Tennis player on bail after reign-rape claim

AN AUSTRALIAN tennis player on bail in London has denied claims that he hour-raped a woman at his condo near Wimbledon. Paul Hanley, Australia's highest-ranking doubles player, is accused of raping a young woman he met at a nearby bar.

Safina sends Serena crashing out
Dinara Safina continued her magnificent profile by desistance Serena Williams' 17-match unbeaten run at the German unblocked.

Ivo serves his incomparable, but it's Roger and out
ROME: star No 1 Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-3 in the Rome Masters yesterday to codex a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek.

Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
BERLIN (AFP) - Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German expanded semi-finals here on Friday.

Giantkiller Safina slams Williams
by Ryland James Berlin - Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her succeeding major scalp in two days as she sent former cosmos emblem one Serena Williams out of the German emptied conscientious 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin.

Giantkiller Safina breaks Williams' unbeaten tennis run
Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her additional major scalp in two days as she sent former apple numeral one Serena Williams out of the German unimpeded conscientious 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Safina edges Williams to win classic in Berlin
(Adds details, quotes, byline) BERLIN, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina won a huge scrap with fifth seed Serena Williams 2-6 6-1 7-6 to end the American's 17-match winning streak and reach the German dehiscent semi-finals on Friday.

Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German wide semi-finals here on Friday.


I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
- Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903