Tennis diva Maria Sharapova says she is relishing making her Stuttgart debut here as the clay-court season gets under way with the statuesque Russian up against all four grand slam winners.

Prize money at the French Open is going up significantly this year for players who lose in the early rounds.

Andy Murray said he was satisfied with his past successes to the point where he could retire tomorrow from the ATP Tour and have no regrets.

World number one Victoria Azarenka hit back at more criticism of her on-court grunting on Sunday, claiming it was as natural and uncontrollable as snoring.

Russian Maria Sharapova overtook Czech Petra Kvitova to take the world number two spot in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday.

Victoria Azarenka says nothing much has changed for her since she achieved the twin feats of becoming the first player from Belarus to win a Grand Slam tournament and take the world number one ranking.

Former world number five Fernando Gonzalez of Chile revealed on Thursday that he intends to play three more tournaments before retiring.

Yani Tseng has unleashed her new, more powerful swing at Royal Melbourne, playing nine holes of practice to hone the tweaks to her technique and familiarise herself with the sandbelt course that will host the Women's Australian Open this week.

India's tennis ace Leander Paes told NDTV on Friday that his aim is to claim an Olympic medal in the doubles section. The 38-year-old confessed that both he and former partner in Mahesh Bhupathi split because the objective of a medal required partnership with younger players.

First of all a thank you is in order for Novak Djokovic. No, not for beating Rafael Nadal in the longest ever Grand Slam final but for pushing the Spaniard to become an even better player than he was even when he was winning everything.