Nadal thrills Madrid crowd with second-set comeback victory

MADRID - Rafael Nadal made a smooth recovery from two breaks down in the second set to overhaul Spanish rival Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 7-5 for a place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.

Safina wins big as number one - Dementieva rebounds

STUTTGART - Dinara Safina clobbered Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 in her first match as world number one tennis player for a place in the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix.

Nadal, Jankovic head Australian Open seedings

MELBOURNE - World No 1s Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Serbian Jelena Jankovic have been given the top billing in the men’s and women’s singles at the $15.5 million Australian Open tennis starting here Monday.

Hewitt gets started in Sydney with fighting win

SYDNEY - Women’s seeds stormed through into the quarter-finals as Lleyton Hewitt made a typical fighting debut Tuesday at the Medibank International tennis.

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