Tennis Headlines

LONDON (Reuters) - Croatia, Serbia, Austria and France sealed places in the Davis Cup quarter-finals Sunday after converting 2-1 overnight leads into winning margins.

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Angelique Kerber stunned home favourite Marion Bartoli 7-6 5-7 6-3 to win the Paris Open on Sunday and seal the first WTA Tour title of her career.

PARIS (Reuters) - Local favourite Marion Bartoli overcame a sluggish start to reach the final of the Paris Open with a 7-6 6-0 victory over unseeded Czech Klara Zakopalova on Saturday.

(Reuters) - John Isner spoiled a rare Davis Cup appearance by Roger Federer by stunning the Swiss 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-2 to give United States a 2-0 lead in their World Group first-round tie in Fribourg Friday.

MADRID (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal has hit out at what he called a "general campaign" in France to discredit Spanish athletes by implying their success is due to the use of illegal drugs.

LONDON (Reuters) - There will be an unfamiliar look about Spain when they begin the defence of the Davis Cup against Kazakhstan on Friday with a new captain and without several regulars, most notably Rafa Nadal.

PARIS (Reuters) - Top seed Maria Sharapova eased into the third round of the Paris Open with a 6-3 6-1 dismissal of South African Chenelle Scheepers on Wednesday.

MADRID (Reuters) - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's parents do not plan legal action against the former world number one after she accused them in her autobiography of leaving her with nothing from an estimated 45 million euros ($59.6 million) in career earnings.

MADRID (Reuters) - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's parents do not plan legal action against the former world number one after she accused them in her autobiography of leaving her with nothing from an estimated 45 million euros (37 million pounds) in career earnings.

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish tennis federation (RFET) plan to sue French TV broadcaster Canal+ over a sketch which appeared to imply world number two Rafa Nadal and his fellow Spanish athletes are drug cheats.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - London's Olympics offer the seemingly ageless Leander Paes the chance to outdo his father in the medals stakes and to crown his doubles tennis career.

LONDON (Reuters) - The French Open title and an Olympic gold medal are the only major prizes in tennis to have eluded Novak Djokovic, and for the Serb, there is no point discussing which he would rather win this year.

(Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych claimed his seventh career title when he defeated local favourite Gael Monfils 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Sunday.