AP News in BriefObama says he’ll accept Nobel Peace Prize as ‘call to action’ toward peace and prosperity Murray keen to overtake Federer in world rankingsLONDON - The world’s third best and Britain’s top tennis player Andy Murray has set himself an ambitious target for this year’s French Open - replacing Roger Federer as the world No 2. Federer one win short of making history in AustraliaMELBOURNE - Roger Federer continued his career domination of Andy Roddick Thursday, earning a place in an 18th career Grand Slam final with a 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 win over the American at the Australian Open. Federer sets up another classic with old foe SafinMELBOURNE - Roger Federer showed his dominating form to best advantage with a crushing 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Russian Evgeny Korolov to reach the third round of the Australian Open Wednesday. Nadal, Jankovic debut as Australian Open top seedsSYDNEY - New number one players Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic line up as top seeds for the first time when the Australian Open begins Monday. No Australian seeded for the second successive Grand SlamMELBOURNE - It is for the second time in a row that no Australian tennis player has been seeded either for the men’s or women’s singles in a Grand Slam even as Australian Open begins here Monday. |