New York - Andy Roddick will hope to jump-start his stalled tennis as he begins work in 2009 with veteran coach Larry Stefanki.

Former number one Roddick, who withdrew from last week's Masters Cup after rolling an ankle before a match, announced on his website that he and the former mentor to John McEnroe, Marcelo Rios, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Tim Henman and Fernando Gonzalez will team up within weeks.

Berlin, Nov. 21 : Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been dumped by his fiancée Sandy Meyer-Woelden.

According to Becker, Sandy sent him an SMS telling him it was game, set and match in a blow that "trampled on my soul".

"On Friday evening, October 31, I suddenly got an SMS from Sandy ... saying that this was it, that this was over. To make sure how serious she was she sent me five others saying the same thing," 40-year-old Becker told the Bild daily.

London, Nov.

London, Nov. 20 : British tennis star Andy Murray and his family have had an unforgettable 2008, but his future targets seem to be more mundane.

According to The Sun, Murray may be ranked as the fourth best tennis player in the world, but what he now desperately wants is to pass his driving test and to get another dog.

When asked what his major ambitions were, Murray said: “To get another dog. I was walking the dog in Wimbledon Common the other day and this guy said my results have improved since I got my first dog - maybe there is something in that. I also want to pass my driving test.”

Sunitha Rao, seeded fifth, defeated American opponent Alexis Prousis 6-0, 6-2 comfortably and made a place for herself in the pre-quarterfinals of the Gujarat NRE Coke $50,000 ITF women's Challenger at the BTA Complex.

However, Shikha Uberoi disappointed all by loosing against seventh seed Ksenia Palkina of Kazakhstan 6-2 6-3.

The other achievements at the tournament were the entry of top seeded Melanie South (Great Britain) and second seeded Ayumi Morita (Japan) into the next round.

Islamabad, Nov 19 : Due to lack of sponsors, Indian women tennis ace Sania Mirza’s proposed Pakistan tour has reportedly been postponed.

The tour was jointly planned by the PTF (Pakistan Tennis Federation) and the (ITF) Indian Tennis Federation to promote tennis and improve bilateral relations between the two federations, reported the Daily Times.