Nadal and Koubek advance in Chennai

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Spanish world number two Rafael Nadal and Austrian Stefan Koubek moved into the Chennai Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

Li's husband takes over coaching reins
BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Li Na is to be coached by her tennis-playing husband in a bid to bolster the Chinese number one's 'weak mentality', the China Daily reported on Friday.

Hingis reaches Gold Coast final
Top seed Martina Hingis has progressed to the final of the Australian Women's Hardcourts Championships on the Gold Coast.Her semi-final opponent, Italian Tathiana Garbin, was forced to retire.

Vera muscles through
Russian Vera Zvonareva will meet Jelena Jankovic in the ASB Classic final on Saturday after muscling her way to a two set victory over American veteran Jill Craybas.

Henin pulls out of Australian Open
PERTH (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will skip this month's Australian Open for 'personal family reasons'. A statement was posted on her official Web site (www.henin-hardenne.

Davydenko faces Murray in Qatar semi-finals
Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Oliver Rochus of Belgium 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday for a semi-final clash against fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain in the Qatar Open tennis tournament.

Spain to play Russia in Hopman Cup final
PERTH (Reuters) - Spain will meet Russia in the Hopman Cup final after the hopes of Czech Republic were dashed by Croatia on Thursday.


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