| Schiavone advances | | Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone defeated fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday to book a clash with second-seeded Maria Sharapova at the BNP Paribas Open. | | Vika aims to defend her Indian Wells title | | Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka arrives for her title defence at Indian Wells seeking another victory to take her closer to regaining the world No. 1 ranking. | | Rafa Nadal ready to test knee on hard courts | | Rafael Nadal plans to test his fragile knee on the hard courts at Indian Wells to determine his playing schedule for the rest of the spring after playing an exhibition match on the surface on Monday. | | Djokovic teams with Sampras in LA exhibition | | Still struggling with jet lag and time zone changes, top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Mardy Fish in an exhibition match at the inaugural Los Angeles Tennis Challenge on Monday in the American’s return to the court after a six-month absence caused by a heart condition. | | A Grand Finale | | The final of the men’s singles tournament thus ended two-weeks of absorbing tennis at the Dubai Tennis Stadium. | | It’s Djokovic vs Berdych | | Tomas Berdych survived three match points to dethrone the 2012 champion Roger Federer in the second of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship semi-finals here on Friday evening. | | Nadal denies he will miss Indian Wells | | Rafael Nadal has denied Spanish media reports that he will not take part in the Masters Series events in Indian Wells and Miami next month, as he returns from a serious knee injury. | | Wawrinka downed in Mexico Open, Nadal wins | | Fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka has become the highest-profile casualty so far at the ATP 500 tournament here after a surprise first-round defeat to Italian outsider Fabio Fognini. | |
