Shanghai - Juan Del Potro kept his hopes alive for an extended stay at the Masters Cup, winning a battle of first-time players 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5) over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Tuesday.

The Gold group clash between year-end rookies gave the Argentine a 1-1 record and saddled Australian Open finalist Tsonga from France with two defeats from as many matches.

"I'm in the Masters Cup, I want to be alive until the finals, if I can," he said.

London - A former doubles partner of John McEnroe has compared Brit Andy Murray to the American former bad boy of the game.

Barcelona - Spain's Rafael Nadal, world number one, stepped down from the Davis Cup final against Argentina later this month, due to a knee injury.

Nadal himself explained his decision Monday in Barcelona, after undergoing several medical tests.

"I did everything I could to try to get to that final. I am used to playing on court with pain and I have stood it quite well. But this is a different kind of pain, a new pain. I cannot manage to control it," the tennis player said.

Barcelona - Spain's Rafael Nadal, world number one, stepped down from the Davis Cup final against Argentina later this month, due to a knee injury.

Nadal himself explained his decision Monday in Barcelona, after undergoing several medical tests.

Spain is set to play Argentina in the Davis Cup final November 21- 23, on an indoor carpet court in the Argentine coastal city of Mar del Plata.

Argentina seeks its first-ever "salad bowl," as the tournament trophy is known, while Spain is seeking its third title.

Nadal, 22, quit his Paris Masters quarter-final 10 days ago, when he lost 6-1 to Russian Nikolay Davydenko. He was suffering from tendinitis in his right knee.

Shanghai - Roger Federer lived through a second opening-match loss in a shaky start on Monday at the Masters Cup as the top seed went down to Gilles Simon 4-6, 
6-4, 6-3.

The Red group upset was the second in three months for the unheralded Frenchman who only got into the elite field when Rafael Nadal withdrew with a knee injury.

Andy Murray joined his fellow year-end newcomer with a victory, taking down former number one Andy Roddick 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Melbourne, Nov. 10 : Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt has decided to sell his 3.2 million Australian dollar waterfront mansion, complete with an indoor waterfall, as he rarely lives in it.

The two-storied, 700sqm home features an indoor pool, spa, sauna, commercial cool room, home theatre, billiards room and sports bar and a interior moss rock waterfall. The house is located in prestigious Island Point and overlooks a boating lake. The only feature it lacks is a tennis court.