Rafael Nadal is determined to cap his return to the top of the world by regaining the Wimbledon title he was forced to surrender without a fight.

Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal put behind a nervy start to clinch the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai

World number one Rafael Nadal looks set for a tricky first week at Wimbledon with top seed Roger Federer having a potentially easier ride through to the quarter-finals after the draw for the third Grand Slam of the season made here on Friday.

US-based Indian Prakash Amritraj fell at the final hurdle of the Wimbledon singles qualifiers with a 6-7 (3), 3-6, 4-6 loss to Australia’s Bernard Tomic here on Thursday. India’s No.1 Somdev Devvarman had already exited in the second round of the qualifiers.

French Open finalist Samantha Stosur reached the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International Wednesday after a struggling comeback win over Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will be the top seed at the grass-court Grand Slam despite losing the world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.
Federer was passed by Nadal in the world rankings after the Spaniard won the French Open earlier this month. But Federer has won Wimbledon six times, including his d

Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj began their Wimbledon qualifying campaign with easy straight-set wins over their respective rivals here.
Somdev, seeded third in the qualifiers, scored a hassle free 6-2, 6-2 win over Frenchman Guillaume Rufin, while Prakash beat 28th seeded German Dieter Kindlmann 6-3, 6-4.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and freshly crowned French Open champion Francesca Schiavone both lost on a day of upsets at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday.
Danish 19-year-old Wozniacki, the reigning champion, fell 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to France’s Aravane Rezai in the first round, while second-seeded Italian Schiavone lost 7-5, 6-3 against Romanian world number 57 Sorana Cirstea.

Reigning champions Italy needed a goalkeeping blunder to come back for a 1-1 draw with Paraguay despite dominating Monday’s opening Group F match in Cape Town’s Green Point stadium.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt defeated top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland to lift the ATP grass-court tournament here on Sunday.
Eighth seed Hewitt rallied from a set down to beat five-time Halle champ Federer 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon champion, moved closer to 100 grass-court match wins as he improved to a 98-23.