Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has cruised into the third round of the U. S. Open with a 6-0 6-0 6-2 victory over Argentina''s Carlos Berlocq in the second round.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Djokovic has lost a total of three games in his first two matches at Flushing Meadows.

His first opponent retired while trailing 6-0 5-1.

The world No. 1 improved to 59-2 this season and moved a win closer to his third major title of the year.

He''ll play Russia''s Nikolay Davydenko in the third round. (ANI)

New York, Sep 1 - India's top-ranked singles player Somdev Devvarman made a first round exit from the men's singles of the US Open here after he went down fighting to fourth-seed Andy Murray of Britain.

Somdev gave a tough fight to the 24-year-old Murray, breaking him twice in his opening service game and stretched the set to a tie-break. The Scotsman was made to work hard but came through 7-6(7-5), 6-2, 6-3 on a hot afternoon in New York Wednesday.

New York, Sep 1: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina moved into the second round of the mixed doubles event at the US Open by beating of Samantha Crawford and Madison Keys.

Mirza and Vesnina registered a straight sets 6-2, 6-0, win over the American pair at Court 10.

Vesnina also moved into the second round of the mixed doubles with Leander Paes.

Paes and Vesnina defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia and Jamie Murray of Britain 6-2, 6-7(7), 1-0(6). (ANI)

New York, Aug 28 : Venus and Serena Williams are said to have literally towered above all the other guests at a party celebrating their current Hamptons magazine cover story.

Adorned in heels, the professional tennis players rose to well above 6 feet tall, dwarfing male as well as female guests at the unfathomable lounge RDV.

“They towered head and shoulders above everybody,” the New York Post quoted a stunned 6-foot source as saying.

A partnership between an Indian Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani doubles partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has reached their set goals in spite of facing defeat in the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Wednesday.

This strange pairing has created news at the All England Club this year with their 'Stop War, Start Tennis' jackets. They were beaten 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 by Juergen Melzer of Austria and Germany's Philipp Petzschner.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar along with some other sports personalities had watched the Wimbledon proceedings at the stag box on Centre Court. He was joined with another great cricketer of this ear, Brian Lara.

Both of them are the true ambassador of the game of Cricket for recent time. Apart form the duo, there are several other internationals players were present to watch the match. England football greats Bobby Charlton and Spaceman Hoddle were also present at the royal box.

The Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen's club saw the ouster of yet another top seeded player. This time the victim being Andy Murray, consequently the tournament was left without a marquee player on Friday as top-seed Rafael Nadal crashed out only hours after the exit of holder Andy Murray.

American Mardy Fish ended a darkness-interrupted match, spread over two days, completing a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2) win over Murray, the defending champ. The win put Fish into the quarterfinals against French 12th seed Michael Llodra.

According to media reports, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has said she will quit tennis within two years to concentrate on her marriage.

The News quoted Sania, as saying, "I want to concentrate on my married life and it is not an easy job to stay away from husband soon after marriage. I will quit in two years. I don't want to disturb my personal life due to tennis."

After her very first encounter after her wedding with Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, the 23-year-old was talking to the media in Birmingham.